Östersund has not been the best introduction of the season. At home against the behind this season Halmstad, it was only a draw, which meant that the team for the match against Karlstad needed to score to have a chance to move on from the group.
But not this time, wanted it for a frustrated Östersund. Dino Islamovic gave while his team the lead in the first half, but Karlstad receipted shortly thereafter. In the second half of the slid the match definitely out of The hands when Karlstad did both 2-1 and 3-1. When, in addition, Douglas Bergqvist with ten minutes left got the red card for an ugly eftersläng the initial position was grim.
a Little brighter it became, however, when Jamie Hopcutt reduced to 2-3 in the 87:th minute. But more than came Östersund never – the match ended with a loss, and thus, the team is out of the cup already after two matches.
But it was not just Östersund, sweden dropped points against teams from the lower divisions. Elfsborg came from a convincing 5-1 victory against Hässleholm but only got 1-1 against Täbylaget Frej, which is housed in the second division. At home lost Sirius against Halmstad with 1-2