“pat me on their backs”
Malmo. MFF has not scored a goal in three matches.
Then Åge Hareide takes an inverted “hair dryer”.
– I’ll put my arms around them instead, says the veteran coach.
Malmo FF: The biggest problem now is the target drought.
The team came out of three consecutive matches in the European League and the Svenskan without scoring any goal.
– We didn’t have the same quality in the last third of this year as in previous years, says captain Anders Christiansen, who himself wasted many chances in the 0-0 match against Varnamo recently.
“sits mentally”
Attacker Isaac Casey Tellen thinks it’s in the skull.
– He sits mentally. As soon as the ball rolls to one or more people, it starts to run automatically. Now they are a bit fickle, you think again then missed opportunity. The best medicine is scoring goals. We have to do better in an offensive way. He says, I think we are good enough and we have shown that before.
At the back, Ismael Diawara conceded only one goal in these three matches, in the 1-0 defeat to Union Berlin.
Don’t feel the need to climb into a corner and squeeze it? Do the work yourself?
Sometimes I look at Fidel but he just shakes his head and smiles at the goalkeeper. But soon maybe…
Sees technical flaws
Coach Åge Hareide sees deficiencies in pure skill when it comes to scoring goals.
We lack a little on the technical side and I’m not happy with that, says the 69-year-old, who took over in the late summer as interim coach.
But in a tight showdown, the MFF rarely has any real training to finish.
It’s hard to work on the technical side like this in the middle of the season. This is usually done in the pre-season.
Tonight, the MFF must score for a chance in third place in the Europa League group. Another match 0-0 and you are firmly in the game before the last two games.
What can you do next to speed up the goal kick?
– I’m going to pat them on the back and put my arms around them instead of walking on them. We need to address it. Hared says it’s important in sports, not least for those who really own it so they get back on track and do things right and right.
Wise, Christiansen thinks.
We shouldn’t push ourselves down. The Dane says: We have to strengthen ourselves.
Union Berlin-Malmö FF is played tonight at 21.00. The match is broadcast in V Sport Premium and Viaplay