AIK sparkar sportchefen Anne Mäkinen, Chefstränaren Maiju Ruotsalainen och och assisterande tränaren Scott Swainston.
The team is last in damallsvenskan with six consecutive losses and after losing the derby against Djurgården, the club is acting by taking on the club’s icon.
– Frankly, we didn’t. We let in for simple reasons, says Agnes Nyberg.
Even during the summer break, Hirish Saadi will lead the women’s activities as Acting Director of Sports, and the new head coaches will be Jesper Björk and Nebojsa Novakovic With Michael Nelson as assistant coach,” AIK writes on the official website.
People already at the club will take over their new duties immediately on Monday.
– Our goal this year is to establish ourselves in damallsvenskan, which is also reflected in the resources that have been added for this year. We can say that when a quarter of the season is played we are not in line with the set and expected performance targets and therefore we have to act, CEO Manuel Lindberg says.
“I gave everything I had”
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“I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work at AIK. The team is good and it is really a very good group of footballers. Dte was a pleasure working with them. I gave everything I had. Results didn’t go our way but they will turn it around. Like the old saying: Sometimes you win. Sometimes you learn.”
The players received the message the day after the derby was lost.
– It is understood that on the club side they are not satisfied with the situation we have on the schedule now and that we have not performed, says Agnes Nyberg and continues:
We players feel that we are focused on the next game now against Eskilstuna and we will do everything to score points.
What do you think means changing coach?
It’s hard to say now but our rebound has been flagged and I hope the coaches will come and help us score points.
Allows entry to easy goals
It was a huge disappointment after the loss to Djurgarden on Sunday.
– Yes, but, frankly, we did not perform it. We were weak in critical situations. We entered very easy goals in fixed situations and had a hard time scoring goals. Now I think we’re making a better match against Djurgården, where you can talk about it being the margin that decides, but then again we don’t get any points and it’s not good enough, says Nyberg.
– I felt the first half was still good and we were in the match but when we make mistakes we get punished right away and we have to chase them again. Then we well don’t get a bastard ball even if it’s that kind indoors. So… with five players in goal… I don’t get it, that’s unlucky. Striker Jenny Danielson says it can’t even be explained.
‘The turn has to come’
Having created more than ever in the derby, Danielson is still hopeful that AIK will once again find its way to a more straightforward, simpler game in the future.
– We should be more selfish. Everyone should want to score goals. It just doesn’t fit in heels, as I sometimes do. It’s just shooting, shooting, shooting.
Thursday evening, it’s time for the next game against Eskilstuna away from home.
– The shift should come directly on Thursday. There’s no time to waste anymore, it has to happen regardless of whether someone is dead, injured, feeling bad, or in a little bit of pain, says Jenny Danielson.
At the same time, AIK announces that it will work in parallel with a long-term solution.
Sportbladet söker Anne Mäkinen.
