It was set for a football party in over 20-degree Stockholm when Elfsborg visited the city and Djurgården supporters had every reason to celebrate after a 2-0 victory.
Elfsborg came to the Tele2 arena with real confidence after two straight victories and a lead-heavy three-pointer against league leaders Malmö.
The teams entered the grass with substantial interruptions in the form of their captains. Elfsborg’s Johan Larsson sat on the bench due to an illness during the week and Marcus Danielson had a concussion and was out of the match squad.
Without Danielson, many probably thought that it would be noticeably more difficult to keep a clean sheet, but then Jacob Une Larsson and Miro Tenho had to step up instead.
The first half was characterized by enormous ball possession for Djurgården and Deniz Hummet had two good goal chances but without getting the ball into the goal.
But in the second half, things started right away when Besard Sabovic deliciously slotted the ball into the far crossbar.
After the lead goal, the ball possession evened out and Djurgården dropped a bit, but in the 70th minute it was Norwegian cooperation when Tobias Gulliksen made it 2-0 after delicious preparatory work by compatriot Gustav Wikheim.
Elfsborg never managed to force a finish and 2-0 stood the match.
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