Draw against Bunkeflo 2 - 2

Mjällby was this close of getting 3 points today. But a badly negociated free-kick at the very last minute made it a draw.



Bunkeflo started the game way better than we did. They actually owned more or less the whole 1st half. At the 20th minute, the attackers on the right were left unchallenged, which resulted in a good rounded shot at the second pole, which got in. 0-1. Fransson finally gets a goal at home, but the defense was not quite working at that moment.
For the whole period Bunkeflo was doing the game, and Mjällby, who had difficulties to play their own game, fell back into their old bad habit of throwing away long balls to nowhere.
Just before the break, a little out of nowhere, the ball is moved up, crossed to the left side, destination Erton, who has seen the keeper is a little out, and he does not think twice and controls, but sends it directly above the keeper. 1-1.

The second half starts with Mjällby a lot more present, now putting the pressure and driving the game more, but still loosing too many balls in the middle.
The second goal signed Erton again, a long run on the left side, he stops just before the keeper and fixes him, turns around a puts the ball in his back, while the defense is trying to come back but does not position itself right. 2-1.
The game seemed under control, until near the end the pajas showed all the extent of his talent, blew a couple of imaginary free-kicks against Mjällby, and the last one gets on the head of a tall Bunkeflo player (one of the many, they are all very tall in this team), who manages to take it down and push it in just near the second pole. 2-2. Some people may argue that this free-kick was not well managed by Mjällby, most of the tall MAIF players were in the wall, and the not so tall trying to defend. Considering we had lost most of the header duels during the game, that was poor planning.

The man of the game was Erton, his 2 goals were really nice, especially the 1st one needed a lot a control.
A little disappointment from Berner who could have killed the game in a 1-on-1 but tripped on the ball after having fixed the keeper.
The defense was disappointing as well, especially the sides. Tobbe made too many mistakes. Ivanovski was too often too high, and taking his time to get back. Phille was quite low, leaving the midfield empty. Danne and Persson took a long time to get into the game. Marcello was ok, but obviously tired near the end.
Disappointment from Eken as well, who did not get very clear occasions, although he was most often the first of the front men to be back in defense, often before the midfielders and defenders themselves...

The pajas today was a real pajas, completely biased against Mjällby. The Bunkeflo players got away with a lot of nasty moves (Berner taken down by the last defender who did not hit the ball = nothing, Berner getting a voluntary punch in the breast = nothing, Marcello held in the shirt in the zone = nothing, etc etc... the list is too long), we got free-kicks against us by getting in the vincinity of a Bunkeflo player. And I can't understand how he found 4 minutes of extra time in the 2nd half, when there was only 1 interruption 30 seconds when Eken got slightly injured. Worse than the pajas was one of his line-men, who was down-right incompetent. He missed 2 obvious off-sides, of which one where 2 players where 4 m off-side, and once even flagged an offside when a Bunkeflo player sent the ball. A real winner-team today.

The final score is probably not illogical, considering the amount of pressure Bunkeflo has put on us, but it's disappointing to loose 2 points with only seconds left to play.
Next game is on thursday away against Enköping, and will be shown on TV on SPORT-Expressen for those of you who have this channel.