Villa won the heavyweight meeting – Villa Lidköping – Elitserien

For this match, Davva had parked the car and was available again. Tim Persson, who replaced the last, had to continue in the team and Christoffer Norin was put aside.

The match started at a steady pace and quickly swung back and forth. Villa had some dangers when Felix Pherson, in particular, came to break the ice on his side. Sandviken scored Daniel Berlin's first goal after ten minutes of play. After that goal, the intensity dropped significantly. Villa was carrying a lot of ball but struggled through Sandvik's dense defense.

In the end, the receipt arrived in a corner. Johan Löfstedt doubled Martin Karlsson who delivered the ball to Johan Esplund and the score was 1-1. Target for Villa on corner variant so. The last time this happened was well in the time of Karl XII.

The second half continued in the same pattern. Many bets for Villa but not too many goals. Many close-ups were noted but Sandviken is very well defended and managed to stay still there and disrupt the final touches. Villa is as well defended to be said. An almost unblemished defense has been shown. The locations of Sandviken were even easier to calculate. Jesper Thimfors was safe in both cases.

In the end, 2-1 came for Villa when Martin Karlsson was able to overplay the ball. Johan Esplund takes over and, after a few quick moves, the ball passes the goal behind Joel Othén. Officially, Martin has not received any help. A little miserable may seem.

Sandviken tried to move the positions a bit and sometimes put pressure on Villa. 2-2 also shot Daniel Berlin who was their most dangerous player in this match.

If this battle ended with a cross, the question was. No was the answer. In the minus 84 match, Villa ordered an attack that was so beautiful that you can put it on gift wrap and give it as a Christmas present to everyone who loves the bandy. Johan Esplund speaks Johan Löfstedt who sends the ball to Joel Broberg. Despite a good finish, Joel chose to send the ball back to Löfstedt, who only had to put 3-2 in the open zone.

In the end, Sandviken asks for an acknowledgment and there are only a few seconds left. Nightmarish flashbacks last year, when Sandviken scored on the corner with the last stroke of the match, appeared well in the minds of everyone with Villasympatier. Be absolutely sure that 3-3 would come here. But Villaruset with Ludvig Johansson on the front row threw himself like a dead-end kamikazepilot against Sandvik's shooters and the shot was unsuccessful.

The referee takes the plane, the match is over, the victory is recovered and all points remain with the team from South Lake Vänern. An unbelievably nice feeling to be able to count in a win after the defeat against Bollnäs.

Johan Esplund is presented as a giant in this game. He dribbles, comes and goes so that you are almost stunned at times. Sometimes one has the impression of lying with a guillotine head and waiting for the car to fall when Johan starts his show. Most often, it works better.

Felix Pherson was also good and left too much energy with his skating. Probably very hard to meet for the opponents. Jesper Thimfors celebrated 100 matches in Villatröjan with a certain value. Defensively, it was very good in the whole team.

There was a bit of rush about missing entertainment afterwards, but I feel a bit unfair. It's not because the team is complete with the best players that it will happen automatically. There are many good players who will be crossed for a purpose if they say so.

I myself enjoyed the game, even if the chances of goal were not in the back. But seeing two big teams face each other and try to face them at such a heavy meeting can also be considered entertainment. Then, of course, neither Villa nor Sandviken modeled themselves in any way, which would be strange because only one-third of the series is played.

This Villa can finally win this difficult match despite the fact that the offensive game plays a little bit is really well done and definitely raises the morale of the team. Winning without playing is the greatest strength of all.

The next match will take place on Saturday in Vänersborg. Note the 19:00 turnaround time. Then you can drink some extra pilsner. It will be gay.

We say it The sixties are two points!

Villa vs Sandviken 3-2 (1-1)

0-1 Daniel Berlin (Ted Haraldsson) 10
1-1 Johan Esplund (Martin Karlsson) 27
2-1 Johan Esplund 63
2-2 Daniel Berlin (Ted Haraldsson) 71
3-2 Johan Löfstedt (Joel Broberg) 84
Utv: Villa 1×5 2×10 Sandviken 2×10
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