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July 23, 2001
11th round results of Damallsvenskan, Sweden´s
premier league
By Thorsten Frennstedt
Kristianstad/Wä
0 Kopparbergs/Landvetter 3 (0-2)
Marit Björstedt (58), Ulrika Björn (66, 88).
K/W was and still is in bad need of points. Head choach Anders Niklasson
had moved key player Nilla Fischer to the back line and changed to 3-5-2
formation. K/L had two shots wide in the first half. Nilla Fischer gave
Maria Wanstadius a pefectly weighted ball in front of K/L´s second
keeper Camilla Samuelsson who cleared.
The guests´ offense seemed to had gone into hibernation when Marit
Björstedt easily made it 0-1. Ulrika Björn´s two goal blasts
were nifty. Maria Nilsson rocked the ball of the underside of the K/L
crossbar one minute before time. It was the home side's only chance in
the second half.
Mallbacken 1
Bälinge 3 (1-3)
Bälinge Anna Eskhult (2, 7), 0-3 Maria Säfström
(27),
Mallbacken Jenny Monsén (29).
Bälinge shocked the home side. This defeat was only the second on
home soil for Mallbacken. The first was by champion Umeå. Bälinge
is struggling to avoid relegation.
"I can only regret that we were not allowed to replay the first 15th minutes
of the match, for I think the rest had looked otherwise." Mallbacken´s
head coach Janne Jansson declared.
However Bälinge played well. The two sisters Sara and Lina Call were
very consistent. Yolanda Odenyo anchored the backline and Therese Sandström
added spark to the offense.
Öster 0
Malmö FF 2 (0-0)
Therese Lundin (52), Malin Andersson (89).
Öster kept the same defense from their 1-1-match in Umeå. First
half became the best one in front of the home crowd. Former Öster-player
Therese Lundin wiggled free and shot the insurance goal from a steep angle.
Malin Andersson drilled her free kick for 2-0 in the last minute. Malmö
head coach Lena Videkull was content with the small win.
"It was a hard task to pound away at the Öster defense. I have to
respect their way of playing when in the bottom of the league."
Djurgården
2 Hammarby 1 (2-0)
Djurgården 2 Elin Flyborg (18), Sara Johansson (27)
Hammarby Cecilia Rongedahl (89)
Djurgården was the most prolific team in this Stockholm derby. Hammarby
stayed optimistic during the entire game and was awarded a free kick in
the last minute when Cecilia Rongedahl slipped her shot into the Djurgården
goal. It was the game of Djurgården´s two national team players
Elin Flyborg (awarded the MVP prize of the match) and Sara Johansson.
Both their goals were similar- from crosses.
HIF Alingså
1 Älvsjö 3 (1-2)
HIF Alingså Camilla Ackerfors (22)
Älvsjö Victoria Svensson (29, 45, 80)
Älvsjö
misses their national team key defender Jane Törnqvist who received
a bad knee injury during the Eurofinals. It seemed that HIF Alingsås
could take advantage of this impairment, and Camilla Ackerfors scored
her first league goal for her new club. Luckily for Älvsjö Victoria
Svensson, a forward of the national team, was not missing. She scored
her second hat-trick of the year, thus keeping Älvsjö leading
the league. HIF Alingsås seems to have gained experience during
the first Allsvenskan season and may threaten other teams except the very
best ones to save their future.
Sunnanå
0 Umeå 7 (0-5)
Therese Kapstad (20, 43), Hanna Ljungberg (35, 51), Anna Sjöström
(23), Hanna Marklund (25, 47)
What a pounding for the home side, three goals down in 5 minutes! Four
goals were made by former Sunnanå players, Hanna Ljungberg and Hanna
Marklund. It was the first time that Umeå, though Swedish Champions,
have won an away league match against Sunnanå.
Missing Umeå´s national team players Tina Nordlund and Malin
Moström among the scorers? The were midfielders as usual but after
many matches during the summer and very much running they might have lost
their shape a little.
Standings
Älvsjö 28
Umeå (C)27
Malmö 24
Djurgården 20
Kopparbergs/Landvetter 19
Mallbacken(P) 18
Bälinge 13
Hammarby 11
Kristianstad/Wä 9
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Sunnanå (P) 8
HIF Alingsås(P) 4
Öster 2
C= Champion, P=
Promoted this year
Leading scorers
13 Victoria Svensson, Älvsjö.
12 Elin Flyborg, Djurgården.
10 Hanna Ljungberg, Umeå.
8 Ulrika Björn, Kopparbergs/Landvetter
7 Malin Andersson, Malmö,
6 Madelaine Edlund, Sunnanå, Marit Björstedt, Kopparbergs/Landvetter,
Jenny Monsén, Mallbacken, Salina Olsson, Hammarby.
5 Jessica Thorn, Älvsjö, Therese Lundin, Malmö,
Lina Johansson, Sunnanå.
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