The most important victory this season.
The most important goal this year.
AIK came home from Värnamo with a lot of happiness.
AIKThis summer’s backers’ patience has already been tested. While competitors at the top garnered heavy signatures after another, “Gnaget” was low. Too low. Much of the budget has already been spent. Not only John Giditybut also earlier with the signatures before the April window closes and the extensions of previous contracts with Bilal Hussein, Christopher Nordfeldt and Aleksandar Milosevic, to take a few examples.
The board is now tight on money, and the message from CEO Manuel Lindberg has been that you’d better sell a player before you sign him.
And if there is any signing, it will be an outside midfielder who now prioritizes sporting director Henrik Gorlius. It remains to be seen whether or not there will be any new acquisitions this summer. Three weeks remain in the Allsvenskan transition period, so there is plenty of time. When the team went to Wienvedsfalen in Varnamo on Sunday, they did so without stopping Bilal Hussein, without Mikael Lustig and with Eric Otieno off the bench.
After the unsuccessful match against Poltava, Bartosz Gerzelak had a match with the young players instead. Yassin Ayari, Eric Ring and Ammar Abdel Rahman have all been dumped from the start. And we saw something very different from what AIK showed in the Tele2 arena last Thursday.
“AIK’s most important goal of the season”
It was noticeable that the team was thirsty for revenge. There was a lot of noise in the duels, the pace was higher and I felt that Jon Gedetti’s scolding last time had an effect. AIK has been hungrier than the one we saw last Thursday. As the return came. And as it came.
Eric Ring skipped his defender and hit a perfectly timed cross to John Gedetti. He made no mistakes and scored his first goal since his comeback. And it felt like a ton of stones had fallen from Gediti’s shoulders as he was wasting his joy and relief in front of the AIK supporters traveling away. I don’t hesitate to call it AIK’s most important goal this season.
You can only imagine the pressure resting on Guedetti’s shoulders and with another goalless match the talk has already started. Instead, Gediti now had a dream start to his time at AIK.
Now they can charge for the return against Poltava
Because there was more to come. Admittedly, there was another thing to be desired from the AIK game, and above all defensively. And when Varnamo turned 1-0 to 2-1, things looked dark. But Ruben Tehi’s own goal made the score 2-2 and when Tehi was indifferent again, Gediti cut straight and with a delicious touch he played against Nicholas Stefanelli. 3-2 there which was enough for AIK. Hardly a nice victory. Maybe not even worth. But I hardly think Bartosz Grzelak would care about that on a day like this.
He has just seen his prestigious signature start his dream at the club, and has seen a glimpse of the understanding of the game and the danger of goals that John Guidetti possesses. Also, “JG” isn’t at its best yet, so there’s plenty to boot. In addition, AIK scored the most important win of the season. Losing one point to Värnamo and already starting to collapse. Now the team can instead count the comeback goal against Poltava in second place in Sweden overall and with a very important win against the hard-to-play away Varnamo.
