Match ball Växjö – after the third straight victory

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Keegan Lowe gave Växjö a good start to the match in the Coop Norrbotten Arena when he made it 1-0 after barely a quarter of a game.

Oskari Laaksonen pushed Luleå back into the match in terms of goals. But the equalizer instead boosted Växjö’s momentum. The guests responded with a goal already 34 seconds after the equaliser, and at the end of the second period, Ludvig Nilsson made it 3-1 for Växjö.

Luleå picked the goalkeeper with three minutes left in the hunt for a reduction and equalization and there would be nerves in the match when Brendan Shinnimin managed to score 2-3 with 42 seconds left but shortly after the goal Jack Connolly was sent off for slashing and Växjö could hold away and won the third straight game.

– Växjö owns this match, it is the conversion game that will be decisive commented TV4’s expert, Johan Tornberg.

– We have a very well-functioning system and a game that works, it is very difficult to beat, said a satisfied Robert Rosén after the match.

Several Luleå players were up to the referee team after the final whistle and vented their displeasure and they were punished with a team penalty of 20 minutes after the whistle.

Thomas “Bulan” Berglund after the match:

– We score 1-1 but then it’s carelessness twice. Växjö is amazingly good at exploiting the mistakes we make. We don’t manage to come back from that, we get 2-3 but it was never really close I think.

The “bump” about the irritation at the end:

– It will be an expulsion that is not an expulsion, he said.

Växjö leads with 3-0 in matches.