Per Bohmann scored five points from Molde Djurgarden.
1. Will they be up to the toughest challenge?
The conditions were crystal clear. It was “enough” to cross to secure the group’s victory. The problem was that my birth was on the other side. Djurgården needed to travel to the windswept northern Norwegian archipelago to capture that point. Against the already obvious Norwegian champions who have won seven games in a row since they became honest, unfortunately, against Djurgården at Tele2 Arena in mid-September.
The Blue Stripes have faced many tough challenges this season. Will they solve the most difficult things without the heart and minds of the team on the field? Magnus Ericsson rested from the start.
2. Sadness about the departure of Ikrim from Swedish football
It was a huge heartache when football genius Magnus Wolf-Ekrim left Swedish football. Malmo hasn’t always dared build the team around the illustrious, but somewhat elusive toy dealer, which has held back Ikrim. He’s the kind who should be given a role completely free of charge if he is to unleash his full potential. He got that at Molde as a late striker. In front of Djurgården, he was swaying like a mix of Zico and Platini.
Of course, it didn’t take several minutes before Ikrim Al Bahar scored between Pierre Bengson and Marcus Danielson. The Norwegian entered the ball against the advanced Marcos Casa. Djurgarden is probably Allsvenskan’s best free throw goalkeeper and has ruled out Jacob Wedel-Ztterström. Rivige Kaasa retaliated shortly thereafter by finding Ola Brynhildsen in exactly the same area and the latter did no wrong. After 20 minutes, Kaasa managed to lure in the half-week’s most motion sickness player Pierre Bengtsson and send him to the runner-up.
3. Molde was superior – but Wickheim gave hope
What distinguishes the working group?
They always find a numerical advantage. On the periphery, centrally, just outside the box. In every part of the field – offensively and defensively – I felt like the Norwegians were another man. Djurgården chased the shadows, never kept pace, and was always far behind. A very unpleasant situation.
The flexible 5-3-2 method, which often becomes 3-4-3, gave my generator many keys to play. A well-formed team in the attack game can expand and spread its wings like an eagle over the entire field, only to make the lower defense play at lightning speed, like a turtle behind its armored shell, shrinking into tight aggressive blocks.
As a team, Molde was actually completely ahead of Djurgården before the break. Fortunately, then, individual higher qualities can sometimes make up for collective shortcomings. Gustav Wikheim puts individual stands on the edge and makes wine from water. The winger is not only fast, but has the ability to move in the right place. Wikheim rolled his back and found Victor Edvardsen leaning inward. He presented the center with a great angle in his first goal of the group stage.
4. Therefore, Djurgården can play as if in trance
What kind of law is this anyway?
I’ve seen twice in one week that Djurgarden’s role ends up in a desperate 0-2 deficit. Just to get up from the ashes, remove the embers and turn to make it 3-2 in a flash. It was as if Edvardsen’s late reaction had awakened the perception in the away team. This reminded players how easy it is to ‘create’ chances once the basics of the game are in place.
After the break, we got to know Djurgården. More powerful pressure, a higher starting position for the whole team and a strong will to slow down Molde’s prowess. The scene change would have been almost unrealistic from a cinematic point of view, were it not for the fact that we’ve seen it before. I believe this unique morale, and the team’s documented ability to salvage broken match images, is due to the solid core game. When settling in, when the Blue Stripes took control and succeeded in putting pressure on, Djurgården has an inner ability to play as if he was in trance. Then they explode through any obstacle.
Both goals after the break came from the wings. The reprimanded Pierre Bingtsson overlapped and rose in a perfect pass with a talented header from Joel Asoro up the hill into the net. Haris Radetinac swerved onto the field, passed three or four home players and somehow managed to make the score 3-2. In 18 minutes, Djurgarden, led by substitute Magnus Eriksson and Radetenak, turned around and won this match.
5. You get 
For 2022, Djurgården
The progression to the playoffs was already clear. Now they have also secured a group victory and a direct place in the Europa League Round of 16. Thus, Djurgorden beat worthy competitors such as Molde and Ghent both at home and abroad. Millions of crowns (and roughly the same seed points) rained down on Bosse Andersson. I am speechless with admiration for how an inexperienced club in this context has dealt with this completely unfamiliar situation from late summer to fall. A group of players who had never experienced such tough matches and the physical and mental challenge of playing the double tournament showed immense inner strength. Two coaches calmly coped with team rotations that were difficult to plan and all the time dared to make difficult decisions that could be criticized from the outside.
Djurgården managed all of this while still hanging out in the fight for gold and settled for an impressive second place. After the victory over Molde, she described the club’s season as an “achievement”. I can now, with three matches to play, reveal the annual ranking of Djurgården. Five dances were rarely performed .