Trelleborgs and Gamla Upsala Share Points in Eight-Goal Thriller
Trelleborgs played host to Gamla Upsala in the thirteenth round of Elitettan on Saturday, and neither side could claim victory after a remarkable eight-goal draw. The final scoreline read 4:4, a result that leaves the home side sixteenth with twenty-five points and the visitors twelfth with thirteen. And here's the thing — you'd expect a match between teams separated by nine points in the table to be more measured, but this was anything but.
The opening exchanges belonged to Trelleborgs, who struck twice in quick succession. L. Call opened the scoring in the second minute, and L. Matsgard doubled the advantage with eighteen minutes on the clock. Gamla Upsala responded at the half-hour mark, first with an own goal that cut the deficit to one, then with H. Kollanen's response just two minutes later to level matters.
The second half saw Trelleborgs retake the lead through H. Persson in the fifty-ninth minute, before K. Kempe Kivi extended the advantage at sixty-five. But Gamla Upsala refused to fold. By then, the visitors had found their rhythm, and H. Kollanen completed her brace with a goal in the seventy-eighth minute. E. Costow added a fourth for the away side in the eighty-second, and the match was done and dusted.
Three substitutions were made by Trelleborgs during the contest — R. Karlsson at fifty-four, T. Hallsen at sixty-one, and H. Karlsson at seventy-five — while L. Call came off late in the game at eighty-six after her opening goal. To be fair, the home side had substitutions ready, but the game had already slipped from their grasp.
This result does little to alter the standings dramatically, though it may give Gamla Upsala some belief. They sit twelve points behind the top half, and matches like this show they can compete. Trelleborgs had more to offer from home, but conceding four goals at this level is hard to digest.