The Post. The Post. The Goddamn Post.

Final weekend, AIK lead IFK Göteborg atop the Allsvenskan table by a lone, solitary, unloved point. AIK play, you guessed it, IFK Göteborg in Gothenburg; Charlie Kaufman could hardly have scripted this better. With matters level at one late on (4.10 post-jump), Stefan Selakovic of IFK unleashes the most audacious left footed curler from the right corner of the box – a curl of such perfection it made Swedish babies mid-flight. The keeper soundly beaten, the cruel bastard post denies not just a goal, but folklore. It denies near mythical stature.

A dollop of centimeters, a pinch at best, and IFK might be, could be champions.

Pushing forward, as a point does IFK no good, they concede the second, leaving AIK champions of 2009. And so the stands must empty.

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