After Monday evening's cup draw came the news that the Swedish Football Association has put Djurgården in the quarter-finals against Malmö FF at the Tele2 arena next Monday.
A decision that makes Djurgården's sporting director Bosse Andersson furious.
- We have decided in Swedish football that if you play in Europe on Thursday, you play in Allsvenskan, or the cup in this case, on Sunday.
Not Monday or any other day.
Why should we depart from it now?
You thought there would be more respect for this with the European Games but once again they run over it.
We are very disappointed, he says to Aftonbladet.
Djurgården has now made a request to the Swedish Football Association to have its cup match against Malmö FF moved to Sunday instead.
Gets support from the opponent
Djurgården has a tight schedule with the first round of 16 in the Conference League away to Lech Poznan this Thursday, the cup match against Malmö FF on Monday and then the return match against the Polish team at home next Thursday.
Djurgården receives support from Malmö FF, who also want to play the cup match on Sunday.
The crux, however, is that the association put the cup derby between Hammarby and AIK at the same arena on Sunday.
According to Axel Fägerhall, head of the football association's competition group, it is for safety reasons.
-The Stockholm derby will be played on Sundays for safety reasons.
That's the way the police want it.
That is the reason why Djurgården–Malmö must be on Monday, says Fägerhall.
The competition committee must deal with Djurgården's home venue after the relevant associations and the police have made statements.