MAIF 1-1 Bromma kids - It's good to be wrong

For my first game of the season, I was quite pleased with what I saw, unlike what i previously feared. Mjällby completely dominated the Bromma kids in this game. I saw a very good collective game, good passing game although a little simplistic at times. Most important I saw all people building the game. Also it seems that mostly everybody was paying attention as to where the ball was going after they received it, not just jumping to say "Hey, I was first on the ball, look how high I jump!" (it did feel so some times last year).

Olsson was very altruist, requesting a lot of support from his midfielders so he could place himself better. He was also fighting for all 90 minutes, not waiting for others to serve him a goal but really actively participating in building the actions.

Eken was remarkable, his assist on the goal is textbook-perfect. He was under-used though.

Simon deserves his goal, he's been dangerons many times, even though the Bromma defense did not leave him much room (literally speaking).

Hiir-Sa I'm not sure, he's so like Persson (same size, same hair, same style) that I'm not sure who I was looking at! Anyway, both played equally well.

Danne as usual, nothing astounding but no mistakes. He had to shoot like 80% of the free-kicks or corner-kicks, which he did quite well.

On the negative side: all players did at least one miss that could have cost us dearly.

Except for the very begining and the very end, the whole game was on the left side, while Eken was all alone on his right side, with a defender he left in the dust (or in the mud today, considering the lousy weather we had) on repeated occasions.

Olsson has no excuse for missing his one-on-one with the keeper in the 36th minute.

Why on earth did Hiir-Sa and Sjöfors shoot or head into the keeper's hands, he barely had to move an inch left or right. He's against us, remember?

Guoimar had a couple of very doubtful tackles, and he was probably close to a red when a almost got down the Bromma player who later scored.

This game should have ended 4-1, no less! (if I was totally honest I'd say 4-2, considering the huge miss by a Bromma player in the second half, but hey, I'm only slightly biased towards MAIF ;-)

The new players:

Johan Persson: he's like Hiir-Sa bis. The same agressivity, the same presence all around the plane, the whole game. He was elected man of the game for MAIF. Not that he did anything fantastic, he was just everywhere, supporting in offensive and defensive phases alike. That's a good thing, because if they are 2, we can see more of both in building phases and not only in the stopping phases.

Johan Nilsson Guiomar: Good defender overall, but some unacceptable misses.

Chritian Fegler: well it's hard to say, he has not had much to do. The rebound into the Bromma player's legs before the goal is just bad luck.

The referee was ok today. Some good ruling, but some misses too:

the foul on our refused first goal was so subtle that only he saw it

Olsson was not at all off-side when he went alone against the keeper in the 85th minute

in at least 2 occasions Simon and Eken were literally "hugged" by 1 or 2 opponents in the surface, preventing them to move whatsoever and act on the free-kicks

the Bromma player who collided with his own keeper at the 90th should have been sent out way quicker, but I think the Bromma kids wanted to waste time, being quite happy with a draw at that point considering the way they had been dominated all along.

I do not agree with the trainer couple as to the replacements:

I would have wanted to see Tobbe and Alex, to put some new style into the attacks, from the 75-80th minute

Wille should have gone out earlier, he was clearly not at ease on the very slippery plane, and Sandström is clearly up to the task anyway.

As to the Bromma kids, they should be thankful to have the goalkeeper that they have, he did some very good saves. He was elected man of the game for the kids. Well, we should rather say he was the man in game, the other 10 being merely figurants.

Well now we're not last of the league anymore (and Qviding got a rouste in Jönköping, so their goal difference will keep them down for a while), and if this game is any indication, I don't see a reason why we should be fighting against relegation at the end of thIS season. Keep up boys, we want to see more of today's game. Just target your shoots elsewhere than on the keeper, and you will be scoring many goals.

On a side note, Pavel (with family) showed up at the end of the game with Dusan (with family). I think SuperMink will put up a picture later.