Match-Day 7: Saturday
Djurgården/Älvsjö (starting line-up): Maja Åström - Helén Fagerström, Jenny Curtsdotter, Jane Törnqvist, Sara Thunebro - Anna Hall, Elin Ekblom, Linda Fagerström - Sara Johansson, Laura Kalmari, Kristin Bengtsson
Själevad (starting line-up): Magda Åstrand - Johanna Engwall, Sanna Frostevall, Marina Aggio, Camilla Nyberg - Anja Steen, Terese Kapstad, Kicki Arnlöf (81 Redcarded), Johanna Ahrling - Jennie Dahlberg, Emma Jonsson
Goals: 1-0 Sara Johansson (89)
Attendance: 242
Djurgården/Älvsjö's Damallsvenskan scoring problems (6 goals in 5 matches before this) continues. In spite of a big advantage throughout the whole game they didn't manage to score until the last minutes. Själevad played a smart and well organized defense with a brilliant Magdalena Åstrand in goal. When Själevad midfielder Kicki Arnlöf recieved her second yellow in the 81st minute and had to leave the pitch, Djurgården intensified their pressure and finally managed to score. Själevad's coach Yngve Persson was very satisfied with his players; "They followed the tactical plans to 100 %", and thinks it looks good for future matches. Djurgården's goalscorer Sara Johansson said the win was very important for the team's selfconfidence, but they have to do better than this if they're going to win the next match, against Malmö FF.
On a side note, Jane Törnqvist started for Djurgården/Älvsjö, which, as I understand the German transfer rules, makes the rumoured transfer to Turbine Potsdam impossible this season.
Dagens Nyheter: Sara Johansson frälste Djurgården sent
Damfotboll.com
Post match-day comments
Sydsvenskan: Ett mål räckte för MFF
Anna Nilsson scored 32 goals for QBIK last season in the 1st division. Not until the sixth match came her first Damallsvenskan goal and QBIK's first win. QBIK showed guts and determination when they managed to win the game in spite of Själevad's early goal from a penalty kick, and coach Dave Mosson mentioned especially midfielder Lisa Mellberg.
Värmlands Folkblad: Anna Nilsson fixade första segern för Qbik
Örnsköldsviks Allehanda: Platt fall i streckmatch
Mallbacken's decision to try a bold 4-3-3 against Sunnanå didn't work out at all the first half. The Mallbacken players semed marked by their row of defeats and played without confidence. In the second half Sunnanå seemed to relax too much and when Mallbacken's icelandic midfielder Erla Arnadóttir reduced to 1-2 the game turned around. Arnadóttir, new with the team, seems to finally have found her playmaker position.
Värmlands Folkblad: Mallbacken hämtade upp
Värmlands Folkblad: Krister Engström om Mallbackens första halvlek: Tjejerna var ängsliga efter alla förluster på slutet
Norra Västerbotten: Sunnanå tappade 2-0-ledning
"It was good to be reminded that we still have some way to go", said Linköping's coach Michael Bornehav after his team's 3-1 defeat to Umeå. "Sometimes you don't have to be looking for explanations or excuses. It's enough to say that we met a damned good team", he added.
Corren: LFC chanslöst i toppmötet
Match-Day 6 - Sunday
Hammarby IF - AIK 4-0 (1-0)
Hammarby IF: Kattis Wicksell - Hanna Olsson, Jossan Christensen, Annelie Norén, Tanja Meidal - Elin Härén (88 Sofia Hoflin), Jennie Jonsson, Christina Forssell, Lisa Arnell (55 Eleonor Lundgren) - Salina Olsson, Jessica Landström (88 Stina Flodin).
AIK: Sofie Holmqvist - Lisen Åkerlund, Sara Andersson, Sofia Ström, Anna-Karin Anderssson (80 Emilia Reimer) - Yolanda Odenyo, Therese Sandström, Lina Hedkvist (53 Hodan Siid-Ahmed) - Anna Lundin (53 Josefin Wejner), Lena Persson, Nazanin Vaseghpanah.
Goals: Annelie Norén 1 - 0 (8), Jessica Landström 2 - 0 (56), Salina Olsson 3 - 0 (66), Jessica Landström 4 - 0 (83)
Attendance: 857
Hammarby took an early lead from a corner kick, but AIK managed to stand up pretty well in the first half, showing a good passing play. In the second it wasn't enough and when Salina Olsson scored Hammarby's third goal on a bicycle kick, her 8th in 6 games, it was a done deal. Hammarby's coach En Perlskog is very satisfied with his team's performance so far, in 4th place going into the break.
AIK
Dagens Nyheter: Hammarby vann Stockholmsderbyt
Mallbacken - Sunnanå SK 2-2 (0-2)
Mallbacken:
Sunnanå SK:
Goals: Madelaine Edlund 0-1 (32), Tiffeny Milbrett 0-2 (35), Erla Arnardottir 1-2 (59), Maja Johansson 2-2 (77)
Attendance: 705
"I think we got a little to self confident when we were 2 goals up and lost edge in our play", comments Sunnanå's assistant coach Björn Israelsson.
The usual match-day sum-up at Damfotboll.com and Svensk Fotboll. Stats at Svensk Fotboll.
Match-Day 6 - Saturday
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.
Match-Day 5 - Last game
Djurgården/Älvsjö: Jill Buchwald - Helén Fagerström, Jane Törnqvist, Malin Nykvist, Kristin Bengtsson - Ann-Marie Norlin (45 Linda Lekander), Elin Ekblom (Anna Hall), Linda Fagerström - Marijke Callebaut, Victoria Svensson (60 Venus James), Laura Kalmari.
Hammarby: Kattis Wicksell - Christina Forssell, Jossan Christensen, Annelie Norén, Jessica Landström, Tanja Meidal - Elin Härén, Jennie Jonsson, Salina Olsson, Louise Fors (91 Sofia Hoflin) - Lisa Arnell (72 Eleonor Lundgren)
Goals: Linda Fagerström 1-0 (73), Salina Olsson 1-1 (80)
Attendance: 242
For the first time in his life Hammarby coach En Perlskog fielded a defense line with five players, and sometimes it looked even more. Djurgården/Älvsjö owned the ball most of the match, but had problems penetrating Hammarby's defense. The set-up made for a pretty boring game, both goals came from set pieces, but it worked for Hammarby. Djurgården's play overall not looking good for the upcoming Potsdam game.
The meagre 242 crowd at the stadium cann partly be explained by the fact that Hammarby's and Djurgården's men played their derby at the same time in Stockholm.
SVT: Ratade Salina gav svar på tal i derbyt, match clip
Dagens Nyheter: Olsson tog en snabb revansch
Aftonbladet: Här får Salina sin revansch
Aftonbladet: Derbykrocken kostade Djurgården 80 000 kr
Djurgården/Älvsjö
Hammarby
Match-Day 5 - Sunday
Linköping FC:
KIF Örebro:
Goals: Josefine Öqvist 1-0 (6), Caroline Seger 2-0 (33), Emma Claesson 3-0 (57), Kristine Lilly 3-1 (71), Kristine Lilly 3-2 (89), Own goal 3-3 (90+2)
Attendance: 724
Linköping opened strong, as so often before, and Örebro never came into the match in the first half. In the halftime break Örebro decided to go for a more direct type of play, but it took until the last 20 minutes before it began to pay off. Two long passes Kristine Lilly reduced the deficit to 1 goal and Örebro throwed everything into attack in extratime and they managed to force in the equalizer on a defenders mistake. Really good show by Lilly, who hasn't been that impressive until now, and a really disappointed Linköping again lost what seemed a safe lead. "We had complete control of the match, then the last five minutes we played like little girls."
Nerikes Allehanda: Ofattbar KIF-upphämtning
Nerikes Allehanda: Match pictures
SVT: Stark upphämtning av Örebro
KIF Örebro
Corren: "Jag fattar inte vad vi håller på med"
Linköping FC
Radiosporten: Ann Westermark (Linköping) interview, Lisa Dahlqvist (Örebro) interview
Malmö FF - Själevads IK 5-1 (5-0)
Malmö FF: Caroline Jönsson - Malin Andersson, Denise Reddy, Nilla Fischer, Jenny Engwall - Frida Nordin, Formiga, Therese Sjögran (45 Therese Jönsson), Emma Stålhammar (Linda Blom) - Therese Lundin, Asthildur Helgadottir (67 Mia Westerblad)
Själevads IK: Magdalena Åstrand - Charlotte Gimbergsson, Marina, Sanna Frostevall, Camilla Nyberg – Johanna Ahrling, Josefine Engwall (86 Anna Segerbäck ), Therese Kapstad, Anja Steen (74 Johanna Engwall) – Jenny Dahlberg, Emma Jonsson (46 Josefin Larsson ).
Goals: Denise Reddy 1-0 (12), Asthildur Helgadóttir 2-0 (13), Therese Sjögran 3-0 (13), Asthildur Helgadóttir 4-0 (28), Therese Lundin 5-0 (31), Therese Kapstad 5-1 (90 PK)
Attendance: 867
Malmö started with a fast and creative attacking play and were 5 goals up already after 30 minutes. The creative center of their play was midfielders Therese Sjögran and Formiga, and when Sjögran left the field in halftime (a minor back injury), Malmö's attacking game slowed down.
Sydsvenskan: Malmö slog Själevad med 5-1
SVT: Malmö avgjorde i första halvlek
Örnsköldsviks Allehanda: Själevads taktikmiss
Malmö FF match report and match pictures, 2, 3
QBIK - Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 0-4 (0-1)
QBIK:
Kopparbergs/Göteborg: Maria Edman - Sofia Dammström, Jennie Svensson, Frida Höglund, Maria Karlsson - Sofia Palmqvist (85 Hanna Wadefalk), Lisa Ek, Lotta Schelin, Johanna Almgren - Rebecca Ljungdahl (74 Sofie Andersson), Heidi Kackur
Goals: Heidi Kackur 0-1 (33), Lisa Ek 0-2 (48), Maria Karlsson 0-3 (61), Lotta Schelin 0-4 (PK 85)
Attendance: 538
QBIK played more agressive than usual and had several good opportunities to score in the first half, which was a pretty even affair. Göteborg's greater experience against the newly promoted QBIK payed off and in the end it was a safe win for the visitors. QBIK's coach was very disappointed in his team's inability to score from even very good opportunities.
Göteborgsposten: Äntligen lossnade det för Göteborg
Värmlands Folkblad: "Oskickligt och oförlåtligt"
The usual match-day sum-up at Damfotboll.com and Svensk Fotboll. Stats at Svensk Fotboll.
Match-Day 5 - Saturday
Sunnanå: Åsa Berglund - Sandra Berggren, Linnea Gjersvold, Hanna Marklund, Magdalena Esseryd - Anna Bodén, Carolina Marklund, Carina Holmberg, Lina Johansson - Madelaine Edlund, Tiffeny Milbrett
Umeå IK: Sofia Lundgren - Maria Bergkvist, Anna Paulson, Karolina Westberg, Frida Östberg - Elaine, Malin Moström, Anne Mäkinen - Marta, Hanna Ljungberg, Anna Sjöström (75 Maria Nordbrandt)
Goals: Malin Moström 0-1 (70)
Yellow cards:
Attendance: 3,129
Tight defense from the home team made it hard for Umeå to get good scoring position. Of their about 25 shots at goal the vast majority was shot from safe outside the penalty area. In the beginning Sunnanå did surprisingly good contesting Umeå for posession of the midfield, but as the match went along Umeå dominated more and more and Madde Edlund and Tiffeny Milbrett became very lonely in the attack Hanna Marklund (player of the match) in Sunnanå's defense seemed untroubled by the injury she recieved in the Linköping match, but had to leave the pitch in the second half to avoid making the injury worse. Umeå was as a whole the much better side with a very offensive Moström and Marta, who was behind much of Umeå's attack but seldom came to any dangerous finishes.
Dagens Nyheter: Knapp seger för Umeå i derbyt
Norra Västerbotten: Moström avgjorde derbyt
TV4: Really short goal clip
Umeå IK
AIK - Mallbacken 1-0 (1-0)
AIK: Jenny Lundkvist - Lisen Åkerlund, Sara Andersson, Sofia Ström, Anna-Karin Andersson - Lina Hedkvist, Therese Sandstrsöm, Madelene Göras (7 Hodan Siid-Ahmed (78 Anna Bergendal)) - Anna Lundin (57 Josefin Wejner), Lena Persson, Nazanin Vaseghpanah
Mallbacken:
Goals: Nazanin Vaseghpanah 1-0 (31)
Yellow cards:
Attendance: 284
AIK never dominated but seemed in control most of the time, while Mallbacken only had one real opportunity. Both teams seemed affected by the busy schedule recently with 3 matches in one week - AIK showing up with only one keeper (the backup keeper to that) and Mallbacken accordning to their coach "only doing 40 %".
Dagens Nyheter: Första segern för AIK
AIK
The usual match-day sum-up at Damfotboll.com and Svensk Fotboll. Stats at Svensk Fotboll.
Match-Day 4 - Thursday
Kopparbergs/Göteborg: Maria Edman - Camilla Schelin (78 Rebecca Ljungdahl), Frida Höglund, Sofia Dammström, Marlene Sjöberg - Johanna Almgren (73 Sofia Palmqvist), Jennie Svensson, Lisa Ek, Maria Karlsson - Lotta Schelin, Heidi Kackur
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Malin Andersson, Denise Reddy, Therese Jönsson, Jenny Engwall - Frida Nordin (75 Linda Blom), Therese Sjögran (67 Emma Stålhammar), Nilla Fischer, Formiga - Asthildur Helgadottir, Therese Lundin (75 Mia Westerblad)
Goals: Therese Lundin 0-1 (20), Nilla Fischer 2-0 (26), Heidi Kackur 1-2 (40), 1-3 Formiga (52), 1-4 Frida Nordin (70), 1-5 Therese Lundin (72)
Attendance: 693
In more than 20 matches between the clubs Malmö has only lost one. This time was no exception to the rule. Malmö opened strong already from start and should have decided the match in the first half. Now it became unnecessary exciting when Heidi Kackur reduced just befiore the half time break. Coach Anders Johansson was satisfied with Denise Reddy and Therese Jönssonin in the centre defense. "It's really important to keep players like Kackur and Lotta Schelin away from goal and they succeeded with that."
Göteborgsposten: Intressant match ur Kackurs synvinkel (pre-game article)
Göteborgsposten: Tungt - som vanligt mot MFF
SVT: MFF:s damer utklassade Göteborg
Kopparbergs/Göteborg
KIF Örebro - Själevads IK 1-0 (1-0)
KIF Örebro:
Själevad: Magda Åstrand - Anja Steen, Sanna Frostevall, Marina Aggio, Camilla Nyberg - Johanna Engwall, Josefin Engwall, Kicki Arnlöf, Johanna Ahrling - Therese Kapstad, Josefine Larsson
Goals: Marie Hammarström 1-0 (42)
Attendance: 897
"We were playing deep in defense, knowing the attacking resources Örebro has", Själevad coach Yngve Persson explained. And it almost worked out. KIF Örebro clinched their victory with a Marie Hammarström goal following a corner kick. Örebro had, unlike Själevad, a couple of other hot chances that didn't materialise.
SVT: Match clip
Match-day sum-up at Damfotboll.com and Svensk Fotboll. Stats at Svensk Fotboll.
Match-Day 4 - Wednesday
Linköping FC - Sunnanå SK 2-3 (2-1)
Linköping FC: Hedvig Lindahl – Sara Larsson, Jenny Möller, Charlotte Rohlin (22 Malin Gustafsson), Emma Claesson – Anna-Kaisa Rantanen, Lotta Runesson (63 Ann Westermark ), Caroline Seger – Josefine Öqvist, Maria Aronsson, Maria Karlsson
Sunnanå SK:
Goals: Maria Karlsson 1-0 (11), Josefihe Öqvist 2-0 (26), Carina Holmberg 2-1 (27), Lina Johansson 2-2 (73), Madelaine Edlund 2-3 (80)
Attendance: 852
Sunnanå's coach "Kega" Isaksson had before the match stated that they had respect for Linköping, but that he was certain that they could pull off a much better game thn they did in their narrow defeat to KIF örebro the last match. And Tiffeny Milbrett had in no uncertain terms told the team that everyone was entitled to the occational bad day, but not fighting was not accepted. In the beginning of the Linköping match you couldn't tell if the pep talk had worked. Linköping opened strong and had 4 corners in the first five minutes. Maria Karlsson scored on a Josefine Öqvist pass and Josefine healed in a goal of her own. Sunnanå's Carina Holmberg kept them in the match with a volley from an unsuccessfull Linköping clearing attempt, but Linköping still looked like the much better team. But in the second half Linköping began to be pressured by the physically stronger Sunnanå, with Tiffeny Milbrett moved down to the midfield, and their 4-3-3 began to look more like 4-4-2. Sunnanå managed to capitalize on their playing advantage to equalise and finally score the winning goal - a ball intercepted by Tiffeny Milbrett, who made an opening pass to Madelaine Edlund who didn't make any mistakes one on one with Hedvig Lindahl. Sunnanå's captain Hanna Marklund had to leave the pitch by the end of the game with a bleedning thigh, but was still happy and convinced she'll be playing again this weekend.
Norra Västerbotten: Tuff kväll väntar Sunnanå (pre-match story)
Linköping FC
Sunnanå SK
SVT: Match clip
Umeå IK - AIK 7-0 (3-0)
Umeå IK: Sofia Lundgren - Karolina Weatberg, Anna Paulson, Sanna Valkonen, Maria Bergkvist - Elaine (Frida Östberg), Malin Moström, Anne Mäkinen - Marta (61 Maria Nordbrandt), Hanna Ljungberg, Anna Sjöström (Johanna Andersson)
AIK: Sofie Holmqvist - Lisen Åkerlund (71 Maria Moustakakis), Sara Andersson, Sofia Ström, Anna-Karin Andersson - Hodan Siid-Ahmed (51 Lina Hedkvist), Therese Sandström, Madelene Göras, - Anna Lundin (59 Nazanin Vaseghpanah), Lena Persson, Josefin Wejner
Goals: Marta 1 - 0 (10), Marta 2-0 (22), Elaine 3-0 (45), Anna Sjöström 4-0 (54), Marta 5-0 (59), Hanna Ljungberg 6-0 (84), Anne Mäkinen 7-0 (88)
Attendance: 2088
"We were standing still a bit too much in the first half", Umeå coach Andrée Jeglertz excused himself after the 7-0 win, "but we had a good match and did some good looking goals". Even if there are more competetive teams in Damallsvenskan this year, there is still a big difference between Umeå and a newcomer like AIK. Things are beginning to look dire for AIK, but coach Christer Söderberg says that they were never relying on getting points from the upper half teams they've played so far.
SVT: Match clip
AIK
Aftonbladet: Umeås ”superbrassa” bakom storsegern
Mallbacken - Djurgården/Älvsjö 0-2 (0-1)
Mallbacken:
Djurgården/Älvsjö: Maja Åström - Helene Fagerström, Malin Nykvist, Jane Törnqvist, Sara Thunebro - Ann-Marie Norlin - Linda Fagerström, Elin Ekblom, Kristin Bengtsson - Marijke Callebaut, Laura Kalmari
Goals: Elin Ekblom 1-0 (43), Laura Kalmari 2-0 (90, PK)
Red card: Therese Stolpe, Mallbacken
Attendance: 689
With three attackers absent (Johansson, Svensson and James) Djurgården/Älvsjö had big problems finding their way through Mallbacken's fighting defense. A long shot be midfielder Ekblom gave them the lead by the end of the first half and a penalty kick that Kalmari converted at the end of the second was probably less than expected by the Women's Cup finalists.
Hammarby - QBIK 3-2 (1-1)
Hammarby: Kattis Wicksell - Hanna Olsson, Jossan Christensen, Annelie Norén, Tanja Meidal - Elin Hären, Jennie Jonsson, Christina Forssell, Linda Forsberg - Salina Olsson (88 Lisa Arnell), Jessica Landström (45 Louise Fors).
QBIK:
Goals: Salina Olsson 1-0 (8), Jenny Hallstenson 1-1 (16), Salina Olsson 2-1 (56), Jenny Hallstenson 2-2 (62), Salina Olsson 3-2 (78)
Attendance: 312
Jenny Hallstensson's two equlizers almost gave QBIK their first Damallsvenskan point, against the run of the play, while Salina Olsson's hat trick in front of national team assistant coach Thomas Dennerby probably put her back in the running for a spot on the Euro squad.
Dagens Nyheter: Salinas hattrick gav full pott
Match-day sum-up at Svensk Fotboll and Damfotboll.com, stats at Svensk Fotboll
Post match-day comments
Kopparbergs/Göteborg were disappointed with yet another draw, the more since they had the upper hand and should have converted more of their opportunities.
Örnsköldsviks Allehanda: En poäng att glädjas åt
Själevads IK
Kopparbergs/Göteborg
A big relief seems to be the most common feeling with Umeå's players after the 1-0 win over Djurgården/Älvsjö. Hanna Ljungberg admits that they were very tense before the match, having lost 4 matches of 5 to Djurgården/Älvsjö last season, and it showed in the match where both sides played a restrained and defensive game. From Djurgården/Älvsjö the view is that a (goalless) draw would have been a result that better corresponded to the events on the field.
Västerbottens Folkblad: ÄNTLIGEN SEGER!
Djurgården/Älvsjö
KIF Örebro was the better team, particularly in the midfield with Mary Frances Monroe and Marie Hammarström, and made good use of the set pieces. But Sunnanå is extremely dangerous up front and Tiffeny Milbrett is gold worth for the club.
Norra Västerbotten: Sunnanå somnade in - då nickade Örebro till
Västerbottens Folkblad: Dramatisk förlust för Sunnanå
A match report from Kristine Lilly at her website www.kristinelilly13.com
A local TV station has a clip with all the goals and a few words from Tiffeny (Real Player)
Criminally boring! is the verdict from a local columnist after the QBIK-Mallbacken match. And the players admit it wasn't any great entertainment they gave. QBIK coach Dave Mosson once again wants to emphazise that the team needs strengthening. "I don't think the board realised how big the step is from 1st division to Damallsvenskan".
Värmlands Folkblad: Mållöst igen - nu vill Mosson ha förstärkning
Värmlands Folkblad: Målet som avgjorde Värmlandsderbyt
Värmlands Folkblad: "Kriminellt tråkigt"
There is a short piece on the match about 3 and a half minutes into the local evening news (Real Player)
Match-Day 3 - Sunday
Malmö FF - Hammarby IF 6-0 (4-0)
Malmö FF: Caroline Jönsson - Malin Andersson, Denise Reddy, Therese Jönsson, Jenny Engwall - Nilla Fischer, Formiga (76 Anna Mörstam), Therese Sjögran, Emma Stålhammar - Asthildur Helgadottir (60 Mia Westerblad), Therese Lundin (59 Frida Nordin)
Hammarby IF: Camilla Halonen - Karolina Rinman (15 Karolina Rinman), Josefin Christensen, Annelie Norén, Hanna Olsson - Linda Forsberg, Christina Forssell, Jennie Olsson, Elin Härén (67 Louise Fors) - Salina Olsson, Jessica Landström (81 Lisa Arnell)
Goals: Therese Lundin 1-0 (10), Asthildur Helgadottir 2-0 (26), Therese Lundin3-0 (32), Asthildur Helgadottir 4-0 (45), Formiga 5-0 (56), Frida Nordin 6-0 (90+1)
Yellow cards:
Attendance: 905
A one-sided game, where almost all of the play was on Hammarby's half of the field. Hammarby's coach En Perlskog said that Malmö, against all predictions, seemes to have their best team in several years. Malmö showed a varied and efficient play with the cooperation between Therese Sjögran and Formiga as their main force. Players and coach alike were extremely pleased with both result and play and coach Anders Johansson mentioned particulary the defense line, reconstructed after national team players Sara Larsson and Karolina Westberg left the club last year.
Sydsvenskan: Malmö FF krossade Hammarby
QBIK - Mallbacken 0-1 (0-0)
QBIK:
Mallbacken:
Goals: Linda Wallin 0-1 (88)
Yellow cards:
Attendance: 2,618
A defensive, maybe overcautious, approach from both sides, that seemed more bent on not losing than on winning, made for a fairly uneventfull match. Towards the end of the game both sides tried to find more attacking opportunities and shortly before the end Mallabacken substitution Linda Wallin found the goal.
Sunnanå SK - KIF Örebro 3-4 (1-2)
Sunnanå SK:
KIF Örebro:
Goals: Stina Segerström 1-0 (4), Tiffeny Milbrett 1-1 (40), Kate Markgraf 1-2 (42), Kristine Lilly 1-3 (52), Tiffeny Milbrett 2-3 (57), Tiffeny Milbrett 3-3 (78), Lisa Dahlkvist 3-4 (89)
Yellow cards: Sandra Persson KIF Örebro
Attendance: 508
With a 1 degree temperature and snow in the air the conditions for a good game and a big crowd could have been better. KIF Örebro started best, scored from a set piece already after 4 minutes and dominated the midfield play with Mary Frances Monroe playing an essential role. Tiffeny Milbrett and Madeleine Edlund were dangerous in Sunnanå's attack, but Örebro's defense managed to contain them most of the time. Örebro's two first goals came off set pieces where Sunnanå's defense should have been better marking. In the second half Sunnanå started to play wider and getting crosses in behind Örebro's defense line. This worked out and when the game reached a 3-3, after a Tiffeny Milbrett hat trick draw in would not have been an unfair result. But Örebro's youngster Lisa Dahlqvist headed in the last goal from a corner kick.
Local paper Norra Västerbotten did their usual online play by play, you can find it here.
Match-day sum-up at Damfotboll.com and Svensk Fotboll, stats also at Svensk Fotboll.
Match-Day 3 - Saturday
TV match of the week: Djurgården/Älvsjö - Umeå IK 0-1 (0-0)
Djurgården/Älvsjö: Maja Åström - Helen Fagerström, Jane Törnqvist, Malin Nykvist, Sara Thunebro - Linda Fagerström, Ann-Marie Norlin, Anna Hall (65 Venus James), Kristin Bengtsson - Laura Kalmari, Sara Johansson
Umeå IK: Sofia Lundgren - Maria Bergkvist, Anna Paulson, Sanna Valkonen, Frida Östberg - Elaine (89 Karolina Westberg), Malin Moström, Anne Mäkinen - Marta, Hanna Ljungberg (82 Jessica Julin), Anna Sjöström
Goals: Malin Moström 1-0 (51, PK)
Yellow cards:
Attendance: 2,283
A tough and tight match, more exciting than entertaining, where Djurgården/Älvsjö came out defeated for the second game in a row, something that's never happened the club before. With Victoria Svensson still on the injury list Djurgården's attack was somewhat handicapped with a lone Sara Johansson running on long passes. On the other hand Umeå's attack had big problems dealing with Djurgården's defense, where Jane Törnqvist probably strengthened her chances for a national team spot a good deal. Umeå's winning goal came off a Malin Moström penalty kick, awarded after Sara Thunebro handballed a shot from Anne Mäkinen.
Dagens Nyheter: Moström avgjorde prestigemötet
SVT: Ingen viktoria utan Victoria
Expressen: Umeå straffade Djurgården/Älvsjö
Aftonbladet: Stjärnstopp i toppmötet
AIK - Linköping FC 1-2 (1-2)
AIK: Sofie Holmqvist - Lisen Åkerlund, Sofia Ström, Sara Andersson, Anna-Karin Andersson - Madelene Göras, Therese Sandström, Hodan Siid-Ahmed (54 Lina Hedqvist) - Anna Lundin (78 Freje Egebrand), Lena Persson, Nazanin Vaseghpanah (54 Josefine Wejner)
Linköping FC: Hedvig Lindahl - Sara Larsson, Charlotte Rohlin, Jenny Möller, Emma Claesson - Malin Gustavsson, Anna-Kaisa Rantanen, Lotta Runesson (85 Therese Andersson) - Ann Westermark (73 Karolina Kristensson), Maria Aronsson, Josefine Öqvist
Goals: Maria Aronsson 0-1 (8), Maria Aronsson 0-2 (18), Therese Sandström 1-2 (28)
Yellow cards:
Attendance: 265
AIK got a bad start, conceding two goals in the first 20 minutes, but managed to stop Linköping's offense after that with a more agressive and physical defense. But Linköping, with Maria Karlsson and Carolina Seger on the injury list, was never really threatened.
SVT: Aronsson håller Linköping i topp
Linköpings FC
AIK
Dagens Nyheter: Ingen munter upptakt för AIK
Själevads IK - Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 1-1 (0-1)
Själevads IK:
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC: Maria Edman - Camilla Schelin, Frida Höglund, Sofia Dammström, Marlene Sjöberg - Lisa Ek, Maria Karlsson, Jennie Svensson, Johanna Almgren - Lotta Schelin, Heidi Kackur
Goals: Lotta Schelin 0-1 (5), Therese Kapstad 1-1 (77)
Yellow cards:
Attendance: 637
Once again a direct free-kick from Therese Kapstad saved the day for Själevad. Själevad was much under pressure the first half and their defense, where brasilian Marina played the full match only 24 hours after she arrived in Sweden, had a lot of work keeping Göteborg's Lotta Schelin and Heidi Kackur from goal. Lotta Schelin was the big player of the match.
Radiosporten: Kapstad fixade ny poäng till Själevad
Göteborgsposten Göteborg tappade poäng
Matchday sum-up at Damfotboll.com and Svensk Fotboll , the vital stats at Svensk Fotboll.
Match-Day 2 - Post game comments
Nerikes Allehanda: Snyftigt slut på en stark kraftmarkering
Nerikes Allehanda: Stinkande slut kostade två poäng
Nerikes Allehanda: Match pictures
"I'm hurting in the head and in a shoulder, but most of all inside here", says Själevad's goalkeeper Magdalena Åstrand and points to her heart. And Själevad was completely out-played by Hammarby, not getting more than one single scoring opportunity. "We need to put this behind us as quickly as possible. Hopefully the arrival of our brasilians Kelly and Marina next week will revitalise the team spirit."
Örnsköldsviks Allehanda: En smäll som tog
QBIK's defeat to Umeå was predictable, even if it was bigger than QBIK coach Dave Mosson would have wanted. But whatb really concerned him was the injuries to defender Ann-Sofie Halvarsson (broken leg and out for the rest of the season) and talented forward Rebecca Jonsson (hopefully just a twisted knee).
Värmlands Folkblad: Benbrott i Umeå
Also the other Värmland team, Mallbacken, took a severe beating in the weekend. Malmö played very controlled and didn't give Mallbacken many opportunities to create anything. Mallbacken's 15 year old Sandra Andersson made her Damallsvenskan debut when there was 10 minutes left. "I think I did all right. I'm only 15 and these are some of the best players in the country."
Värmlands Folkblad: Mallbacken chanslöst mot Malmö
The Umeå - QBIK match was also Umeå's celebration of 20 years in women's football. The match could have been "another day on the job", but Umeå's players did one of their best matches in a long time. The Elaine - Moström - Mäkinen midfield impressed most on local sports columnist Niklas Westman.
Västerbottens Folkblad: En dag på jobbet för UIK-spelarna
Västerbottens Folkblad: UIK hade lekstuga med QBIK
SVT: Umeå IK fyller 20 år (Windows media)
Match-Day 2 - Sunday
Umeå IK: Sofia Lundgren (30 Johanna Baecklund) - Maria Bergkvist (Karolina Westberg), Anna Paulson, Sanna Valkonen, Frida Östberg - Elaine, Malin Moström, Anne Mäkinen - Marta (Maria Nordbrandt), Hanna Ljungberg, Anna Sjöström
QBIK:
Goals: Marta 1-0 (1), Anna Sjöström 2-0 (29), Hanna Ljungberg 3-0 (41), Anna Sjöström 4-0 (49), Malin Moström 5-0 (64), Frida Östberg 6-0 (74), Malin Moström 7-0 (87)
Yellow cards:
Attendance: 3427
Umeå IK celebrated their 20 years in women's football with birthday cake enough for every spectator. They had a party on the field too. QBIK's coach Dave Mosson said he hadn't expected anything but a defeat to Umeå, "They are better than us on every position", but his team did not have a good day. Two players, Ann-Sofie Halvarsson and Rebecca Jonsson suffered injuries that will keep them out of play for a long time.
SVT: Umeå IK vann stort hemma mot Qbik
Expressen: Marta och Umeå bjöd på målfest
Umeå IK
Damfotboll.com
TV4: Highlights video (2 minutes, registration requited)
Svt: Highlights, including a few seconds fron the Sunnanå - AIK game (Windows media, 40 seconds)
Hammarby - Själevad 5-0 (1-0)
Hammarby: Camilla Halonen - Hanna Olsson, Josefin Christensen, Annelie Norén, Karolina Rinman - Elin Härén (80 Louise Fors ), Jennie Jonsson, Christina Forssell, Linda Forsberg (55 Tanja Meidal ) - Salina Olsson (70 Lisa Arnell ) Jessica Landström.
Själevad:
Goals: Salina Olsson 1-0 (3), Salina Olsson 2-0 (50), Jessica Landström 3-0 (54), Salina Olsson 4-0 (64), Elin Härén 5-0 (66)
Yellow cards:
Attendance: 425
A much better Hammarby with a brilliant Salina Olsson didn't give Själevad any chances. A really good attacking play that, according to Hammarby coach En Perlskog, should have resulted in more first half goals than just one.
SVT: Själevad hann inte med Hammarby
Damfotboll.com
Sum-up for all weekend matches as usual at Svenskfotboll.se, the vital stats at their results page.
Match-Day 2 - Saturday
TV match of the week: Linköping FC - Djurgården/Älvsjö 2-1 (1-0)
Linköping FC: Hedvig Lindahl - Sara Larsson, Lotta Rohlin, Jenny Möller, Emma Claesson - Malin Gustafsson (60 Lotta Runesson), Anna-Kajsa Rantanten, Maria Aronsson - Ann Westermark (72 Karolin Kristenson), Josefine Öqvist (85 Therese Andersson), Maria Karlsson
Djurgården/Älvsjö: Maja Åström - Sara Thunebro, Therese Brogårde, Malin Nykvist, Helén Fagerström - Jane Törnqvist - Victoria Svensson (62 Anna Hall), Linda Fagerström - Sara Johansson (28 Venus James), Laura Kalmari (45 Elin Ekblom), Kristin Bengtsson
Goals: Maria Karlsson 1-0 (23), Victoria Svensson 1-1 (56), Lotta Rohlin 2-1 (79)
Yellow cards:
Attendance: 2,188
The team of the future (8 starters 25 years or younger) met the present champions (1 starter 25 or younger). Linköping seemed to follow a well thought match plan, using high pressure, attacking with a lot of players and a keep-it-simple approach. Not many teams would take such a bold stand against the champions. In the first half it worked fine. Linköping made good use of their fast forwards and Djurgården/Älvsjö had problems making use of Victoria Svensson in her position just behind the forward line. Linköping's Malin Gustafsson did a great job there. The first half goal, even if it as the other two came directly off a goalkeeper mistake, was a product of Linköping having three forwards inside the area, pressuring goalkeeper and defender. Djurgården, having lost their national team striker Sara Johansson to an early injury, made some thinking and changning in the half time. Victoria Svensson moved up front, replacing Laura Kalmari, and Elin Ekblom took Svensson's midfield place. Djurgården controlled more of the game in the second half and equalised on a little solo thing from Svensson. But she seemed to have stretched a thigh doing it and had to go off minutes later. Djurgården still dominated, but Linköping defended good and had dangerous counters. The winner was scored on a free-kick close to the penalty area after Josefine Öqvist (fast and dangerous most of the time) was brought down and a confused Djurgården defense failed to clear the ball.
Corren: LFC vann hemmapremiären
Aftonbladet: Linköpings knallseger spetsar guldsnacket
Expressen: "Vi kan utmana topplagen"
Dagens Nyheter: Linköping besegrade mästarna
SVT: Landslagsstjärnor skadade när mästarna föll, Highlights clip (Windows media, 1 minute)
TV4: Highlights clip (1 minute, register to watch)
KIF Örebro - Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 1-1 (0-0)
KIF Örebro:
Kopparbergs/Göteborg: Maria Edman - Camilla Schelin, Frida Höglund, Sofie Dammström, Marlene Sjöberg - Lisa Ek, Jennie Svensson, Maria Karlsson, Sofia Palmqvist - Lotta Schelin, Heidi Kackur (80 Johanna Almgren)
Yellow cards:
Goals: Kristine Lilly 1-0 (57), Lisa Ek 1-1 (90)
Attendance: 1589
A rather even first half with a lot of missed chances, including KIF's Kristin Hammarström saving a Heidi Kackur penalty kick, turned into a second where Göteborg had to focus on their defending. KIF's Kristine Lilly grew better and better through the match and scored what could have been the match winner. But Lisa Ek came running on a long ball from Göteborg's defense and equalised in extra time. KIF Örebro's Pia Sundhage was very disappointed to get robbed of the victory, but thought the team should have been able to decide the match earlier. Göteborg's Martin Pringle said his side were under a lot of pressure in the second half, but looking to the whole match he had no reason to apologise for the draw.
Göteborgsposten: Göteborg "stal" poäng
Nerikes Allehanda: Tung poängförlust för KIF Örebro
SVT: Ek smög in kvittering på övertid
Mallbackens IF- Malmö FF 0-5 (0-4)
Mallbacken:
Malmö: Caroline Jönsson - Jenny Engwall (75 Sara Stålhammar), Therese Jönsson, Nilla Fischer, Malin Andersson - Emma Stålhammar, Therese Sjögran, Formiga (70 Anna Mörstam), Frida Nordin (64 Corinne Briers) - Asthildur Helgadóttir, Maria Westerblad
Goals: Asthildur Helgadóttir 0-1 (8), Maria Westerbladh 0-2 (10), Malin Andersson 0-3 (25), Maria Westerbladh 0-4 (29), Asthildur Helgadóttir 0-5 (69)
Yellow card: Formiga Malmö FF
Attendance: 666
After two goals in the first 10 minutes Malmö FF had the match in their hands. Mallbacken didn't get to one single dangerous opportunity. Malmö FF's coach Anders Johansson was very satisfied: "Everything worked out today".
Sydsvenskan: Malmö FF släppte inte till en målchans
SVT: Språngnick och klack MFF:s segervapen
Sunnanå SK- AIK 5-0 (2-0)
Sunnanå:
AIK: Sofie Holmqvist - Lisen Åkerlund, Yolanda Odenyo, Sara Andersson, Emilia Reimer - Therese Sandström, Madelene Göras (45 Lina Hedkvist ), Anna Bergendal (45 Hodan Siid-Ahmed ) - Anna Lundin, Lena Persson, Nazanin Vaseghpanah (65 Maria Moustakakis)
Goals: Madelaine Edlund 1-0 (6) Carina Holmberg 2-0 (37), Madelaine Edlund 3-0 (57), Carina Holmberg 4-0 (60), Madelaine Edlund 5-0 (76)
Yellow card: Madelene Göras AIK, Therese Sandström AIK
Attendance: 1028
Sunnanå's Tiffeny Milbrett left the match 8 minutes from time, goalless in spite of several good scoring opportunities. Still, she was Sunnanå's most valuable player in the match, being part of almost every attacking movement. Sunnanå dominated the match against the newly promoted AIK.
Norra Västerbotten: Storseger för Sunnanå
SVT: Milbrett bakom Sunnaås alla fem mål
Sum-up for today's all matches as usual at Svenskfotboll.se, the vital stats at their results page.
Match-Day 1 - Narrow Victory for Djurgården
Djurgården/Älvsjö: Maja Åström - Sara Thunebro, Therese Brogårde, Malin Nykvist, Linda Lekander - Victoria Svensson, Anna Hall (70 Jane Törnqvist), Linda Fagerström - Sara Johansson, Laura Kalmari, Venus James (63 Elin Ekblom)
Sunnanå SK: Åsa Berglund - Linnea Gjersvold, Carolina Marklund, Hanna Marklund, Sandra Berggren - Mirjam Marklund (82 Nora Jåfs), Carina Holmberg, Anna Bodén, Lina Johansson (78 Maggis Esseryd) - Madelaine Edlund, Tiffeny Milbrett
Goals: Sara Johansson1-0 (2), Tiffeny Milbrett 1-1 (65 PK), Linda Lekander 2-1 (75)
Yellow cards: Mirjam Marklund Sunnanå, Victoria Svensson Djurgården/Älvsjö,
Attendance: 522
Sunnanå started nervously while Djurgården/Älvsjö pushed forward from the start. They took advantage of a Sunnanå defense that had yet to find their positions and Sara Johansson scored on a long pass from Victoria Svensson in behind the defense line. Djurgården dominated but didn't get to any really dangerous finishes, while Sunnanå had to chase the ball a lot. Tiffeny Milbrett worked hard in Sunnanå's attack and was behind most of her side's opportunities. About 20 minutes into the second half Milbrett went down, maybe a little too easy, inside Djurgården's penalty area and was rewarded with a penalty. She took the penalty kick herself and it was 1-1. The rest of the game Sunnanå tried to defend their draw, but Linda Lekander scores on a direct corner kick. All in all, Djurgården/Älvsjö did what they had to do while Sunnanå should be content with their effort.
This match report is compiled from an online play-by-play by Sunnanå's local paper Norra Västerbotten. You can read the complete PBP at their website:
Norra Västerbotten: "Stort plus i kanten för den här insatsen"
Dagens Nyheter: Djurgården/Älvsjö vann mot Sunnanå
SVT - highlights clip with Milbrett interview (Windws media, 2 minutes)
A couple of pre-match stories:
Sunnanå coach Kenneth "Kega" Isaksson talks about having confidence in his players and about the difference between coaching men and women - Sunnanå is his first women's team. Isaksson says they will need both their strength as a team and top individual performances to make it against Djurgården/Älvsjö. If it works out, a win is not impossible.
NorraVästerbotten: Kega tror på sina tjejer
Expressen has an article on the good and bad of the influx of foreign players, and gets the usual answer. As long as it is world class players that come, it's nothing but good. They also asks Tiffeny Milbrett why she chose to play in Sweden: "I want to play in the best league there is", she says. And since the foldning of WUSA, that is in Sweden.
Expressen: ”Nästan alla är världsspelare”
Expressen: Tiffeny: Därför väljer vi Sverige
Match-Day 1 - Sunday
QBIK:
Linköping:
Goals: Jenny Möller 0-1 (14), Rebecca Jonsson 1-1 (39), Maria Aronsson 1-2 (50), Josefine Öqvist 1-3 (81)
Attendance: 2,036
- "QBIK was much better than I anticipated", said Linköping coach Michael Bornehav after the match. In spite of what had been said before the match he started Josefine Öqvist since both Caroline Seger and Maria Karlsson were on the sick-list. Öqvist seemed really happy to play again and got one assist and one goal. QBIK coach Dave Mosson said they started a bit overcautious and Linköping got fairly easy goals. The fast QBIK forward Rebecca Jonsson impressed most for the home side.
Radiosporten: interview with Linköping coach Michael Bornehav (audio)
Damfotboll.com
Corren: Öqvist avgjorde och skadades
Aftonbladet: Succédebut av "Jossan"
Expressen: Kalasstart för "Jossan" i nya laget
Värmlands Folkblad: Dave Mosson: Vi var aldrig nära
Match-Day 1
TV match of the week: Malmö FF - Umeå 2-2 (1-2)
Malmö FF: Caroline Jönsson - Malin Andersson, Denise Reddy, Therese Jönsson, Jenny Engwall - Frida Nordin, Nilla Fischer, Therese Sjögran, Emma Stålhammar (73 Maria Westerbladh) - Formiga, Asthildur Helgadottir
Umeå IK: Sofia Lundgren - Maria Bergkvist, Anna Paulson, Sanna Valkonen, Frida Östberg - Jessica Julin (68 Elaine), Malin Moström, Anne Mäkinen - Marta (82 Maria Nordbrandt), Hanna Ljungberg, Anna Sjöström
Goals: Hanna Ljungberg 0-1 (14), Sanna Valkonen 0-2 (16), Emma Stålhammar 1-2 (37), Denise Reddy 2-2 (83)
Yellow cards: Therese Sjögran, Malmö FF, Therese Jönsson, Malmö FF, Alfhildur Helgadottir, Malmö FF, Malin Andersson, Malmö FF, Frida Östberg, Umeå IK, Hanna Ljungberg, Umeå IK, Maria Bargkvist, Umeå IK (and yes, the referee in this match has been much critizised)
Attendance: 2,117
Shaky start from Malmö with slow and passive defense. Umeå pressured from the first moment and exploited the empty area between Malmö's defense and medfield. But Umeå's early goals, a Hanna Ljungberg header and Sanna Valkonen's off a cornerkick, were more thank's to lack of communication and determination in Malmö's defense than any brilliant attack. After about 30 minutes Malmö finally started to push up and meet Umeå's attacks in the mid third of the pitch. Much more even play the rest of the match and Malmö deservedly equalized, a beautifull shot by Emma Stålhammar from the edge of the area and Denise Reddy's somewhat lucky shot from a Malin Andersson free kick.
Malmö's Nilla Fischer and Umeå's Elaine impressed but I expected much more from Umeå's Mäkinen.
Aftonbladet: Malmö luggade guldfavoriten på poäng
Aftonbladet: Umeås löfte sprack redan i första matchen
Dagens Nyheter: Malmö knep poäng av Umeå
Sydsvenskan: MFF fick oavgjort mot Umeå
SVT: Highlights from the match (Windows media, 2 and a half minutes)
SR Radiosporten: Short interview with Malmö's Emma Stålhammar
AIK - KIF Örebro 0-1 (0-1)
AIK: Sofie Holmqvist - Emilia Reimer, Yolanda Odenyo, Sara Andersson, Maria Moustakakis - Madelene Göras, Therese Sandström, Hodan Siid-Ahmed (57 Lina Hedkvist) - Anna Bergendal, Lena Persson, Nazanin Vaseghpanah (61 Anna Lundin)
KIF Örebro:
Yellow cards: Sara Andersson, AIK
Goals: Louise Östman 0-1 (14)
Attendance: 813
Örebro had a nervous start, but after the first 10 minutes they dominated and should have closed the match much earlier than the last minute. Several missed opportunities by Östman and Kristine Lilly, who otherwise showed high class. AIK could count themselves fortunate that the defeat wasn't bigger. Lilly herself commented that she thinks she did ok, but should have scored at least one goal.
Nerikes Allehanda: Premiärseger för KIF Örebro
Nerikes Allehanda: Lilly: Jag missade för mycket
Nerikes Allehanda: Match pictures
Nerikes Allehanda: Segern i premiären värd mer än tre poäng
Dagens Nyheter: AIK kom billigt undan
AIK
SR Radiosporten: interviews with Örebro's Louise Östman and Pia Sundhage
Kopparbergs/Göteborg - Hammarby 1-0 (1-0)
Kopparbergs/Göteborg: Maria Edman - Camilla Schelin, Frida Höglund, Sofia Dammström, Marlene Sjöberg - Maria Karlsson, Jennie Svensson, Lisa Ek, Sofia Palmqvist (65 Heidi Kackur) - Johanna Almgren, Lotta Schelin
Hammarby: Camilla Halonen - Karolina Rinman, Josefin Christensen, Annelie Norén, Hanna Olsson - Jessica Landström (85 Louise Fors), Jennie Jonsson, Christina Forssell (70 Lisa Arnell), Elin Härén - Salina Olsson, Linda Forsberg (45 Tanja Meidal)
Goals: Maria Karlsson 1-0 (28)
Attendance: 512
Göteborg started well and deserved the lead, but in the second half Hammarby was the better side and goalkeeper Maria Edman was forced to several saves to keep the victory for Göteborg. Göteborg's midfielder Lisa Ek (former Hammarby player) comments that as long as they managed to play according to their tactics, short fast passes through the midfield with the wing backs supporting the attack, it worked fine. In the second half they didn't seem to have the energy to do that, which let Hammarby back in the game.
Göteborgsposten: Korta passningar i långa loppet - så skall favoriterna utmanas
Själevad - Mallbacken 2-1 (0-0)
Själevad: Magdalena Åstrand - Johanna Engwall, Sanna Frostevall, Camilla Nyberg, Anna Segerbäck (45 Emma Jonsson) - Elisabeth Nilsson, Therese Kapstad, Josefine Engwall (70 Kristina Arnlöf ), Johanna Ahrling - Jennie Dahlberg, Josefin Larsson (90 Anja Steen)
Mallbacken:
Goals: Emma Jonsson 1-0 (54), Jenny Monsén 1-1 (60), Therese Kapstad 2-1 (89)
Yellow card: Erla Arnadóttir, Mallbacken
Red card: Carola Söberg, Mallbacken
Attendance: 922
Close fought but not very well played match. Mallbacken's goalie Carola Söberg took a red card close to the end of the match as she brought down a free Emma Jonsson. Therese Kapstad scored the winning goal on the following direct free-kick from just outside the area.
SR Radiosporten: Short interview with Mallbacken's Jenny Monsén
Sum-up for today's all matches at Svenskfotboll.se, the vital stats at their results page.