Sunday, April 24, 2011

All that action. Domestic action that is. 4/24/2011.

Beginning in Sweden, Djurgarden lost at home to a good Norrkoping side 1-3. The first half was not very eventful, but Anders Wikstrom put Norrkoping ahead in the 46th to get the goals flowing. Christopher Telo struck his first of two goals in the 53rd before Sebastian Rajalakso scored Djurgarden's first in the 63rd. Three minutes later though, Telo struck his second to make it 1-3 before the final whistle blew. Elfsborg's match with Malmo was slightly more one-sided as the home side destroyed the visitors 3-0. Again, the first half wasn't anything special, but Andreas Augustsson opened the floodgates when he scored in the 65th minute. Johan Larsson struck Elfsborg's second, while Amadou Jawo slotted home in the first minute of stoppage time in the second half to make it 3-0. Hacken and Gefle tied 0-0 in a frankly uninteresting game. Halmstad and Trelleborg finished level 1-1 with the away side taking the lead through Thommie Persson in the 49th. Trelleborg were looking good then, until the 74th minute came around. At that point, Emil Salomonsson equalized for Halmstad. The sides were unable to break the 1-1 deadlock though. Mjallby and GAIS also finished level 1-1. Marcus Ekenberg struck Mjallby ahead in the 6th minute before Amadaiya Rennie brought GAIS level in the 58th. Over in Scotland, it was a day of deadlock as Hibernian and St. Mirren tied 1-1 and Rangers v.s. Celtic ended 0-0. Hib's were bumped into the lead as Akpo Sodje struck in the 26th. They couldn't even make it into the second half in the lead though, as Craig Dargo converted a penalty in the 39th. No other goals were scored. In the Old Firm game though, it was a wonder that the B'hoys could go to Rangers and come away with a point. It leaves them with a game in hand and, as the teams are positioned in the standings, Rangers have 81 points to Celtic's 80. If Celtic win their game in hand, they win it all. In England, there was quite a surprise as Bolton managed to beat Arsenal 2-1. Daniel Sturridge edged Bolton into the lead in the 38th. Robin van Persie put Arsenal on level terms in the 48th but to no avail as Tamir Cohen edged Bolton into the lead at the last moment for a 2-1 victory. Across the Channel, in Germany, Nurnberg and Mainz finished 0-0. Wolfsburg beat Koln 4-1 in their match today. Mario Mandzukic and Ashkan Dejagah scored twice each for Wolfsburg. Finally, over in the Netherlands, Ajax beat Excelsior 4-1, PSV lost to Feyenoord 3-1, and Utrecht beat Vitesse 4-2.

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