After 372 minutes without goals, Umeå’s curse was over. But what helped the team achieve their first two away goals this season?
IFK Kalmar won the bottom meet 3-2.
– It’s obviously tough. It’s a six-point game we would have liked to win, Umew captain Lisa Dalqvist tells Viaplay.
There were three important points IFK Kalmar got with them from Saturday’s match at Damallsvenskan. The 3-2 win at home against Umeå was Kalmar’s third of the season and meant the team took a step up from second place after only Promabojkarna and Umeå, on safe ground.
One of the most important keys to the win was Juliette Quimby, scoring her second and third goals this season. The last goalkeeper Aubrey Corder to save was the sweaty balls in the second half, when Umeo chased away the equaliser.
– I’m very proud of the team today, and I’m also very happy with the rescues I was able to pick up when we needed them. And we got three points, as we had hoped, Corder tells Viaplay.
Fifth loss in a row
For Umeå, the grim trend continues down the road. This was the team’s fifth away loss in as many attempts. Then, for obvious reasons, it was hard to rejoice that the long drought was finally over.
When Henna-Riikka Honkanen headed home 1-1 in the 13th minute, it meant the first away goal of the season for Umea after just over 372 minutes without goals.
– He’s really cute, of course. “It’s good that it is done now, but it would be better if we also went ahead in front of the others,” Lisa Björk of Umeå, who made sure the match would be 2-2 after the first half, told Viaplay in the first half.
it was cruel
But when there was still a loss at the end, there was not much to celebrate. Umeo Team Captain Lisa Dalkvist She had no luck in IFK Kalmar’s decisive 3-2 win, when the ball rebounded across it to head towards her team’s goal. She still thinks that guests should get at least one point.
We fight back to 2-2, and when they do 3-2 we excel. We make great stops and a great Kalmar goalkeeper today, I celebrate almost a few chances before I see her glove come in. Lisa Dalkvist told Viaplay she was rough today.