There are different ways of expressing that it is time to change the club.
Gustave Ingevall, 26, has fought 19 rounds and one match since the start for Michelin.
– I know the Belgian arenas that have the most comfortable alternative seats, says the striker.
The former IFK Gothenburg and Djurgarden striker has just returned home after Mechelen’s 1-2 loss at home to Gent.
Depressed? not directly.
Honestly, the match doesn’t matter. We still can’t get to a place in the Conference League in the playoff series. He says: We’re too late with two rounds left Gustav Engvall After getting a quarter inning.
League match ready in April
At the beginning of April, the regular part of the Belgian League was completed.
The top four teams continue to play in a group match for the championship title, the Champions League and the European League. Teams in positions 5-8 (including Mechelen) settle for a spot in the Conference League.
Teams 9-16 finish play, one team advances down and one team leaves immediately.
– Our fans protested the “no playoffs” signs recently. I agree with them. I prefer the regular live series. This gets messy and not really sporty.
– It is clear that Union (Saint-Gilloise) won the league but lost to Club Brugge now in the championship series. Engvall says Al Ittihad has been a worthy champion of his fantastic season.
That’s not the only thing he thinks has been odd in Belgium over the past year.
Micklin brought back
During Mechelen’s first season, the Swede scored eight goals in the league, helping the classic team return to the Premier League and winning the cup in the spring of 2019.
Then came two seasons with major injury problems, operations and Covid closures, but with the restoration of Engvall, who has become a kind of icon of the club thanks to the trip he made, the contract was extended in 2021 to apply until the summer of 2024.
– I have a situation here after sharing and restoring the team. They know what they’re getting from me, and I have some routine.
But the same coach, Wouter Franken, who recruited and ran with Engvall, also made him last year the permanent jumper for Michelin.
Matches from the start – and 19 (!) Rounds in the regular series and the current playoffs.
This makes Engvall one of the most popular substitutes for Swedish foreign professionals during the current season.
– It’s a little hard not to get a real chance again now that I’m fully physically back. We have a mutual respect for each other but it’s hard to do something on the pitch when many innings are under ten minutes, says Engvall.
Seats can
– I have a few minutes on the replacement benches around Belgium. Sometimes you warm up for 60 minutes versus zero minutes on the field. But I know which yards have nicer, less pretty alternative seating.
Which is better?
The gentlemen’s seats are very comfortable. Unfortunately, you sit a little low, almost submerged. Visibility isn’t very good, he says with a laugh, but there’s nothing wrong with the quality of the seat.
Nice brogue seats too.
Which one is worse?
– Kortrijk seats are very bad. We lost our 2-0 lead to 2-2 and also got 90 minutes off the bench. Engval says he wasn’t nice anywhere.
– You have a more relaxed feeling when you’re on the bench, but sitting on the bench every week in and out… in the end, it’s not fun at all.
Should I interpret this as changing the club this summer?
You can interpret that as I’m not excited to be on the bench for another season. I don’t need to know more about the Belgian replacement seats.
– It might be necessary to have some changes in Micklin for me to have a chance again. The dialogue is good and I think the club understands me.
I love the club and I love the really great Miquelin supporters – it’s a lot of love – but I really want to play more football.
Do not rule out Allsvenskan
Could you become relevant to the Allsvenskan?
I’m not closing any doors, but I would like to stay abroad and I think there will be alternatives for me if it becomes appropriate to apply to a new club.
How long do you follow Allsvenskan?
– I check a lot. I watch matches with IFK Gothenburg and Djurgården and where I have friends.
– I hope Emil Salomonson gets more playing time in the future at Bluvet, so he can take some free kicks from distance. ‘I want to see Baka Lajmer play on the pitch at Sirius and that Mang Eriksson leads Djurgorden,’ says Gustav Engvall.