cocky goal after 7th SM gold – wants Ljungberg and Marta . to go down
Malmo. Champagne drips from the ceiling and after seven SM gold medals, gold Emma Berglund stands in Malmö IP’s locker room with a broken record.
Now she’s aiming for the eighth, so she’ll be alone on the throne
Damn, it was so nice to be there on my own.
Golden confetti dipped in champagne and Emma Berglund Standing on a dark blue background with the image of a cardboard trophy.
Olivia Shoof eagerly trains her.
– Yes, a little sense of Charlie Chaplin. So yes! perfect! So lean on the dent and drink some, too, instructs Chugg before turning to the TV camera:
– It’s a bit cold. It’s her 7th SM’s gone now so she’s not that big!
Yes, SM’s gold with Rosengård is Berglund’s seventh, but even though it’s been a week since she finished, she hasn’t really gone down in size.
– No, not really. I will definitely think about it later when the time comes.
How does this gold compare to your predecessors?
– It’s hard to compare. There are different people, different experiences, and different setbacks and successes. There are different obstacles that you have to pass in order to make all the experiences completely different.
Weirdest gold for her
The first golds came when Berglund was new to Umeå IK in 2006-2008, and with that in mind, those that have come in recent years may still mean more to the 33-year-old.
– You can contribute in a different way and then it becomes more important too. At least for me. You often think at home what could be done better. You know the kind that bothers you when you’re about to go to bed.
But one thing is for sure. This SM gold was the weirdest of Berglund’s career. Locked in during a pizza night with Schough, Caroline Seger and Fiona Brown when Linköping dropped points in front of IFK Kalmar.
– The way Linkoping started the match, you said they would win 5-0, so that wasn’t expected. It was just a meltdown and you, how am I supposed to feel?
However, there is no doubt here and now. The quartet is assembled in Malmö IP’s tiled locker room, the golden hats lit and the atmosphere at its best and ‘that’s the way it is’ with E-type pumps through the loudspeakers.
“Make me proud,” Carolyn Seeger shouts from the doorway.
The roles have been switched this year
Cheered on by his teammates, Berglund releases another caution. This time with such force that there is a hole in the plastic.
– Yes, really good power there, but I have little experience with this. Then you’ve probably handed out the bottles to others a few times over the years.
Because of course he was also there during the Golden Draw last year, then as an assistant to Olivia Shaw. The roles were reversed this year.
– I said that last year. Yes, for some it only takes one, for me it takes seven, and that says a lot when you’re a defender, but I thank and agree.
Berglund is standing with a cardboard cup hanging around her neck when Scotsman Fiona Brown notices she looks relaxed, but maybe that’s something she does after seven golds.
The central defender throws his hands and starts counting on his fingers.
– one two Three…
She lasted until seven, she raised her fingers in front of the camera.
-If you win seven, you have to be a little cocky (Kaxig, editor’s note), Schough notes at the same time as Sportbladet photographer Pontus Orre burns some photos of the center back.
Since there are few people who can boast of so many gold medals, seven is a bewildering record.
– So I asked who also won many and I was told it was Hana Ljungberg and Marta. It’s not a boring group to be a part of, so I’m very proud of that, says Berglund, and continues:
– Then you immediately begin to think that it would be great to be standing there alone.
“You will follow me”
Do you have another golden year in you?
– I really hope so and it’s impossible to think of a year without gold as a goal. As long as you’re in this club, that’s the goal we set.
Berglund has an expired contract with FC Rosengård But in discussions about the extension.
– It was really nice to be standing there knowing that as long as I play Seger (who has six gold medals), she will chase after me. If we can win together again. It would mean a lot.
So how did Berglund behave during the golden drawing?
– 10 out of 10, says Shaw.
Then the duo leave the wet dressing room to shower. Now you wait for the detergent and scrub before it becomes a golden party with the rest of the team.
– But we’ll see you here again next year, right?
