Damallsvenskan Newsblog - Match-Day 6

TV match of the week: Umeå IK - Linköping FC 3-1 (3-1)
Umeå IK: Sofia Lundgren - Maria Bergkvist, Anna Paulson, Sanna Valkonen, Frida Östberg - Elaine, Malin Moström, Anne Mäkinen - Marta, Hanna Ljungberg (82 Emma Lindqvist), Anna Sjöström (88 Maria Nordbrandt)
Linköping FC: Hedvig Lindahl - Sara Larsson, Anna-Kaisa Rantanen, Jenny Möller, Emma Claesson (52 Lotta Runesson) - Malin Gustafsson, Caroline Seger, Maria Aronsson - Ann Westermark, Maria Karlsson, Josefine Öqvist
Goals: Malin Moström 1-0 (13), Marta 2-0 (16), Maria Bergkvist 3-0 (21), Maria Aronsson 3-1 (41)
Attendance: 2,898
Just an hour after the UEFA Women's Cup final you could watch this match, and it looked much the same. A great Umeå show the first half with 3 goals in the first 20 minutes. Malin Moström and Marta impressed greatly and Linköping didn't have much to show for their 5 national team players. Except goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl, who did a couple of great saves. Slower pace in the second, but still a safe Umeå win.
Linköping FC
Umeå IK
SVT: Umeå spelade ut Linköping, match clip
Dagens Nyheter: Umeå avgjorde snabbt
SR Östergötland: Linköpings damer förlorade mot Umeå, Hedvig Lindahl interview (audio)

KIF Örebro - Malmö FF 0-1 (0-1)
KIF Örebro:
Malmö FF: Caroline Jönsson - Malin Andersson, Denise Reddy, Therese Jönsson, Jenny Engwall - Frida Nordin, Formiga, Nilla Fischer, Emma Stålhammar (65 Linda Blom) - Asthildur Helgadottir (79 Mia Westerblad ), Therese Lundin
Goals: Emma Stålhammar 0-1 (28)
Attendance: 1,379
Two teams with strong defense against each other, which didn't give that many scoring opportunities. Emma Stålhammar scored a great goal from distance to give Malmö the upper hand. Örebro pushed forward in the second and dominated that half, but their forwards got stuck in Malmö's defense. "We were playing to complicated", Örebro coach Pia Sundhage explained, "trying to get the ball inside the box instead of just taking the long shot, so we didn't get to as many finishes as our advantage should have given us". Malmö's Anders Johansson praised his defense and satisfied that they managed to get a good hold on Kristine Lilly.

This was the last match for Örebro's americans Kristine Lilly, Kate Markgraf and Mary Frances Monroe. It's a 50/50 chance they'll come back after the break, says both Sundhage and Markgraf
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Nerikes Allehanda: Första förlusten för KIF Örebro
SR Örebro: Första förlusten i amrikanskornas sista match , Pia Sundhage interview (audio clip)
Malmö FF

Själevads IK - QBIK 1-2 (1-1)
Själevads IK:
QBIK:
Goals: Therese Kapstad 1-0 (PK 7), Linda Hallstensson 1-1 (18), Anna Nilsson 1-2 (82)
Attendance: 534
QBIK's first Damallsvenskan points this season. They deserved the win after dominating most of the match in a cold and windy Örnsköldsvik.

The usual match-day sum-up at Damfotboll.com and Svensk Fotboll. Stats at Svensk Fotboll.