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AIK - Malmö FF 0-2 (0-1)
AIK: Sofie Holmqvist (46 Jenny Lundqvist) - Anna-Karin Andersson, Sara Andersson, Hanna Jöhnk, Maria Moustakakis - Therese Sandström, Yolanda Odenyo, Hodan Siid-Ahmed (66 Lina Hedkvist) - Anna Lundin, Lena Persson (66 Josefin Wejner), Nazanin Vaseghpanah
Malmö FF: Caroline Jönsson - Malin Andersson, Denise Reddy, Therese Jönsson, Jenny Engwall - Formiga, Nilla Fischer, Therese Sjögran, Frida Nordin (69 Emma Stålhammar) - Therese Lundin (84 Linda Blom), Asthildur Helgadottir (73 Mia Westerbladh)
Goals: 0-1 Nilla Fischer (10), 0-2 Therese Lundin (70)
Attendance: 547
"I'm of course never satisfied with a defeat", said AIK's coach Christer Söderberg, "but I'm satisfied with my team's performance". And AIK had a pretty good match against a Malmö side that seemed less inspired than last Sunday. Malmö's keeper Caroline Jönsson was forced to a couple of really tough saves, including one Lena Persson penalty kick. Malmö's goals was from a Malin Andersson free kick that Nilla Fischer (player of the match according to TV4) forced into goal and Therese Lundin being first on a rebound from AIK's keeper. Malmö's Anders Johansson commented that this was the kind of match that Malmö very well might have lost last season, but this year they've shown that they can win even when their game isn't working they way it should.
AIK, Match pics
SVT: MFF fortsätter vinna - trots "krisen"
Malmö FF

Djurgården/Älvsjö - QBIK 3-2 (1-0)
Djurgården/Älvsjö: Maja Åström - Kristin Bengtsson, Jane Törnqvist, Jenny Curtsdotter, Helén Fagerström - Sara Thunebro (Linda Lekander), Anna Hall, Elin Ekblom (Malin Nykvist), Linda Fagerström - Laura Kalmari och Sara Johansson
QBIK: Maria Busk - Annica Svensson, Therese Lückner (60 Charlotte Nygren), Kathlen Fernström, Marie-Louise Skålberg - Linda Hallstenson (54 Rebecca Jonsson), Jenny Hallstenson, Elin Sandgren (63 Lovisa Ericsson) - Anna Nilsson, Lisa Mellberg, Jennifer Meier.
Goals: 1-0 Sara Johansson (33), 2-0 Anna Hall (54), 3-0 Laura Kalmari (62), 3-1 Anna Nilsson (76), 3-2 Anna Nilsson (89)
Attendance: 309
Last year's champions are still having problems. "At least we were playing good attacking football", Djurgården's Benny Persson said. Even if QBIK came back the last 15 minutes of the match, Persson was never really worried.

In a pre-game interview with Stockholm daily Svenska Dagbladet, Benny Persson talks about the teams "crisis" and says the players realize that they don't play the way they know they can: "It's like we don't dare to play football". "But we are great on training sessions", Persson says, "This is all in the head. They know defending the championship will be really hard. So we've decided to shift our focus. Our goal is to get our game together again in time for the UEFA Women's Cup matches this fall".
SVT: Djurgården/Älvsjö illa ute igen, match clip
Svenska Dagbladet: Mästarna hittar glädje i krisen

Linköping FC - Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 0-2 (0-1)
Linköping:
Kopparbergs/Göteborg: Maria Edman - Marlene Sjöberg, Frida Höglund, Sofia Danmmström, Maria Karlsson - Sara Lindén, Jessica Julin, Johanna Almgren, Lisa Ek - Lotta Schelin, Heidi Kackur (82 Sofia Andersson)
Goals: 0-1 Lotta Schelin (20), 0-2 Heidi Kackur (63)
Attendance: 1,151
Göteborg outplayed the home team, using an efficient short passing play where their Linköping counterparts often chose to try to dribble. Kackur and Schelin were impressive and Göteborg had more chances to a bigger win than Linköping had to equalise.
SVT: Göteborg spelade ut Linköping
Kopparbergs/Göteborg
Linköping, 2

Mallbackens IF - KIF Örebro 1-2 (0-1)
Mallbacken:
KIF Örebro:
Goals: 0-1 Marie Hammarström (20), 0-2 Lisa Dahlkvist (54), 1-2 Maja Johansson (67)
Attendance: 985
KIF Örebro has been having great problems with their attack and this time coach Pia Sundhage had ordered her players to shoot whenever they saw the opportunity. Two goals was the result, twice as many as the two last matches put together. The end of the match became nervous for Örebro, Maja Johansson having reduced Örebro's lead to one goal, and as Sundhage commented "it showed that we have a really young team". Getting their first win since the americans left must be a big relief for the team.
Nerikes Allehanda: Sundhage vill bota skotträdslan
Nerikes Allehanda: Skön seger för KIF Örebro

Sunnanå SK - Själevads IK 6-0 (1-0)
Sunnanå:
Själevad (starting line-up): Anna Hofwing - Johanna Engwall, Sanna Frostevall, Marina Aggio Camilla Nyberg - Moa Eriksson, Kicki Arnlöf, Therese Kapstad, Johanna Ahrling - Piquena, Jennie Dahlberg
Goals: 1-0 Carina Holmberg (45), 2-0 Bianca Rech (61), 3-0 Madeleine Edlund (69), 4-0 Lina Johansson (71), 5-0 Madeleine Edlund (80), 6-0 Johanna Lindahl (90)
Attendance: 807
After a fairly even first half and then some, Själevad got completely outplayed the last 30 minutes.
Norra Västerbotten: Sunnanå vann med 6 – 0

Umeå IK - Hammarby IF 5-0 (2-0)
Umeå:
Hammarby (starting line-up): Katarina Wicksell - Maureen Metzger, Lindsay Demaree, Karolina Rinman, Josefin Christensen - Hanna Olsson, Tanja Meidal, Jennie Jonsson, Christina Forsell, Elin Härén - Jessica Landström
Goals: 1-0 Hanna Ljungberg (2), 2-0 Hanna Ljungberg (37), 3-0 Anna Sjöström (70), 4-0 Anna Sjöström, 5-0 Maria Nordbrandt (84)
Attendance: 2,714
It turned out the way it usually does when Umeå hosts one of the minor teams - it is a huge difference in quality and Hammarby had to spend most of the game defending. "I went up here hoping for a 3-0 defeat", Hammarby's En Perlskog commented.
SVT: Utflyttade Umeå gjorde som vanligt

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