Djurgarden had a poor alternation against Shamrock Rovers in Dublin.
But substitute goalkeeper Alexander Vasyutin, 27, took the lead in the second half to save a point in a goalless draw.
– Eric Neva says in Viaplay, we have to see it as two points taken out.
For the first time ever in the modern era, Djurgården has reached the group stage in Europe.
Today, the Blue Stripes are out against Shamrock Rovers in Dublin.
Then coach duo Kim Bergstrand and Thomas Lagerlöf chose to start with reserve goalkeeper Alexander Vasyutin instead of Jacob Wedel Zitterström.
The Russians didn’t have much to do in the first half as Djurgaarden was better than the Irish without creating any big chances.
Victor Edvardsen had the best position, choosing in a duet with Joel Asoro to shoot from distance.
“Two points wasted”
However, in the second, Vasyutin had to show his qualities.
The home team set several high-quality goal chances at the start, which the Djurgård goalkeeper had to step up and make a fine save.
But it ended 0-0 and thus the home point of Stockholm. Point gives 166 thousand euros in the account, which is equivalent to 1.7 million kroner.
– I think we should look at it as two points have been eliminated. It is not wrong to go home with a cross. But in the hitting power of the set they will prove to be two missed points. Shamrock Rovers will not advance from the group. It’s important to get full points against them, Eric Neva says on FiPlay.
This is in addition to the promotion to the group stage, which guaranteed 30 million prize money.
You can see that Djurgården had quite a bit of focus on Sunday’s Allsvenskan derby against Hammarby. An hour later, Lagerlöf/Bergstrand made a four-way change when Pierre Bengtsson, Joel Asuro, Magnus Ericsson and Humpus Wendel were forced to step down in favor of Elias Anderson, Rasmus Schuler, Emmanuel Banda and Harris Radetenak.
– It was due to the engine not running in Djurgården. Too much dissatisfaction in that part of the match. It was part and part to get an alarm, says Neva.
The other match in Group F, Molde against Gent, also ended 0-0 on Norwegian soil.
Next week he awaits a home game against Molde.
