Emmanuel Banda opened his Djurgadens IF goal account this afternoon as he headed home from a corner in the Stockholms stolthet’s 3-0 humiliation of Örebro away at the Behrn Arena.
The former Nchanga Rangers midfield ace who started his third match for Djurgadens headed home Aslak Fonn Witry’swell-takenn corner to put the visitors in the lead just before half time with his first goal in the Djurgadenscolours.
Min 44: Mååål! 1-0 och Banda gör sitt första mål i blårandigt! pic.twitter.com/dfpODSgKLl
— Djurgården Fotboll (@DIF_Fotboll) August 15, 2020
Banda put in a good 80 minutes shift before being withdrawn for Edward Chilufya who was returning from injury. Djurgadens doubled the lead in the 83rd minute as Nicklas Bärkroth shot from outside the box was deflected into the Örebro goal, 2-0.
Min 89: Mååål! 3-0 från Chilufya! Åh en sådan härlig dag! pic.twitter.com/oqmu7oCYSj
— Djurgården Fotboll (@DIF_Fotboll) August 15, 2020
Bärkroth then set up Edward Chilufya for a third. The Mphande Youth product got the ball a few meters from the box beat a defender before unleashing a venomous strike leaving Oscar Jansson in the host’s goal with no chance, 3-0 the match ended.
Åh en sådan härlig dag! Vi vinner övertygande med 3-0 efter mål Banda, Bärkroth och Chili.
På tisdag bär det av mot Ungern och på onsdag är det första rundan av Champions League, det är kul att vara Djurgårdare! 💛❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/yvEEl9qda8— Djurgården Fotboll (@DIF_Fotboll) August 15, 2020
The win is a big motivation for Djurgadens ahead of their UEFA Champions League first qualifying round against Hungarian side Ferencvárosi TC on Wednesday.
