Helsingborg. HIF lost straight under the new duo.
During the break, the club’s management will now decide whether Matthias Lindstrom and Alvaro Santos will be allowed to continue.
Anders Lindegaard is very clear about what he thinks.
– I see them as a progressive and interesting option and that is the direction HIF must take now, says the 38-year-old goalkeeper.
Jürgen Lennartsson has been dismissed as a coach at Helsingborg After 1-4 against Varnamo last.
Matthias Lindstrom and Alvaro Santos took charge as the obvious permanent solution during the match against AIK, which was the last game before the current break and when the club’s management decide who will train HIF for the rest of the season.
The loss was 2-1 to AIK after HIF lost their 1-0 lead in the second half shortly after the second half.
The question now is whether Lindström/Santos will ever gain continued confidence.
“We are facing a revolution among coaches”
Anders Lindegaard, the 38-year-old HIF goalkeeper who put in a very strong effort against AIK, is very clear about what he thinks when Sportbladet asks him if he thinks the duo should continue (giving a long, thoughtful answer).
– Yes I think so. There are two incredibly interesting coaches. You can hire an old expert trainer who has been in the game for 100 years. But I think it’s a more progressive option to let them stay. Football has changed incredibly in the last five or ten years. Everyone talks about the football that Klopp and Guardiola play. I think we are facing a revolution in the ranks of coaches. These two are youngsters and each has an area of expertise, one in attack and one in defence, says the Dane who played, among other things, for Manchester United.
– They came with surprisingly great power. It’s a tough job for Matthias to go from assistant to head coach, but I think he handled it very well. Alvaro is incredibly calm and sets incredibly high standards. I see it as a fun and progressive option.
Someone might think that it would be less risky to take someone like Eric Hamren. I don’t know if Eric wants HIF and nothing is wrong with Erik…but HIF needs a new and progressive direction.
“I’m not afraid to say what I think”
You hold a high profile in the players’ team, do you think the club listens to you when you are very clear?
– I don’t know. I have no claim against the club but I have an opinion and I can allow myself to have an opinion. I am 38 years old and my contract expires in January. I’m not trying to get into the Danish national team or hope to get a contract in England again. I have tried everything. So I can allow myself to have an honest opinion about things. It doesn’t matter whether they listen to me or not, but I’m not afraid to say what I think. Lindegaard says the club decides and I support whatever decision he makes.
He believes the break will be in time for the team.
– We need to “reset”. We have time to rebuild, get in better shape and have a new opportunity to create a better understanding between each other. I think that was our biggest problem; That we have a very poor understanding of each other as players.
Nor does he think HIF has played a satirical role enough – for very long.
– We weren’t sarcastic enough, which has been a problem for 2.5 years now. The season before we left, we stayed at Allsvenskan because we played too cynically. It disappeared after that season and we’re still having problems with that. But today we are a little closer to that irony.
But of course he was not happy with the match anyway because it was a loss.
– We’re losing it so we can’t use this score as nonsense. We give up two characters. The Dane says frankly: If you’re going to win against a team like AIK, you can’t give up offbeat goals.