Saturday's Allsvenskan meeting in Malmö looked like during the week to become the first high-risk match with the police's new requirements to stop matches in organized masking in the stands. Critics have meant that the police's new requirements in practice would increase individual individuals' opportunity to get football matches interrupted.
"Do not let drastic decisions lead to something we can all regret later", wrote, among other things, MFF's team captain Pontus Jansson in a post on Instagram.
On Friday, the police withdrew their new requirement - a decision that is welcomed by many in the football family.
Very good, it feels better now. The proposal made supporters more irritated, says Sixten, who has been a season ticket holder at Malmö's home matches for several years.
Had been interrupted
Malmö FF supporter Pontus does not think that the match against Djurgården could have reached 90 minutes if the police had not changed their minds.
This match would have been interrupted, and it's for football that you're here, says Pontus, who thinks the proposal for interrupted match in organized masking is "exaggerated".
An hour before kick-off, more than 20,500 tickets to the match had been sold, Malmö FF announced on its website.
The supporters mark
Inside the arena, dissatisfaction with the police's previous decision was shown before the match.
Before kick-off, Djurgården supporters unfolded a flag that covered an entire stand section, with the text "Who hides under the flag? Masked for Swedish football!"
Malmö FF's standing audience showed a large banner with the text "Choose joy, Engström", a message addressed to Per Engström, who is group manager for the police's national operational department (NOA). Several firecrackers were lit among MFF supporters.
