Daniel Sundgren had his dream start in Maccabi Haifa.
On Wednesday, he took part in the 4-0 win over Greek champions Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.
– You don’t often go to Greece and crush Olympiacos, he says.
It was in June Daniel Sundgren Signed on behalf of the Israeli Maccabi Haifa. Previous AIKThe Greek player Aris left for the Israeli champion club. Now, the right-back also had a dream start Israel. Yesterday, Maccabi Haifa defeated Greek champion Olympiakos in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. The numbers were written as 4-0 away from home, so Haifa advanced to the third qualifying round after a total of 5-1.
‘They didn’t get a chance’
There the team meets Apollon Limassol from Cyprus.
– In advance, Olympiacos was probably the toughest opposition. At least that’s how I felt. It’s a very good team. But at the same time we’re also good and we felt like he put fifty. But then we ran them over and we won 4-0. The bad thing is that the score mirrored the match. They didn’t get a chance.
A very impressive victory. Sundgren says it’s not unusual for you to go to Greece and crush Olympiacos.
How do you see your own contribution?
We kept a clean sheet, so it went well. We played a bit more of the five-line defense, which is what I’m used to after my time at AIK.
– It might be weird to say, but I was still a little disappointed with the way they played. Olympiacos hit away. Long balls all the time. So our game plan worked perfectly.
What do you say about early Israel?
– totally awesome. Much better than I could have imagined. The people are great, helpful in every way, kind and everything is organized. I got an apartment right away, the club arranged a car on the spot and they arranged a lot of things for my daughter.
– There is nothing to complain that way. However, it is a little sad that we lost the Super Cup on penalties. Otherwise everything would be perfect. But now we have to make sure that we continue to do well in the European Games. The league starts at the end of August, so it’s good that there aren’t a lot of matches.
The third qualifying round against Apollon Limassol begins on August 3. With the win over Olympiacos, Maccabi Haifa secured at least a place in the Europa League group stage.