Gothenburg. Exactly in qualifying time – injured Frolanda is injury-free Frolanda.
“It’s a good thing, it allows us to demand a really big effort from those who are going to play,” says Roger Ronberg before the quarter-final match against Verstad.
Frölunda’s form curve in 2023 was not impressive, as after a good autumn, the results of the winter (9 wins in the last 22 rounds) forced them to play games.
the reason? Pretty much a very long list of injuries, with key player after key player disappearing for extended periods.
But now, just in time for the start of Friday night’s play-off against Färjestad, the Gothenburgers are almost fine again. Defender Pontus Johansson’s season is over, but otherwise, everyone will be involved. Andreas Borgmann has his foot in order, Christian Follen is back after a finger operation, Anders Grönlund is playing without pain, Jan Mursack has continued training this week, Linus Nassen has steered fine again after the puck, Ryan Lash is healthy and Jakob Nilsson’s knee has recovered from the blow he took in the end of january
“Never Red Shirt Again…”
Yes, even Max Freiberg, the most important striker, is training again after his finger operation. Last wednesday in an uncarryable red shirt. But the next day he was driving at full speed.
– said it to me, “The red shirt again.” It looked good and good energy. Of course it will be very difficult to get him off the team, once he feels he can do justice to himself. Roger Ronberg says he still has to be able to handle the club well.
“very likely”
Matches already on Friday? Or in the second game on Sunday? the most mysterious. During the qualifiers, Frölunda tells as little as possible about injuries, preferably even less.
– Do you remember “Semilige Arne”? Frölunda coach says with a smile that I am now.
But you still expect it to take a little longer for Friberg, who hasn’t played a game since Jan. 20, when he broke a finger after injuring his hand.
– Friday? No, that is very likely to happen. At the same time, we’re talking about Max. If it’s someone, it’s probably him, Ronberg continues.
Farjestad finished third in the regular season. Frölunda VI. Does this mean that you beat yourself up because of deprivation?
– No, now we start from scratch. The playoff is something else, something completely different to playing hockey from the series. Now it’s not about being even three days a week, now it’s about being good against a certain opponent.
Frölunda kicks off the quarter-final series against Färjestad on Friday at 19:00