Ze French Minks - MAIF ultras Mjällby – Åtvidaberg 1-2 – Another 3 points
Last game of the short ”season” before the strange summer break between the two newcomers of Allsvenskan. Mjällby, who won Superettan 2009 convincingly, has made a splendid season so far, while last year’s Superettan-second, Åtvidaberg has done less good. Both considered freshmen by the so called experts, with nothing to do in the first league, the two teams has done very different in the 2010 Allsvenskan.
Mjällby took another full pot of points at Kopparvallen and goes into the “halftime” at forth place. A really good result for any team and something very special for a team forecasted to go straight down again, which comes from a little fisher village on the peninsula of Listerlandet.
Considered the difficult economical situation of a small club without big sponsors, the board has done if not miracles, very clever casting. The idea has been to find the best guys of the area and bring home local players as well. This year’s Maif consist of a lot of them. Some has their roots in Mjällby AIF and others are next-door boys, like Tobias Grahn (Rödeby) and Jesper Westerberg (Arkelstorp). MAIFs eleven of 2010 consists of 3 players from the club, 2 players from Sölvesborg and another 3 within an area of 90 kilometers. To that is added a Kenyan, a Dutch and a guy from Chile. Seen to the bench we can add another bunch of home boys.
Well, anyway. The last game of the “season” was not the best ever seen. Partly expected since Åtvidaberg – despite a recovery at the end - before the game was second last of the league (where they remained), and this fact could bring down the tempo for Mjällby as well. And initially it did. But still Mjällby dominated the game and didn´t let the home team score one goal. No, actually it was Mjällby themselves who scored all the 3 goals of the 1 - 2 game!
The first goal was made by the head of Marcus Ekenberg. The captain who has not been at his best since he last scored (Örebro the 29nd March) and to that also injured for the first time of his career, seemed to be back in form. And as we know Mr. Ekenberg, that bedded for some more goals from him. But even if he was back in form he scored no more that night.
The second goal was also scored by Mjällby, but a little surprisingly in the wrong cage behind an astonished Mattias Asper. As very often auto goals are very beautiful and so was this one scored by Baker Patrik Rosengren. 1 – 1 was in no way fair and brought Mjällby up hills once more to chase another goal if they wanted to bring home all the 3 points. Which they clearly wanted.
They managed finally when the 1 – 2 stated the games result. An action from the couple Grahn - El Kabir, where El Kabir ice cold put his fifth goal of the season.
As said, not the best game ever. But Mjällby still impressed by keeping their focus after the fantastic win at home with Malmö FF and didn´t got fooled to play the game of a poorer team.
If we talk a little of the opponents, they might be desperate in their chase for points, but that doesn´t allow them to act as brutally as they did. There was a lot of pushing down their players, and even if Ekenberg normally still can play with 3 men hanging on him, if you sidle tackle him in the air, even he can get injured. And yes, Sweden was playing the semifinals in the World Cup of Hockey at the same time, but that should not allow hockey tackling’s on a football field (Moberg). Impress did Åtvidabergs veteran Christian Bergström, but not even his dangerous free kicks did any harm.
Now Mjällby has 24 points at 14 games and goes to the World Cup break on 4th place, after incredible Helsingborg, niceplaying Malmö and Örebro, passing Elfsborg again.
The “autumn season” starts the 17th of July at home with Brommapojkarna (probably without their success loan John Guidetti). Before that Mjällby has another game to play – the Swedish Cup. It will probably take place the 4th of July and Mjällby has got the game home against – Malmö FF, again! Though there is not much hope the game will be played at Strandvallen (where Malmö has never won) since the pitch right now is a big building place.
Mjällby took another full pot of points at Kopparvallen and goes into the “halftime” at forth place. A really good result for any team and something very special for a team forecasted to go straight down again, which comes from a little fisher village on the peninsula of Listerlandet.
Considered the difficult economical situation of a small club without big sponsors, the board has done if not miracles, very clever casting. The idea has been to find the best guys of the area and bring home local players as well. This year’s Maif consist of a lot of them. Some has their roots in Mjällby AIF and others are next-door boys, like Tobias Grahn (Rödeby) and Jesper Westerberg (Arkelstorp). MAIFs eleven of 2010 consists of 3 players from the club, 2 players from Sölvesborg and another 3 within an area of 90 kilometers. To that is added a Kenyan, a Dutch and a guy from Chile. Seen to the bench we can add another bunch of home boys.
Well, anyway. The last game of the “season” was not the best ever seen. Partly expected since Åtvidaberg – despite a recovery at the end - before the game was second last of the league (where they remained), and this fact could bring down the tempo for Mjällby as well. And initially it did. But still Mjällby dominated the game and didn´t let the home team score one goal. No, actually it was Mjällby themselves who scored all the 3 goals of the 1 - 2 game!
The first goal was made by the head of Marcus Ekenberg. The captain who has not been at his best since he last scored (Örebro the 29nd March) and to that also injured for the first time of his career, seemed to be back in form. And as we know Mr. Ekenberg, that bedded for some more goals from him. But even if he was back in form he scored no more that night.
The second goal was also scored by Mjällby, but a little surprisingly in the wrong cage behind an astonished Mattias Asper. As very often auto goals are very beautiful and so was this one scored by Baker Patrik Rosengren. 1 – 1 was in no way fair and brought Mjällby up hills once more to chase another goal if they wanted to bring home all the 3 points. Which they clearly wanted.
They managed finally when the 1 – 2 stated the games result. An action from the couple Grahn - El Kabir, where El Kabir ice cold put his fifth goal of the season.
As said, not the best game ever. But Mjällby still impressed by keeping their focus after the fantastic win at home with Malmö FF and didn´t got fooled to play the game of a poorer team.
If we talk a little of the opponents, they might be desperate in their chase for points, but that doesn´t allow them to act as brutally as they did. There was a lot of pushing down their players, and even if Ekenberg normally still can play with 3 men hanging on him, if you sidle tackle him in the air, even he can get injured. And yes, Sweden was playing the semifinals in the World Cup of Hockey at the same time, but that should not allow hockey tackling’s on a football field (Moberg). Impress did Åtvidabergs veteran Christian Bergström, but not even his dangerous free kicks did any harm.
Now Mjällby has 24 points at 14 games and goes to the World Cup break on 4th place, after incredible Helsingborg, niceplaying Malmö and Örebro, passing Elfsborg again.
The “autumn season” starts the 17th of July at home with Brommapojkarna (probably without their success loan John Guidetti). Before that Mjällby has another game to play – the Swedish Cup. It will probably take place the 4th of July and Mjällby has got the game home against – Malmö FF, again! Though there is not much hope the game will be played at Strandvallen (where Malmö has never won) since the pitch right now is a big building place.
Åtvidabergs FF–Mjällby AIF 1–2 (0–1)
Goals: 0–1 (44) Marcus Ekenberg, 1–1 (60) auto goal, 1–2 (71) Moestafa El Kabir,
Yellow cards: Åtvidaberg: Jesper Arvidsson, Erik Moberg, Johan Niklasson, Etuwe Prince Eboagwu. Mjällby: Jesper Westerberg (does not play the Newt game).
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar,.
Spectators: 2 416.
Mjällby: Mattias Asper – Jesper Westerberg, Juan Robledo, Patrik Rosengren, Robin Cederberg – Daniel Nilsson (78), Patrick Osiako, Tobias Grahn (88), David Löfquist – Marcus Ekenberg, Moestafa El Kabir (90). Bench: Daniel Nicklasson (78), Emanuel Svensson (88), Johan Svensson (90), Daniel Ivanovski , Adam Berner, William Leandersson, Simon Svensson (gk).
Yellow cards: Åtvidaberg: Jesper Arvidsson, Erik Moberg, Johan Niklasson, Etuwe Prince Eboagwu. Mjällby: Jesper Westerberg (does not play the Newt game).
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar,.
Spectators: 2 416.
Mjällby: Mattias Asper – Jesper Westerberg, Juan Robledo, Patrik Rosengren, Robin Cederberg – Daniel Nilsson (78), Patrick Osiako, Tobias Grahn (88), David Löfquist – Marcus Ekenberg, Moestafa El Kabir (90). Bench: Daniel Nicklasson (78), Emanuel Svensson (88), Johan Svensson (90), Daniel Ivanovski , Adam Berner, William Leandersson, Simon Svensson (gk).
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