Christian City. Injuries hamper Kristianstad’s search for gold.
Five key players risk missing out on the weekend’s game against Djurgården.
You should never find it impossible. It does not exist in our world, says Elisabeth Gunnarsdottir.
With six rounds remaining, Kristianstad is very much involved in the battle for gold. They are three points behind defending champion Rosengard.
However, there is an element to worry about. Injuries disturb Kristianstad.
Against Hammarby, Sheila van den Polk, Gabriel Karl, Kajsa Tournqvist and Esther May Keith all disappeared
– I don’t think I put much work into twisting and turning eleven actually, if I’m totally honest. It took too long, coach Elisabeth Gunnarsdottir says after the match.
In the absence of Karl and Mai Keith, Gunnarsdottir chose to play Emma Petrovic as centre-back.
– I must admit, I was almost in shock when I received the news, says Petrovich.
That was enough for all of us, says veteran Mia Carlson.
If you have a beta as a coach, you must be prepared to play in many positions. It’s also a little bit, so just do it. You get a lot of confidence in him and there are no demands, just do what you can.
‘We need alternatives’
For the match against Djurgården, he will allow the Icelander to continue his confusion. It is already clear that captain Van den Polk, Karl and Turnqvist cannot play. There are question marks for Mayi Kith and also Emmi Alanen had to step down last time.
It’s hard to feel that someone else is falling while another is falling, but that’s part of football. Sometimes you have the whole team healthy, sometimes you don’t. You should never see it as impossible. It does not exist in our world.
Can we count on Petrovic as centre-back again?
– I don’t know. I have no idea myself what to think of before the next game. We have good options in Gabby, Easther and now Emma. But we need alternatives. We don’t usually go out with the same eleven against everyone, but we study the opponents a lot and want to see how we can face them in the best way.
Kristianstad meets Djurgården on Saturday and all that matters for KDFF is three points.
– We told ourselves that. We should dare to look, says Mia Carlson.
– We don’t look down. We have no interest in that. We are fully aware that we are close to the law above us. We’re putting all of our focus on getting past Linköping and if we’re successful, I’ll start talking about Rosengård, but for now, Linköping is pretty close above and we’ll take care of them now, says Gunnarsdóttir.