‘It’s all just wonderful’: minnows Mjällby win unlikely Swedish title for first time

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Source: theguardian.com
‘It’s all just wonderful’: minnows Mjällby win unlikely Swedish title for first time
  • Team from a town with a population of under 1,400

  • Jacob Bergström and Tom Pettersson score in 2-0 win

Mjällby scored twice in the first half to secure a 2-0 victory at IFK Gothenburg and claim a sensational first Allsvenskan league title for the unfancied club from a tiny fishing village in the south of the country.

Jacob Bergström scored with a close-range bicycle kick in the 21st minute and Tom Pettersson poked home a second goal seven minutes later as their side took an unassailable 11-point lead over second-placed Hammarby with three games left to play.

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