Eskilstuna needed a win to seize the competition for the Champions League spots in the Women’s League.
A fatal mistake in the second half was devastating.
Vecho won 2-0, passing Eskilstuna to sixth place.
It was still a completely open game between Vicho and Eskilstuna when Norway’s Joanna Bekelund received the ball in her half in the 64th minute. Eskilstunabacken thought she had control of the situation when she played the ball home to her goal, but mistook goalkeeper Katie Frajen ran out of the box.
Fraine’s powerful pass was shot straight by veteran striker Clara Markstedt. The 33-year-old stayed one step ahead of the American goalkeeper and rushed forward to make it 1-0 for the home team in an open goal.
– I felt that “if I played it at home, I would take part in it and push it.” Fortunately, home mods weren’t all that cool, so it was just a matter of running, scorer Markstedt tells Viaplay.
In the 84th minute, Finnish Juta Rantala punctuated the match afterwards when she fired the ball 2-0.
Eskilstuna needed three points to secure third place Kristianstad (39 points) in their fight for the last place in the Champions League in the Women’s League. Now they’re still at 29, the same number as Vitso, who also victorious for sixth in the table, with nine rounds left to play.