IFK Norrköping sees the light.
The bleak eight-match streak was broken without a win.
In a crisis encounter with Degerforce, Christopher Niemann became the hero with a header in a 2-0 win.
There was a crisis meeting at Platinum Cars Arena on Saturday when IFK Norrköping Receive Degerforce IF. The loss to the home team and the relegation zone will creep more and more.
Norrköping, who hasn’t taken a three-pointer in Allsvenskan’s last eight games, broke the dismal trend after goals from Christopher Niemann and Iceland’s Arnor Sigurdsson.
Maldini will not be happy.
It was the away team that started the strongest and had some good chances to take the lead. Not least after just over half an hour when Beijing fired a completely failed free kick right into the wall. Varmlanders counterattacked and Omar Farag was basically alone with the goalkeeper.
Then Jonathan Levy appeared as an old man in the penalty area after he ran 70 metres and managed to avoid the situation with a sliding tackle.
– It’s actually really bad handling. Maybe Maldini wasn’t happy because I missed the ball. But he missed the point, which is a positive, Levy tells Discovery.
In the attack that followed, Levi was involved again. A nice deep ball led to Ikpolo, who in turn hit a cross into the penalty area. Christopher Niemann stood there and scored his first goal in five games. In doing so, he broke Beijing’s negative streak in three games.
– It’s good to score a goal, I think everyone saw it. We get a chance in the team and that obviously makes things easier. But we’ll play 90 minutes during the break, says Levy.
Oscar Jansson saved Norrköping
In the second half, Degerfors wanted to have his say. The team created good chances, and Beijing has goalkeeper Oscar Jansson to thank for the fact that the away team failed to score.
Dijan Vukojevic ran free and sent on a sneaky end Jansson managed to get his grip. In the last minutes of the match, Shawn Sabitkar hit a powerful shot from close range, but Janson saved it again.
Instead, Norrköping will have the final say. When Degerfors advanced, the home team obtained a pass allowing Arnor Sigurdsson to get completely free. The Icelander beat Whiteman and easily scored his first goal since returning to the Svenskan.
Thus, Beijing got back on the winning path and got some breathing space at the table.