Against Varnamo, Elias Anderson had to start again as a left-back.
When Djurgarden’s coach presented the idea from the start, the midfielder considered it a joke.
“I couldn’t believe my ears,” Anderson says.
When Elias Anderson jumped IFK Norrköping In April, he laughed Magnus Ericsson He will play at left back.
Since then, there have been more innings at the center and against Varnamo, the midfielder played his second game since the start as a left-back.
– so funny. If you play as a left-back or a midfielder it doesn’t matter much.
Do you think it was a joke from the start?
Yes, from the start, I couldn’t believe my ears. But now I play left-back a lot in training and Kim (Bergstrand) and Tolly (Thomas Lagerlöf) help me a lot with the little details that I have to think about in order to improve. this is funy. Of course I want to play as a midfielder from the start, but I prefer playing at left-back rather than sitting on the bench.
‘Very tough competition’
Djurgården has strong competition in the midfield with Magnus Ericsson, Humpus Wendel and Ramos Schuller playing most of the matches.
– We have a very good team. Now Banda has also started and scored every game he plays. It (the competition) is very tough. You always want to play, but I take out a lot of practice and as soon as you get the chance, it’s important to play, Anderson says, and continues:
Offensively, no problems at all (playing at left-back), so it’s a little unusual to keep one line and one in one position where you’re not used to that. But that’s what you work with every day in training.
Djurgården has a tight fixture schedule next time with European matches against Croatian Rijeka and a summit meeting against Häcken in between.
This means Anderson expects more playing time, but the question is in which position.
– It’s up to Kim and Toll to figure out which player is best suited against which opponent. But it is very good to start the day, 90 minutes and two points on my part. Now we rub.