Rieks made a comeback after injury, but 35 minutes into the match in Arcushallen, he was lying down and writhing in pain. The Dane received treatment, got up and limped off the pitch a few minutes later – not to return.
Shortly before half-time, MFF goalkeeper Ismael Diawara and teammate Emmanuel Lomotey collided violently. They needed overhaul but after a few minutes both were back on their feet.
Rested players
Coach Henrik Rydström rested some players from the cup premiere against Skövde. None of the quartet Anton Tinnerholm, Hugo Larsson, Moustafa Zeidan and team captain Anders Christansen were in the starting eleven.
Division 2 club Luleå stood up defensively against a dominant Malmö who didn’t get anything for free.
Lomotey did not come out until the second half. Rydström sent in Taha Ali and at the same time Christiansen entered.
The match ended goalless when Sebastian Nanasi decided in the 82nd minute.
— We didn’t quite manage to break them down. We will get better at it because we will face a lot of teams that play like that against us,” Nanasi told C More.
Decisive match against Degerfors
Shortly after his goal, Sergio Peña received his second yellow card – and misses the decisive match against Degerfors for the group victory.
Just like Malmö FF, Degerfors has a full pot after two games. Dijan Vukojevic’s goal after eleven minutes was the only one of the match against Skövde.
The third and final group stage round of the Swedish Cup is played Saturday-Monday. The eight group winners advance to the quarter-finals.