Kalmar had the chance to lift in the table when some of the other teams at the bottom of the table lost on Sunday.
But then victory was required against a Varberg with a failing form.
That there were two teams that are not in a good period was very clear during the first 45 minutes.
The entertainment value shone completely with its absence.
If we are to be kind, the first half offered a goal chance: Astrit Selmani's shot from a narrow angle that actually had a very small chance to go in goal.
- We will try to improve in others.
We need to get some variety in the game.
We are a bit passive, we can not be happy with the match picture, we need to raise it a bit, said Kalmar's Emin Nouri, for the day wearing the team captain's armband when Viktor Elm sat on the bench, to Dplay during the break.
"Here to destroy"
Varberg was a little more pleased with the match picture.
- It's tennis, the ball just goes back and forth and there is a lot of fighting.
They need three points and we are only here to ruin for them, Selmani told Dplay.
The second half became all the more entertaining.
It only took three minutes for the home team's Isak Magnusson to run free and put in 1-0.
Kalmar then had two good chances to extend, among other things through a free kick where Magnusson poked the ball past the goalkeeper and fell over.
Punishment seemed the whole Kalmar camp, but not the judge.
Simple receipt
Instead of 2-0 came 1-1.
After several close matches, the ball landed in front of the feet of Jon Birkfelt who could easily score his third goal of the season.
After the two goals, the match slowed down again and there was no desperate pursuit of that extremely important victory goal from Kalmar's side.
It was Varberg who was closest to victory, but Johan Stenmark saved Selmani's finish on the finish line.
- It was a lot of fighting, they were a little more desperate after three points.
But as a whole, there was a lot of fighting and crosses were perhaps fair, Varberg's goal scorer Birkfelt told Dplay.