He has rehabilitative experience from television
TIMRÅ. After 0-4 against Timra, Brenna coach Mikko Manner focused on the playoffs.
New experience for the meritorious Finn who, when asked if he has had qualifying experience before, answers:
– Only from the TV, he says.
The opportunity still exists, but it is rather microscopic.
0-4 against Timrå at the same time as HV71’s win against Skellefteå means Jönköping have three points and 16 goals to their credit at Brynäs with one round left to play.
Now the qualifying match against Malmö is on the horizon for Brennas.
– It’s a big disappointment, says Miko Manner.
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– But now it is a reality and you have to take it like a man with your shoulders and your head held high. This is not the time to be sad and sad. Now is the time to show leadership and serious competition, he says.
Do you have qualifying experience before?
– Just from the TV. I know the games are tough and Malmö were in perfect shape. You have to play great, but you just have to take it, be ready on Tuesday and play better than today,” he says.
Even matches
How do you see Malmö in the qualifiers?
They are physically strong and the matches were even. It sets the bar high. But you still have to get four wins, so it’s just a matter of focusing on the game and playing better than today.
Manner stresses that it is important for the team to have time to recover injured players and to raise the energy in the team before the playoffs, which begin on Tuesday.
Brynä’s coach also talks about all the emotions that can arise during the playoffs – but it’s also an amazing opportunity.
– It is an opportunity in many professions, in a game that no one wants to play, to become a champion, says Manner.
Don’t even think about changing coaches
Finn also says he feels guilty about setting the table.
– I feel a great responsibility. But now is not the time to get discouraged. Now is the time to gather energy and recharge, he says.
When Brynäs played a qualifying game against HV71 two years ago, the team opted to change coaches before the playoffs, got a push and made it. Sporting director Johan Allsen says they didn’t think that way this time.
– We had no idea. We had a game today, we just finished it and here we are, says Alsen.