Damallsvenskan Newsblog

With the only thing left to play for this last Damallsvenskan match day being if Linköping should manage to grab the fifth place from Sunnanå (after finishing third and winning the Swedish Cup last season it would still be a disappointment, but there are degrees even in hell), something else had to bring the excitement. Marta confessed in half time that she really would like to win the goalscorer league and had total control over the standing: she had scored two goals in the first half, but Lotta Schelin had scored one, keeping Schelin one goal ahead. Marta never managed to get any closer than that, but gave the viewers another surprise. When she came back after the recess, she sported a new match shirt (gold-coloured as the team had dressed up for the occasion), with the text "Marta - signed for 2008" surrounding the main sponsor logo (the main sponsor that put in the extra money that made the deal financially possible for Umeå). The new contract was signed already a couple of days ago, but the Umeå people never lets a good marketing stunt slip, so they had managed to keep it under wraps. Marta said after the match that the money hadn't been a deciding factor when renewing her contract. Staying with her friends in Umeå and playing in the league where she had the best conditions to continue to develop as a player settled it for her. At least for 2008, she seemed open to reconsider for 2009, without actually spelling it out. And when Umeå's manager Roland Arnqvist answered the question why only a one year contract, he said "we would still have been negotiating two months from now" if they had tried for a longer deal.
Aftonbladet: Marta stannar i Umeå
Dagens Nyheter: Glädjebeskedet: Marta stannar

AIK - Kif Örebro 0 - 0 (0-0)
AIK: Sofia Lundgren - Madelene Göras, Frida Höglund, Sanna Valkonen, Linda Lekander - Camilla Ulander Nilsson (60 Anna Lundin), Jessica Juhlin, Kacey White, Ingrid Bohlin (60 Madelene Wedin) - Sofia Simonsson, Freja Egebrand (76 Patricia Lind)
Örebro: Kristin Hammarström - Ingrid Ericson, Stina Segerström, Malin Nilsson, Lena Andersson, Marie Hammarström, Marie Stålberg, Caroline Näfver, Elin Magnusson, Elin Rydberg, Marina Pettersson
Attendance: 103


Bälinge - Hammarby 0 - 2 (0-1)
Bälinge:
Hammarby:
Goals: 0-1 Marijke Callebaut (36), 0-2 Jessica Landström (49)
Attendance: 102


Djurgården - Umeå IK 3 - 5 (1-4)
Djurgården: Bente Nordby - Dorte Dalum Jensen, Jane Törnqvist, Therese Brogårde, Sara Thunebro - Elin Ekblom, Ariane Hingst (68 Malin Engdahl), Anna Hall, Ann-Marie Norlin - Emma Lundh (29 Anna Lagerberth), Victoria Svensson
Umeå: Carola Söberg - Anna Paulsson, Karolina Westberg, Emma Berglund (63 Erika Karlsson), Lisa Dahlqvist, Madelaine Edlund (46 Hanna Ljungberg), Lise Klaveness, Ramona Bachmann (71 June Pedersen), Elaine Moura, Marta da Silva, Maria Bergkvist
Goals: 0-1 madeleine Edlund (9), 0-2 Marta (16), 1-2 Jane Törnqvist (19), 1-3 Marta, 1-4 Madeleine Edlund (30), 1-5 Hanna Ljungberg (73), 2-5 Sara Thunebro (77), 3-5 Victoria Svensson (87)
Attendance: 1,974

SVT: Hanna Ljungberg gjorde comeback (video)


Kopparbergs/Göteborg - Sunnanå 2 - 3 (1-2)
Göteborg: Maria Edman (46 Sandra Bjurteg) - Elin Dahl Örn, Jenny Engwall, Maria Nilsson, Maria Karlsson - Sofie Andersson, Lisa Ek, Salina Olsson, Johanna Almgren (46 Emelie Farfa) - Lotta Schelin, Sara Lindén,
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Josefin Johansson, Sandra Berggren, Hanna Marklund, Anna Bodén, Kristina Wiklund, Maria Nordbrandt (78 Emma Jonsson), Mirjam Marklund, Lina Johansson, Johanna Lindahl, Alexandra Nilsson
Goals: 1-0 Lotta Schelin (2), 1-1 Johanna Lindahl (36), 1-2 Josefin Johansson (41), 2-2 Emmelie Farfa (61), 2-3 Emma Jonsson (81)
Attendance: 318


Linköping FC - LDB FC Malmö 1 - 0 (0-0)
Linköping: Hedvig Lindahl - Daniela Diluca, Sara Larsson (86 Maria Lindström), Charlotte Rohlin, Marie-Louise Skålberg - Ann Westermark, Anna-Kaisa Rantanen (65 Maria Karlsson), Caroline Seger, Frida Östberg - Maria Aronsson, Kosovare Asllani
Malmö: Stephanie Öhrström - Therese Jönsson, Malin Levenstad, Emma Wilhelmsson, Lina Nilsson (46 Emelie Ölander) - Frida Nordin, Nilla Fischer, Dora Stefansdottir, Emma Stålhammar - Therese Lundin, Manon Melis (73 Nanna Johansen)
Goals: 1-0 Caroline Seger (60 PK)
Attendance: 1,386


Qbik - Falköping 1 - 2 (1-1)
Qbik: Maria Yatrakis - Ifeoma Dieke, Anna Nilsson, Lisa Mellberg, Julia Spetsmark (73 Malin Barrulf), Jenny Hallstenson, Therése Lückner, Amelie Rybäck, Therése Björk, Elin Sandgren, Michelle O'Brien 
Falköping: Malin Andersson - Nettan Hofling, Elin Osbeck, Anna Larsson, Sandra Krantz (90 Madeleine Tegström), Josefine Alfsson, Camilla Sanderheim (62 Emma Eriksson), Sofia Fröjdstedt, Cynthia Uwak (81 Rebecka Blennow), Jill Oakes, Kimberly Brandao (55 red card)
Goals: 0-1 Sandra Krantz (30), 1-1 Ifeoma Dieke (39), 1-2 Sandra Krantz (84)
Attendance: 113