Sunday, May 30, 2010

Sweden 4-2 Bosnia-Herzegovina 29th May 2010

Sweden warmed up for the Euro 2012 qualifiers in September with a 4-2 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina. The game was Erik Hamrén's first as Sweden manager at home since he took over from Lars Lagerback, who is now in charge of Nigeria.
PSV's Ola Toivonen got the ball rolling with the opening goal after 44 minutes with a lovely header. The Bosnian side though showed why they were almost in South Africa for the world cup as Sejad Salihovic scored with a wonderful free-kick on 47 minutes.
Jonas Olsson put Sweden back in front with a tap-in at the far post after 67 minutes before tapping in his 2nd goal with seven minutes remaining. There was time for Ermin Zec to score with a tap-in in added time.
Marcus Berg secured the victory though, two minutes into added time with a well placed shot. Victory for Sweden then as Hamrén's men look towards the Autumn campaign of trying to qualify for Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.

Svenska Cupen Round 5 draw

The draw for the 5th round has thrown up some interesting games. IFK Goteborg v Kalmar will be the stand out game while Orebro, Gefle and AIK face trips to Superettan sides which is never easy. Elfsborg will find out on the 3rd of June who they will be playing.

5th Round:
Jonkoping Sodra v Orebro
Ljungskile v Gefle
Mjallby v Malmo
IFK Goteborg v Kalmar
Elfsborg v Hammarby/Trelleborgs
Angelholms v AIK
GAIS v IF Brommapojkarna
Helsingborgs v BK Hacken

ties to be played on the 4th on 5th of July.

Svenska Cupen 25th May 2010

IFK Norrkoping 0-2 Orebro:
Orebro secured their place in the next round with a 2-0 victory at IFK Norrkoping. The game went into extra-time and was decided by goals from Robin Staf and Kim Olsen. Roni Porokara was sent-off which means he is suspended for the next game.

Orgryte 0-1 Gefle:
Gefle ensured they will have a cup campaign after the break after a narrow 1-0 victory away to Orgryte. The goal came just three minutes before the final whistle by Hjalmar Ohagen. Orgryte will feel hard down by but Gefle are in Round 4.

Osters 1-3 AIK:
AIK had to come from behind to overcome Suprettan side Osters. Anton Henningsson had given the hosts the lead but goals from Nils-Eric Johannsson, Gabriel Ozkan and Pontus Engblom secured a place in the next round for AIK.

GIF Sundsvall 1-2 GAIS:
Another game that went to extra-time. Fredrik Lundgren gave the visitors the lead after 49 minutes before Fredric Jonsson levelled for Sundsvall. Wanderson secured a place in the next round for GAIS with the winner in extra-time.

Malmo 2-1 IF Brommapojkarna 24th May 2010

With the pressure on them after Helsingborgs' victory, Malmo did their bit and ended the first half of the season with a victory that put the gap down to five points. It took just six minutes to settle the nerves by the home side as Alexander Nilsson put them ahead.
IF Brommpojkarna were looking for a perfect way to end their half of the season but never looked like really testing Malmo.
Malmo took their foot of the gas seemingly and it wasn't until after 64 minutes that they got a 2nd goal. Alexander Nilsson grabbing his 2nd of the game.
IF Brommapojkarna did get a goal themselves but it wasn't enough to earn a point. Pablo Pinones Arce and Wilton Figueiredo were both sent-off in added time as John Guidetti, on loan from Manchester City pulled a goal back.

Helsingborgs 2-1 Halmstads 22nd May 2010

Helsingborgs put the pressure on Malmo to win their game as they ousted Halmstads at the Olympia. It took the table-toppers just eight minutes to go in front when Ardian Gashi scored which set Helsingborgs up for another victory.
Half an hour in, Halmstads drew level to silence the home crowd of 11,000 plus. Tommy Jonsson scoring the goal. The 2nd half saw more conviction from Helsingborgs as they chased the game to go back in front. Back in front they went after 67 minutes when Gashi got his 2nd of the night and finally appeared to have sunk Halmstads. Halmstads are no pushovers and had a couple of reasonable chances to nick a point.

BK Hacken 1-1 Kalmar 22nd May 2010

The points shared at the Rambergsvallen between two sides that hope the 2nd half of the season will be better than the 1st. BK Hacken found themselves behind after 26 minutes as Daniel Sobralense put Kalmar in front.
BK Hacken were level though just four minutes later as talismatic striker Jonas Henriksson broke the Kalmar rearguard. BK Hacken will be a bit disappointed that all three points here were not secured while Kalmar will equally feel the same.

Djurgarden 1-1 Gefle 22nd May 2010

Djurgarden and Gefle end the first half of the season with the same points tally of 16 in what has been a season so far that has been up and down. Gefle with a Europa league campaign in July to look forward too will need a few players during the transfer window while Djurgarden need to get a run of form together.
Christer Youssef put the Stockholm side ahead with just eleven minutes remaining which looked to have the three points staying in Stockholm but in added time, Gefle's Jakob Orlov struck to end the first half of the season with a point.