Mjallby double on after Malmo thrashing as GAIS, HIF and Sirius reach last four

[p]The victory means neither of the sides to win the previous four editions have made it to the Semi-finals, after holders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hacken/W6u0d7B3/"]Hacken[/a] were eliminated in the Group Stage.[/p][p]Record 16-time winners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/malmo-ff/tYNTdpar/"]Malmo[/a] were reduced to 10 men, but only in 91st minute once the game had long been decided. The home side were 2-0 up inside half an hour through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stroud-elliot/4rVMk5Sb/"]Elliot Stroud[/a] and then [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergstrom-jacob/dbZg4Slj/"]Jacob Bergstrom[/a].[/p][p]Another pair of strikes, within four minutes of each other either side of the hour mark from Bergstrom and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/granath-william/p8uqu9AR/"]Villiam Granath[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/malmo-ff-tYNTdpar/mjallby-S0XtXM1E/?mid=Yoahs15D"]settled the tie[/a] to send the 2023 finalists marching on and the record winners out, as Theodor Lundbergh's afternoon ended slightly early following a second booking.[/p][embed guid="26ea0a25-ca93-467e-9b61-9d99c29f78b2" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1fzjTS8SEE" social-type="youtube" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sirius/vXr8fotG/"]Sirius[/a] are one game away from their maiden final, as one goal from the penalty spot was enough to send them through at the expense of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ifk-goteborg/UovQtopk/"]Goteborg[/a].[/p][p]A goalless 90 minutes meant they needed extra time [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/goteborg-UovQtopk/sirius-vXr8fotG/?mid=4ltIcMkf"]to settle it[/a], and after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yeboah-rockson/hWEWbGBH/"]Rockson Yeboah[/a] chopped down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bjerkebo-isak/K2bsu3sF/"]Isak Bjerkebo[/a] inside the area, Bjerkebo stepped up to score the winner from 12 yards.[/p][p]The Uppsala side's opponents for a place in the final will be [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hammarby/SQsg3nME/"]Hammarby[/a], after they won a Stockholm derby [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/djurgarden-4Kh5hPE1/hammarby-SQsg3nME/?mid=WzrAarLs"]1-0[/a] against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/djurgarden/4Kh5hPE1/"]Djurgarden[/a] to maintain hopes of winning the cup for the second time.[/p][p]The designated visitors had no answer to a flowing Bajen move in the 91st minute, which resulted in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abraham-paulos/0GtFKhek/"]Paulos Abraham[/a] coolly slotting home the winning goal.[/p][embed guid="c9db58c7-d52a-43f2-a264-8e293da98f41" url="https://x.com/siriusfotboll/status/2033280363355644358" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mjallby/S0XtXM1E/"]Mjallby[/a], meanwhile, will face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gais/bJewAOTf/"]GAIS[/a] in the last four, after the Mackerels came from behind to beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aik/lzqk4S68/"]AIK[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/aik-lzqk4S68/gais-bJewAOTf/?mid=0hiv54cK"]3-2[/a] at home. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/holmen-kevin/Yo3Ky37n/"]Kevin Holmen[/a]'s opener in the fourth minute was the only goal until after the hour mark, when the visitors swiftly turned things around through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yohanna-zadok/fRaHGqXN/"]Zadok Yohanna[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hove-johan/OfIWvZOb/"]Johan Hove[/a].[/p][p]But GAIS hit back, with Holmen playing his part again, as he found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/johansson-rasmus/ABLA0io5/"]Rasmus Niklasson[/a] to equalise with 13 minutes to play. In added time, Holmen notched another goal involvement when he found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ekong-shalom/xMHZFpAf/"]Shalom Ekong[/a], who kept GAIS dreaming of a first Svenska Cupen win since 1942.[/p][embed guid="3074374c-e663-4538-95fd-f425307c1e71" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Titw1ZcWaBM" social-type="youtube" /][p][b]The semi-finals will be played on Sunday 22nd March:[/b][/p][p]13:30 CET: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hammarby-SQsg3nME/sirius-vXr8fotG/?mid=bX2u8b8d"]Hammarby vs Sirius[/a][/p][p]16:00 CET: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/gais-bJewAOTf/mjallby-S0XtXM1E/?mid=6mofpkCr"]Mjallby vs GAIS[/a][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/svenska-cupen/"]Follow Svenska Cupen on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]