Goteborg begin Bjorklund reign by cancelling out first-leg loss to Levadia in UECL

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/goteborg-UovQtopk/levadia-zNmMkSLj/?mid=2Dok5wVF"]Levadia 1-3 IFK Goteborg (3-4 on aggregate)[/a][/b][/p][p]A 2-1 home defeat in the first leg of this second qualifying round tie played a role in Stefan Billborn being replaced at the start of the week by his former assistant, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bjorklund-joachim/rw5TauH5/"]Bjorklund[/a], who watched his side set up a meeting with Belgian side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/genk/r3jWUIiN/"]Genk[/a] in the next round.[/p][p]But it could have been a much more comfortable night for [i]Blavitt[/i], who could have levelled the tie before the break, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heintz-tobias/txMJ23dg/"]Tobias Heintz[/a] was unable to convert a penalty in first-half added time, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vallner-karl-andre/pdyQnmmR/"]Karl Vallner[/a] made a strong save.[/p][p]The visitors finally went ahead on the night and level in the tie shortly before the hour mark, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tolf-noah/K0TiDmXF/"]Noah Tolf[/a] slotted the ball [b]through to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergmark-wiberg-adam/r3X0IcVa/"]Adam Bergmark-Wiberg[/a], who scored the first goal of the Bjorklund era by lifting it over the goalkeeper.[/b][/p][embed guid="f29728c9-0cf8-44ce-a7eb-f8ef78440322" url="https://x.com/SwefootballEN/status/2082900633061863552" social-type="twitter" /][p]Goteborg had the chance to win it in normal time when they were awarded a second penalty in the 88th minute after a foul by Vallner, but again the goalkeeper was unbeatable from the spot, denying [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larsson-sam/tbFXGneF/"]Sam Larsson[/a] from 12 yards.[/p][p]That meant extra-time, and just three minutes in, [b]Bergmark-Wiberg continued to be a thorn in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/levadia/zNmMkSLj/"]Levadia[/a]'s side, reacting quickest to bundle in a rebound[/b] after Vallner saved from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/canada/C4akpju5/"]Tiago Coimbra[/a].[/p][p]And the avoidance of an embarrassing exit was confirmed 10 minutes later - Larsson atoned for his penalty miss by [b]playing a measured pass through for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alioum-saidou/Eo8UVuoQ/"]Saidou Alioum[/a] to guide into the net.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/skvortsov-maximilian/z3jeLklk/"][b]Maximilian Skvortsov[/b][/a][b] pulled a goal back[/b] for Levadia in the 121st minute, but that was too little too late for the Estonian side.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/europe/conference-league/"]Follow all the UECL qualifiers on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]