Djurgården was not entirely satisfied after the effort against Shamrock Rovers last time.
Now the team has a chance to move away from Hammarby in the table if it wins the derby.
– If we had played great football all the time, there wouldn’t be any talk, then we won the Allsvenskan game in one fell swoop, says Magnus Eriksson.
Djurgården has not lost a match at Allsvenskan since May 22. If you also counted in the European game, you have had only one loss in the last 18 matches.
Although the game wasn’t always impressive, as it was against Shamrock Rovers last time, the points are still tiered.
– If we had played great football all the time, there wouldn’t have been any talk, we would have won the Allsvenskan game in one fell swoop. Some matches flow better, others we have to struggle a little bit more. What I think we’ve improved on is the ironic game. We won matches even though the game may not have always been right. He says the team has a lot of strength and security Magnus Ericsson.
A hot derby against Hammarby now awaits as Djurgården stand a chance of moving away from the number one contender with seven points if he wins.
– We’ve had a lot of success over the summer, so people obviously want to punch us in the nose now and show they’re better. Then for us, it’s about being better and truer in our philosophy and taking advantage of the strengths we have and doing things better. Erickson says opponents will face us more and more.
“Big chance”
Coaches Kim Bergstrand and Thomas Lagerlöf were clear that they would rotate the team until the end of the season.
Against Shamrock Rovers on Thursday, Rasmus Schuller and Jacob Weddell Zetterström were rested.
We have a lot of games and no matter if you are a goalkeeper, a midfielder or a striker, there will be periods when you don’t play. Widell Zetterström says it’s normal.
So far, Djurgården has not mentioned that they are betting more on the Allsvenskan or the European Games.
– It’s a huge balancing act of how we’re going to handle everything. There are only three games left before the national team’s break now, and it comes at an opportune time. That’s all for the three games and it starts tomorrow. It’s kind of scary how fast this season has gone by. There’s only two months left until the end and it’s going fast. We know we have a great opportunity tomorrow and we will do everything we can to take advantage of it, says Ericsson.
Djurgården won their first derby of the season 1-0 despite the fact that the match was unsuccessful. Now the second in the table hopes to repeat that.
There are always things to improve. We won the last game, but maybe it was a little unnecessarily tense towards the end. But we’ll come out with three points and a clean sheet and we’ll do everything we can to make it the same again tomorrow, says Widell Zetterström.