The seventh 1-0 victory of the season has everyone talking about 1998. This was of course the year AIK won Allsvenskan after having scored only 25 goals in 26 games. While there are a few noticeable differences between this year and AIK's last gold-winning season, we can certainly find several similarities.

A home game against IFK Göteborg represents one of the most anticipated and prestigious matches of the year. Even on a bad year this game is at the very least a good old-fashioned hate match. This year, both teams are involved in the very top contention of Allsvenskan and 2009 must be considered an extremely good year for AIK to beat the Geat.

Matches against Trelleborg tend to conjure up images of AIK struggling to break through a ten-man defense in order to break a stiff and cold deadlock. I usually hate those types of games as they tend to be the most nerve-racking ones. Although Trelleborg has shown themselves to be a far more positive team this season, I still approach this game with a bit of trepidation.

Two full weeks have passed since the transfer window opened in Sweden and several players have left Allsvenskan for foreign clubs. Still, many of the top targets for transfer speculations remain available for moves in the near future. While transfer activity is likely to remain high in the coming weeks, here's a rundown of the most significant moves so far this summer.

We all knew that the Swedish Cup quarter-final against Mjällby would be a tricky match-up, so it didn't come as a complete shock when illustrious striker Erton Fejzullahu scored the first goal of the game after only nine minutes. At this point the Mjällby supporters at Strandvallen surely felt that this game could become another chapter in their ongoing Cinderella story.

An even game at Behrn Arena where Örebro SK controlled the first half as AIK struggled with their game. Talented midfielder and man of the match Nordin Gerzic opened up the scoring after pouncing on his own rebound to make it 1-0 for ÖSK. Saihou Jagne scored the equalizer by pure killer instinct as he pounced on a rebound that came off a stunning free kick from Ortiz that had hit the inside of the post.

Compared to the slow start to the silly season, the Allsvenskan transfer market has been teeming with activity this past week. Although we are still largely dealing with as of yet incomplete moves, significant transfers are at least being rumored. No credicble transfer rumors have been noted for AIK since the return of Dulee Johnson, but I am delighted to report that Bojan Djordic has signed on for three more years with AIK.

E' ufficiale. Julio Ricardo Cruz è a tutti gli effetti un giocatore della Lazio. Bel colpo per la societ di Claudio Lotito che regala a Ballardini un attaccante seguito anche dai "cugini" della Roma (il mister giallorosso Spalletti, qualche giorno fa, aveva detto "Cruz lo seguiamo, ci piace"). La Lazio è stata, tra le squadre di calcio interessate al puntero sudamericano, quella più veloce, la Roma ha atteso troppo facendoselo letteralmente "soffiare".

A big game for Kenny Cooper in Germany's DFB Pokal. Cooper had 1860 Munich's second goal in the 50th, doubling their lead over Hertha Berlin after Rasmus Bengtsson put the ball into the back of his own net in the 10th. Cooper left the game for Alexander Ludwig in the 68th minute. Hertha would come back, with Gustavo Ramos scoring in the 76th and Valeri Domovchiyski forcing overtime three minutes later.

The break in Allsvenskan is just as agonizingly dull as expected. We are still four long weeks away from AIK's next game against Örebro and time moves slowly when there's little to report. The reason for the season is of course the Under 21 European Championship which begins on Monday.
However, that competition isn't purely an annoying interruption of Allsvenskan.