Hammarby beat Sirius in shootout to set up Svenska Cupen final with Mjallby

[p]In Stockholm, first blood went to visitors [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sirius/vXr8fotG/"]Sirius[/a] midway through the first half, when Neo [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jonsson-neo/0thvOQnM/"]Ozzy Jonsson[/a] drilled the ball across the goalkeeper an into the bottom corner.[/p][p]That's how things stayed until 10 minutes after half-time, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/persson-noah/Ac6KoZwa/"]Noah Persson[/a]'s low cross from the left wing was steered beyond the goalkeeper by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/karlsson-markus/MeholeaS/"]Markus Karlsson[/a] to draw [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hammarby/SQsg3nME/"]Hammarby[/a] level. [/p][p][b]Just six minutes later, Bajen had completed the turnaround when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/madjed-montader/UTgEIbsn/"]Montader Madjed[/a] cut in from wide on the right and sent a beautiful curling effort out of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/celic-david/0W4GtlOL/"]David Celic[/a]'s reach.[/b][/p][embed guid="84c9ea79-99fa-47b5-b47b-afc7f9abdad7" url="https://x.com/hammarbyfotboll/status/2035786545999851653" social-type="twitter" /][p]But chasing their maiden cup final, [b]the Uppsala side would not be content with going down without a fight, and 12 minutes from time a corner was flicked on to the back post, where [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ure-robbie/nwv3yIFM/"]Robbie Ure[/a] was waiting to nod it home, sending the game to extra time.[/b][/p][p]Six minutes into the extra 30, Sirius took the lead for the second time when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bjerkebo-isak/K2bsu3sF/"]Isak Bjerkebo[/a]'s sprint into the box caused pinball to ensue, before it finally fell kindly for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/persson-joakim/h4C9YQop/"]Joakim Persson[/a] to pass into the empty net.[/p][p]But once again, the visitors' lead didn't last, and in stoppage time at the end of the first half of extra time, [b]a cross intended for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abraham-paulos/0GtFKhek/"]Paulos Abrahams[/a] dropped into the path of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/besara-nahir/v3OyKegM/"]Nahir Besara[/a], whose turn and volley from six yards sent [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hammarby-SQsg3nME/sirius-vXr8fotG/?mid=bX2u8b8d"]the match[/a] to a penalty shootout.[/b][/p][p]A tame first penalty for Sirius from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/soumah-mohamed/2XtU44bc/"]Mohamed Soumah[/a] was saved by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hahn-warner/2qaDIBmp/"]Warner Hahn[/a], and after Hammarby scored their first four, [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindberg-marcus/bBTT5rym/"]Marcus Lindberg[/a] had to score, but again Hahn guessed right to win the shootout 4-2 and send 2021 winners HIF through to their sixth final in total.[/b][/p][embed guid="01efcf58-2e84-4a2e-9e5b-2d404672855e" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dof2wHf8ZMk" social-type="youtube" /][p]There was less drama at Strandvallen, where [b]league champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mjallby/S0XtXM1E/"]Mjallby[/a] kept the hunt for a double alive with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/gais-bJewAOTf/mjallby-S0XtXM1E/?mid=6mofpkCr"]3-0[/a] victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gais/bJewAOTf/"]GAIS[/a][/b] to reach the final for the second time, following defeat to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hacken/W6u0d7B3/"]Hacken[/a] in 2023.[/p][p][b]With half an hour gone, Viktor Gustafsson found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pettersson-tom/bZ7geRyD/"]Tom Pettersson[/a] on the edge of the area, and the centre-back produced a first-time curling effort that a striker would be proud of to put MAIF ahead.[/b][/p][p]Late in the half, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kjaer-jeppe/Mke5ibtC/"]Jeppe Kjaer[/a] was brought down by a nasty [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-brienne-matteo/OUTMGqBr/"]Matteo de Brienne[/a] challenge inside the box, [b]and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stroud-elliot/4rVMk5Sb/"]Elliot Stroud[/a] did the honours from the penalty spot.[/b][/p][p]And Mjallby's place in the final was confirmed 10 minutes after the break, as GAIS failed to clear a free-kick launched into their box, [b]allowing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergstrom-jacob/dbZg4Slj/"]Jacob Bergstrom[/a] to execute a neat chest and volley from 10 yards out that nestled in the bottom corner.[/b][/p][embed guid="6665c6cd-0df4-4197-8535-b08ab195861d" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZsLJf2l-zU" social-type="youtube" /][p]The Mackerels failed to reach the final for the first time since 1987, instead, [b]Mjallby will travel to 3Arena in the capital to face Hammarby on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hammarby-SQsg3nME/mjallby-S0XtXM1E/?mid=6PflXeF8"]14th May[/a].[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/svenska-cupen/"]Review the 2025/26 Svenska Cupen so far on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]