Damallsvenskan Newsblog

Djurgården - AIK 7 - 0 (3-0)
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Malin Engdahl, Therese Brogårde, Jane Törnqvist, Sara Thunebro - Elin Ekblom, Ann-Marie Norlin, Anna Hall, Linda Forsberg (85 Victoria Touma) - Anna Lagerberth (76 Mia Jalkerud), Victoria Svensson
AIK: Sofia Lundgren - Madelene Göras (77 Hanna Jöhnk), Frida Höglund, Sanna Valkonen, Linda Lekander (77 Madeleine Wedin) - Camilla Ulander, Nazanin Vaseghpanah, Jessica Juhlin, Ingrid Bohlin (66 Laura Kalmari) - Sofia Simonsson, Freja Egerbrant
Goals: 1-0 Victoria Svensson (27), 2-0 Elin Ekblom (33 PK), 3-0 Anna Hall (40), 4-0 Victoria Svensson (71), 5-0 Anna Lagerberth (73), 6-0 Mia Jalkerud (80), 7-0 Elin Ekblom (88)
Attendance: 956
In spite of missing several starters (Hingst with her national team, Dalum Jensen suspended, Lundh unwell and Bengtsson injured), Djurgården rolled over AIK in pouring rain. AIK, and mostly Sofia Lundgren, managed to fend off Djurgården the first 20 minutes. But after Victoria Svensson's 1-0 goal the floodgates opened. Djurgården's dominance were so big that they could subb in two of their development team players, Mia Jalkerud scoring her first ever Damallsvenskan goal and 16 years old Victoria Touma made her premier league debut. The only positive thing for AIK was that Laura Kalmari played 30 minutes in her first match after her injury.
Djurgården: 7-0 mot AIK
AIK: Bottennapp på Kristineberg

Falköping - Sunnanå 2-2 (1-1)
Falköping: Malin Andersson - Charlotte Abrahamsson, Elin Osbeck, Emma Eriksson, Sandra Krantz, Madeleine Tegström, Josefine Alfsson, Cecilia Abrahamsson (72 Rebecca Blennow), Camilla Sanderheim (83 Cynthia Uwak), Sofia Fröjdstedt, Linnea Liljegärd
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Sandra Berggren, Hanna Marklund, Rebecca Smith, Alexandra Nilsson - Kristina Wiklund (78 Johanna Lindahl), Sanna Frostevall (72 Maria Nordbrandt), Carina Holmberg (65 Josefin Johansson), Anna Bodén - Mirjam Marklund, Lina Johansson,
Goals: 0-1 Mirjam Marklund (2), 1-1 Sandra Krantz (13), 2-1 Madeleine Tegström (52), 2-2 Maria Nordbrandt (78)
Attendance: 679
Sunnanå defeated Falköping 8-0 in their first meeting, but repeating that at Falköping's home turf proved everything but easy. They did get a great start with Mirjam Marklund - doing just as well as a forward as she has been doing in defense lately - scoring after only a couple of minutes, and might have gotten the idea that this would go as easy as last time. But Falköping's Sandra Krantz got through when Hanna Marklund slipped on the wet and difficult pitch and great work from goalie Malin Andersson kept Falköping tied. Sunnanå dominated, but Falköping had dangerous counters. After a Sunnanå corner-kick Falköping could make a fast counter and Madeleine Tegström gave the home team the lead. In the middle of the second half Sunnanå subbed in the speedy midfielders Nordbrandt and Johansson, which paid off when Nordbrandt equalized. Sunnanå continued to press on for a win, but Falköping managed to hold on.
Norra Västerbotten: "Vi borde vunnit matchen"


Kopparbergs/Göteborg - Linköping 0 - 4 (0-2)
Göteborg: Sandra Bjurteg - Marlene Sjöberg (65 Anna Andén), Jenny Engwall, Maria Nilsson, Maria Karlsson - Sofie Andersson, Sofia Karlsson (65 Lisa Ek), Ingvild Stensland, Emelie Farfa - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén (74 Frida Svensson),
Linköping: Jenny Olsson - Marie-Louise Skålberg, Sara Larsson, Charlotte Rohlin, Faith Ikidi - Ann Westermark (38 Petra Larsson), Frida Östberg, Caroline Seger, Maria Karlsson - Josefine Öqvist (15 Kosovare Asllani), Maria Aronsson
Goals: 0-1 Maria Aronsson (26), 0-2 Maria Aronsson (44), 0-3 Kosovare Asllani (47), 0-4 Faith Ikidi (59)
Attendance: 613
Josefine Öqvist was carried off the field with a knee injury already after 15 minutes. That was the only downside for Linköping, who played their best match so far this season. Their Nigerian defender Faith Ikidi was successful in keeping Lotta Schelin away and Göteborg didn't create many scoring opportunities. Ingvild Stensland made her come-back for Göteborg after more than two months on the injury list. She was happy to be back and coach Pringle was satisfied with her performance, she just needs more matches to be completely back to her old self.
There are yet no details about Öqvist's injury, but Linköping's assistant coach Kieback was optimistic.
Göteborgsposten: Storförlust för Göteborg
Corren: LFC-stjärnan Öqvist knäskadad


LDB FC Malmö - Bälinge 2 - 0 (0-0)
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Therese Jönsson, Dora Stefansdottir (63 Emelie Ölander), Malin Levenstad, Lina Nilsson - Frida Nordin, Therese Sjögran, Nilla Fischer, Emma Stålhammar - Therese Lundin, Manon Melis,
Bälinge: Veronika Svensson - Lisa Lantz (54 Petra Vaelma), Lina Andersson, Linda Sembrant, Karolina Mats - Mikaela Björklund (54 Malin Eriksson), Anne Mäkinen, Kacey White, Katri Nokso-Koivisto - Moa Eriksson (81 Julia Lyckberg), Emma Lindqvist
Goals: 1-0 Manon Melis (68), 2-0 Manon Melis (85)
Attendance: 441
The water-drenched field in Malmö proved hard to master for both sides. It was almost impossible get a normal passing play to work, as the ball often came to an abrupt stop in a water puddle, and runs and dribble attempts often ended in the player slipping on the wet surface. Bälinge's coach Zaine Söderlund called it a parody of football, but the referee had approved the field after a substantial effort from the field manager to get excess water off the pitch. But the rain continued most of the match.
After a first half, that could have been called entertaining but not in the right way, both teams changed their approach, playing mostly high balls and avoiding short passing. It still was more fighting for the ball than playing and Malmö proved stronger here. The first goal came, predictably, from a corner-kick. Manon Melis kicked in the ball from distance, picking up a clearance from the Bälinge defense. But Bälinge worked on, Mäkinen hard working hub in the midfield and Kacey White creative in the attack, and had a couple of balls saved on the goalline. Malmö closed the match minutes from the whistle when Frida Nordin managed to run away from Bälinge's defense with the ball and set up Melis.
Sydsvenskan: Melis matchvinnare i regnet
Upsala Nya Tidning: Bälinge förlorade i regnigt Malmö

Umeå IK - Qbik 8 - 1 (4-0)
Umeå: Ulla-Karin Rönnlund - Emma Berglund, Anna Paulsson, Karolina Westberg, June Pedersen - Lise Klaveness, Lisa Dahlqvist (60 Emmelie Konradsson), Ma Xiaoxu - Ramona Bachmann (66 Erika Karlsson), Madelaine Edlund, Marta da Silva
Qbik: My Axelsson - Anna Nilsson, Jenny Hallstenson, Rebecca Johnson, Therése Lückner, Amelie Rybäck, Charlotte Nygren (69 Elin Ragnvaldsson), Therése Björk, Ifeoma Dieke, Elin Sandgren, Jennifer Meier (43 Lisa Mellberg)
Goals: 1-0 Marta (19), 2-0 Ma Xiaoxu (27), 3-0 Ramona Bachmann (31), 4-0 Marta (42), 5-0 Marta (47), 5-1 Ifeoma Dieke (55), 6-1 Ramona Bachmann (60), 7-1 Madelaine Edlund (61), 8-1 Madelaine Edlund (63)
Attendance: 2,608
A predictable win for league leaders Umeå against last place Qbik. Qbik's fullbacks suffered a lot against Umeå's speedy and skilled outside forwards Marta and Ramona Bachman. Centre forward Edlund set up her teammates several times and also managed to score twice, maybe getting back to her early season form?
Malin Moström never left the bench, which probably was a good decision, since her Tuesday training session was her first ball contact since November last year. Also benched was goalie Carola Söberg, maybe the club making a point after her not entirely successful performance against Djurgården?
Qbik had to travel to Umeå without their suspended keeper Maria Yatrakis, but it really wouldn't have mattered. Coach Janne Jansson wasn't even disappointed: "We don't have the capacity to disturb a team like Umeå, they are simply too good."
Värmlands Folkblad: Platt fall för Qbik mot mästarlaget Umeå
Nya Wermlandstidningen: Qbik chanslöst borta mot Umeå
Västerbottens Folkblad: Madde fixade UIK:s storseger
Västerbottenskuriren: Internationell fotbollsfestival på Gammlia