MAIF - Öster 1-1 : The "under utbildning" referee

Today it could have been a nice derby, all conditions were present: nice weather, lot of people, 4122 at Strandvallen, the record of the season, two teams high-motivated and of points. I Say "could", because it was not the game that we have waited for. The name of the of the "killer game": Tobias Mattson, the referee who is a real catastroph.

But, before coming back to the "under utbildning" referee, let's talk about the game.

if we are honest, it was not a game with lot of occasions. Mjällby scored first at the 15th minute, thanks to Marcello Sarvas. Ekenberg win face-to-face on the left side, enter in the 16 meters area, his shoot is contered by a defender, the ball arrive in the foot of Sarvas, a simple dribbling, and with all his calm, scored a nice goal.
After this goal, Mjällby had a defensive mentality, and öster pushed and had some occasions: a header on the post on a corner, a shoot from Zavadil ending very close from the goal and especially the biggest occasion of the first half: again a corner, confusion in the 6 meters area, öster player shoots, that Dusan stopped with his face, tha ball arrives in the foot on another öster player, that put the ball over the goal. Nothing else to say to the first-half, just that the "under utbildning" referee gave 4 yellow cards to Mjällby, and one to öster.

Second period started intensivelly also: Lindberg is pushed by an öster player in the Mjällby side while Mjällby was attacking in öster side. Line referee calls the "under utbildning" referee, who gives only a yellow card. Last week, Erton got a red + 4 games for the same situation.

At the 60th minute, second yellow for öster's player Teever, who is sent off.
Like often, Mjällby didn't take the opportunity to kill the game. it was maybe the 3 games in 8 days, but we could at least have a better control of the game, put more pression on the defender of öster, who change their tactic, playing with 3 defenders. öster didn't have now so much to lose.
Then, second big event of the second period at the 75th minute, where of course our "under utbildning" referee was involved: öster scored in a more that bizarre situation. öster player centered, the ball is coming in the air to Dusan, who tried to release the ball. It was clear for everybody in the stadion that Dusan was pushed by öster player; the result is that Dusan released the ball on the post and the ball entered in the goal. The "under utbildning" referee blow everything today; especially against Mjällby, but this one he didn't see. Very strange!!
The reaction of Mjällby was direct. At the 84th minute, third event on the second-half, Johan Persson was sent off after a second yellow card. He tried to shoot with a volley after a center, the ball was released by the defender. Persson didn't even touched the player, öster player didn't react either. It was only in the move, nothing special to say. but our "under utbildning" referee judged it in a different way. öster's trainer himself said at the press conference that it was a tuff decision.

At the end, 7 yellow card and one red for Mjällby, and 6 yellow cards and one red for Öster. probably also a record this season. It is a shame for a game that was intense, but not aggressive. It is the "under utbildning" referee that had a negative impact on the players, the public and the staff.

It was the return of Zavadil also. he was probably motivated to play against his previous team. He touched a lot of balls in the first-half, but at 50-60 meters from Mjällby's goal. he was dangerous on free-kicks and the shoot near to the post, but otherwise he wasn't special. But we can say that he had also a special treatment from Mjällby.
Alex Malmström get injured on the knee 10 minutes after he entered. He will be out for 4-6 weeks now.


So today,

I ACCUSE...

- the "under utbildning" referee to have killed the game and to have lost the control of the game: this kind of referee has nothing to do in the superettan, he can referee the kids team, it would not be to quick for him. this referee is a joke and give a bad image of this job. Thomas Andersson, trainer of Mjällby, declared at the press conference that this decisions killed the motivation and the effort of the players. He should pay to be referee, he shouldn't get any money. I hope that it was his last game in the superettan. Tobias Mattson is his name, and you are the "pajas of the year". I don't know if I am angry or if I feel pity for your stupidity.

- the federation to let those people be referee in the superettan. Sometimes it is easy to criticize the referees, but now it is twice that the referee killed the game. the referees are part of the game, not against. It should be good also to punish your referees. And please, stop to send us your "under utbildning" referees to Mjällby, those referees that didn't finish their education, he didn't feel the temperature of the game. the level of referees in the superettan is a catastroph. I am surprised that the federation is not able to educate better referees. Or maybe it is maybe thinking so that Mjällby doesn't go up in the allsvenskan. Take your responsibilities and train your referees.

- Mjällby that didn't score a second game that would have made the game easier. Play 30 minutes at 11 against 10 players, not able to keep the score, and worth, take a goal (even on a very bizarre situation) is not acceptable. we have to learn to control better the game in this situations. everybody wins against öster, but not us at home. it could have helped us to consolidate our position, we stay at the 9th position.

Next game is at Falkenberg in 2 weeks, which is one point behind us, a win would be very good.