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Struggling Orgryte come from behind to inflict another stalemate on Elfsborg

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Anthony Tomas

Published 3 weeks ago

Orgryte, bottom of Allsvenskan, came from two goals down in the final 20 minutes to draw 2-2 at home to second-placed Elfsborg, who drew for the fourth league match in a row.

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/elfsborg-rBi9iqU7/orgryte-CGT7Kq4j/?mid=xAFgoun2"]Orgryte 2-2 Elfsborg[/a][/b][/p][p]Had [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/elfsborg/rBi9iqU7/"]Elfsborg[/a] turned those four draws into wins, they would currently be a point clear at the top of Allsvenskan, instead, they trail leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sirius/vXr8fotG/"]Sirius[/a] by seven points having played two more matches.[/p][p]The gap looked to be closing to five points when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beck-julius/h6Z4Eli1/"]Julius Beck[/a] was upended in the penalty area by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dyrestam-mikael/OIozFA2d/"]Mikael Dyrestam[/a], and [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zeneli-arber/6Xbz1WIe/"]Arber Zeneli[/a] struck the resulting spot-kick[/b] confidently to give Elfsborg a 37th-minute lead.[/p][p]Zeneli looked to have put the game beyond doubt midway through the second half, when Beck went to ground to beat the defender to a long ball forward, [b]knocking it across for the Kosovo international to chip delicately over the goalkeeper.[/b][/p][embed guid="22e05043-a1ed-4c9d-b3d4-51bb8a4f278f" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4jqoWJaGBw" social-type="youtube" /][p]The home side had come close on a couple of occasions, and perhaps it was no surprise they took a chance three minutes later, when a long throw wasn't properly cleared and after a few neat touches to keep the threat alive, [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/styffe-christoffer/pjdMzKnH/"]Christoffer Styffe[/a] cushioned the ball down for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/christoffersson-noah/0jjbTxtB/"]Noah Christoffersson[/a] to volley home.[/b][/p][p]It was, perhaps, a bigger surprise they managed to complete the comeback just seven minutes later. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hofvander-william/hOpnrhl2/"]William Hofvander[/a] played a hopeful ball down the right, which [b]Christoffersson[/b] brought down after shrugging off his marker, before skipping past a defender, [b]cutting infield and leathering the ball into the roof of the net from a tight angle.[/b][/p][p]Dyrestam almost provided the ultimate redemption late on, only for his close-range header to strike the post, as the points were shared following a brace apiece. [/p][p]OIS end a run of four consecutive defeats and stay at the foot of the table but only on goal difference behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/halmstad/Mmsc26yL/"]Halmstad[/a], with both on six points. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/allsvenskan/"]Follow the final Allsvenskan weekend before the World Cup on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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