Victory in the derby, a place in the starting lineup and two chances for hot goals.
Joel Asoro of Djurgården still doesn’t believe in honoring his best friend Dejan Kulusevski who sat in the stands.
– Surely he will see me, says Asoro.
Djurgården won Derby 08 against Hammarby 1-0 in front of 27,203 players in the stands. Among the spectators, the Swedish national team star and Tottenham player Diane Kulusevsky. Television cameras zoomed in on the image forward during the second half who was in place to see his close friend, among other things Joel Asoro I play football:
– He wrote to me before. He’s my best friend, and I appreciate that he takes his time and comes over here to check. We’ll see what he gives me for post-game feedback. He may have seen me, says the 23-year-old, he wanted me to score, so I must apologize.
Is he usually tough on you after games?
– Yes, but I’m tough on him too, so it’s the same. No matter where he’s playing, I can watch him on TV so I can give him some feedback as well. He appreciates it as much as I do when he gives me feedback. It’s a daily conversation between us.
“Teasing him every day”
It was really close to having Kulusevski’s wish come true early in the derby when Asuro got his first goal-scoring opportunity in the match.
– I should have shot with my right foot because I didn’t get a good angle with my right foot, but yeah, it went really fast so I pulled it off.
The winner of the match was the only top scorer in the Norwegian derby, Gustav Wickheim, who took revenge after his difficult start at Djurgården.
– I joke Gustav every day, because he does that time, time, back in training. I just want him to take it out, so it’s great that he can do that, says Asoro.