Sirius has surprised and dazzled both the audience and experts with good play and many goals, not least on the home turf, for most of the season but the end has been less beautiful.
The Uppsala team won away against IFK Norrköping on the fourth of October since the dip came.
The result line before Sunday's home match against Elfsborg showed four losses and two crosses in the last six matches played.
Add to that the fact that Sirius has also been zeroed forward in four of these six fights.
The first goal
Good lighter fluid for, the one of many clubs already wanted, Stefano Vecchia who arrived already after six minutes with a nice chance that Elfsborg goalkeeper Tim Rönning could prevent.
In the ensuing corner, nicely screwed into the penalty area by Elias Andersson, Stefano Vecchia also made it 1-0 with his forehead, which was actually Sirius' first header this season.
- I have not scored so many goals but I have to do it now, because if I am going to be a (Marco) Borriello or (Alessandro) Matri type then you have to be there, Stefano Vecchia told Dplay during the half-time break.
The players he was referring to are both well-known profiles from Italian Serie A. Whether Vecchia, with an expiring contract, ends up there or elsewhere outside the Allsvenskan next season remains to be seen.
Ready for European Games
The goal for the day was to finish nicely with Sirius and to set the hook for Elfsborg's hunt for both European place and the big silver, but the home team did not succeed fully.
The visitors put hard pressure right after the break and in the 54th minute Rami Kaib sent in a nice post in front of the Sirius goal which Rasmus Alm nodded in to 1-1.
Then no more goals were scored at Studenternas IP this cold first Advent night, but the cross in Uppsala, Elfsborg's fourteenth of the season, proved to be enough for Boråslaget to secure one of the places in the Europa Conference League next season.
- It feels very, very nice that we have reached the European Games despite a tough season.
It means a great deal to all of us.
Now we want to come second, says Elfsborg coach Jimmy Thelin, to Dplay.
For the battle for second place is still alive but with advantage Elfsborg who has two points down to chasing Häcken before the final round in a week.
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