- It was a bit we had the pressure on us and it was a bit nervous but we make our best match in the quarter in this match.
We created the chances and kept the baton even though we invited them a little at the end, says Erik Pettersson to Aftonbladet.
With ten minutes left, Christian Frohm shot 3-1 through a hard shot from the left edge.
A suitable opportunity to score his first playoff goal.
VSK, who had chased an equalizer, immediately took a timeout in the exposed situation.
It had an effect.
Daniel Johansson scored his second goal when VSK took advantage of a stagnant AIK and reduced to 3-2.
When VSK rushed for an equalizer, Erik Pettersson came forward on the right wing and recorded the ball which Daniel Andersson made 4-2 and a relieved team realized that the semifinal was close.
- We defended well but do not get to the offensive even if we were close at the end.
We were here to win but did not succeed, says VSK coach Michael Carlsson who later hugged Erik Pettersson in the role of national team captain.
At the beginning of the second half, AIK's superstar Erik Pettersson broke the deadlock and received a dividend after dominating in the first half.
He got the ball high up in the field and took speed and went through the entire VSK defense and scored 1-0 for AIK.
After 68 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defense allowed Daniel Andersson to get through.
Number 95 Erik Pettersson stepped forward but burned the penalty.
A few minutes later, Pettersson took revenge and kicked the ball with him and made it 2-0 in a spectacular way.
However, VSK came back directly when Daniel Johansson pulled in the reduction 2-1 on penalties when he shot hard between Andreas Bergwall's leg protection.