Örgryte has been tipped to be a bottom team this season. However, the newcomer held up very well in the wind at Gamla Ullevi - and got a point.
“Don't go out into traffic unnecessarily” was the advice from SMHI.
But the Allsvenskan premiere – and Örgryte's comeback after 16 years outside the top league – still attracted 13,360 supporters, including over 4,500 Malmö supporters who had traveled there, to brave storm Dave.
Stormy winds over Gothenburg caused Örgryte's supporters to decide to cancel their planned pre-match events. The Malmö fans unfurled a giant flag, which burst at one of the seams and at times looked close to tearing.
However, it wasn't Dave who stopped the match after just a few minutes. Instead, it was disturbances in the stands that led to a break of over 20 minutes.
Heavy cup loss
However, the capricious gusts of wind led to several rather risky situations, which at least initially seemed to favor Örgryte.
"A difficult match. Especially at the beginning when it was windy. But it felt like we put a little pressure on them," says Mikael Dyrestam to TV4 Play.
"But it's a strong Malmö team, so a point isn't bad."
The newcomer has had a relatively weak preseason. But then again, so has the big club Malmö FF.
The team, which finished sixth in the Allsvenskan last year, has not been convincing in the friendlies and fell heavily (0–4) against Mjällby in the quarter-finals of the Swedish Cup.
Ali excelled
National team midfielder Taha Ali flashed a few times on Malmö's flanks, but otherwise bottom-of-the-table Örgryte created by far the sharpest chances in the first half.
At the start of the second half, Örgryte took the lead. After a long throw-in and a bit of pinball in Malmö's penalty area, the ball ended up with Anton Andreasson, who scored 1–0 from close range.
The lead held until there was just over a quarter of an hour left, when Erik Botheim intercepted a rebound and made it 1–1.
In stoppage time, Örgryte was very close to taking all three points, but a phenomenal save by Robin Olsen meant that the teams each took a point from the opening game.
