Hedvig Lindahl celebrated her first three pointers as a Djurgaards player when she saved a penalty in the team’s 4-2 derby win against AEK in Stockholm.
An effort she hopes will put an end to a difficult first in a blue scheme.
The positive thing about it all is that it couldn’t get any worse. She says there is always something good after the worst has happened.
“We ‘gangsters’ spam in the Lindahl-Hedvig league you never make us shut up”
This is what was said on the sign that a number of Djorgaard fans held out in the middle of the second half of Sunday’s home derby. AIK.
Hedwig Lindahl He had a strange start in returning to the women’s league. She was first praised by Djurgård supporters when she signed for the club in the middle of EC this summer. Then she was criticized for a tweet praising supporters of Hamrabi’s rival. Then more comments after an explosion that came after a goal, where she said “You can’t keep a clean sheet in this damn team”. And now he’s celebrating again after saving a penalty and winning a home derby against AIK.
Returning to the women’s league is a different reality and it is not easy for the club either. We may not have realized how attractive my name is. I didn’t get it, they didn’t get it, and that’s how it all went, Lindahl says when Sportbladet spoke to her after the derby.
“slightly escalated”
The 39-year-old erred early with some Djurgård supporters and doesn’t know if that relationship can be built again.
– I’m not sure you can. I don’t know. I care for those who are here, those who sang here today, those who sang in Eskilstuna, those who chose to be here. They are the people that I admire and I am grateful for, then I understand that there are a lot of people who cannot be here because they do not live near them. But if you’re supportive, that’s great, she says.
– It was really hard. It was emotional in the second half because it’s a derby again and after the first derby it all started. I understand that I take responsibility for everything, bad timing, saying things about competitors… I’ve learned that. But it escalated a bit there.
In honor of his teammates: “Very cool”
It is clear that Hedvig Lindahl has had the majority of the supporters’ response positive.
In the vast majority of cases, people were great, but they weren’t always heard. But there were those who reached out to them when it was really hard and that meant a lot.
Above all, she raises her colleagues at Djurgården.
– There are amazing individuals in this group who deserve to be spotted and who have been absolutely gorgeous with all the dramas I’ve been in. They are absolutely fantastic, the smallest group in the Women’s League, and just “we’ve been there a few times”. She says they are so adorable.
Now the club and I have turned the page. We learned the hard way and it couldn’t get any worse. Now we start with a win in the derby and then build from there with the fans who were here today. I hope we can build something beautiful and sustainable together.