For ten years they have been told they are too soft for gold, but look at this:
Players extend their arms in the air, lying straight on the floor, and lead the table.
Harija Heiken is dead. Heikin lives hard.
Djurgården would face Häcken, and there weren’t much doubts about that. The question was more than who would face Hacken.
That Djurgården that passes through the walls and cracks for half of Europe to see? Or that Djurgården who couldn’t even make it to Stora Valla when he was supposed to face Degerfors?
In 2022, it will be even more difficult to bully Häcken, but it is possible. It is definitely possible to face a Häcken fracture if you resolve their early stress. But when he was blown to the series finale, neither Dave nor.
Per Mathias Høgmo gave Lars Olden Larsen the chance from the start again – he did well at Varberg last time – and he was close to getting 1-0 up after twenty seconds. It wasn’t a scary shot, it was an indication that Häcken was there to compete.
They fended off every play or cross he threw at them, pressed hard, and came home when they had to shake corners, a dangerous free kick and a powerful two-minute shot opportunity. A quarter of an hour later, Haris Radetinac turned to his teammates, waving his palms on the plastic lawn: “Calm down now.”
Defensive play was associated with offensive play, and there were two critical differences. There is a Häcken (and Alexander Yremezhev) ensured that Rasmus Schuller was left out of the early offensive game, allowing Djurgarden’s Samuel Gustafsson to roam directing play as if Tele2 Arena were his living room.
which he was enjoying.
You don’t want to be beat up by Johann Hammer…
He played futsal with his brother Simon, turned around, did a twist, tested Ibrahim Sadiq’s speed, passed balls to Romeo’s safety in the hemisphere and allowed him to do as little as he pleased.
Häcken never liked to play in Stockholm, but that was something else. A brilliance team, daring, mastered the full weight of the match. Larsen walked into a free kick that Jakob Fidel Zetterstrom saved, and just before the break Larsen got the chance again. Hjalmar Ekdal retreated, Jeremjeff won the ball, and after a moment Sadiq played Larsen in the open goal and 1-0.
Djurgården was at 22, they don’t seem to be able to fully squeeze, hence you can’t squeeze Häcken.
A symbolic image of the first half: Hambus Wendel is overtaken and Johan Hammer is injured. You don’t want to let Johan Hamar control you. And you don’t want to lose to Häcken.
Djurgården always had energy from playing against Sofialäktaren, and he could have counted on more aggressive blue streaks after the break. The key for them – they found it in their best five minutes of the first half – was to be able to play past Häcken to be able to activate Schuler’s playing qualities around the Häcken penalty area.
Then Djurgården was good.
The rest of the time, Häcken was much better.
For a decade, we’ve talked about Häcken being an introverted team, who just couldn’t keep up all the way. They were often good, sometimes better, but sooner or later they just exploded. Now they are here with their Høgmo method, offensive midfield poise, bravery, brothers Gustafson and wise father Jeremejeff attacking (95% target player this time).
Above all: They stood here with 45 minutes of sanitizer in front of them.
The disturbing legend of Hakken does not survive
Djurgarden’s players woke up the body and the crowd before the second half kicked off, then went out to play with the crowd of fans behind them.
If you haven’t seen the half, maybe you’ve heard it? Harris Radetenak pressured Peter Abrahamson to block a powerful header in two minutes from Marcus Danielson’s corner kick. Djurgården was pushed forward by his crowd, surrounded Häcken’s penalty area and pressed more and more, with more and more bodies. The defenders rushed in, Hjalmar Ekdal took off his seat belt, and eventually Widell Zetterström lunged forward. The score was 4-5-1, Hammer, Hovland and Abrahamson were for 25,000.
Hamar and Hovland nodded away, and Abrahamson took so long on breaks that I missed several of my children’s birthdays while he did the kickoff.
Kim Bergstrand and Thomas Lagerlöf are tired of questions about whether their players are tired. The contestants sure got tired of being asked if they were strong enough to win SM gold.
Djurgården managed to push to Ekdal’s final finish over the bar. But Häcken was tough enough.
– Per-Matthias Hogmo said I am very proud of the boys. They played Häcken football.
Still holding on, they went to Stockholm and met the league leaders, who had won ten of their last eleven matches in the Allsvenskan game and crossed the eleventh. And they won. After half and a half of massive struggle, we have had answers to one question out of two.
The golden battle continues. The disturbing Haken legend is not.