Hammarby watched Malmö match after the final loss.
The cup champion deals with criticism calmly.
– Now we’re going to party, I don’t think they’re going to party much tonight…, says Felix Pigmo.
Malmö FF won their first cup title in 33 years after deciding the final on penalties. But the Hammarby players did not like the Swedish champions match.
We played Malmö in principle for 90 minutes. We got strong Malmo to play heavy football. We are satisfied with our efforts. Then Gustav Ludvigson told Fotbollskanalen right after the match, if you want that to lead to a win:
We said it downstairs (in the locker room): We’d rather lose and play the way we do than win and play the way they do.
In the mixed zone he developed his logic somewhat.
– We have Milos too. There is an idea where they want to raise Thelin. It’s their way of attacking, and I respect that. It’s more when they just panic. This is what we want to provoke and where to get it. This way we make a great match, he says and continues:
– They know it worked well when they were here in the past. I don’t think they did well for them today. They were much braver then. Then it’s hard to say it didn’t work when it happened the way it did.
‘A new Malmo we see’
Astrit Selmani also points out that Malmö did not have much of its own game.
– They do what they are supposed to do. They like to defend at the low level. It’s a new Malmo we see.
Can you develop it?
– We’re used to them driving the game, they’ve always done that. Now they don’t. It’s new Malmö. But clinically speaking, they do what they are supposed to win.
You said in the locker room that you’d rather lose than play like them?
– Most people said it, so it was today. It’s fun to win a title the way they do. Still going strong no matter how you do it.
“People don’t remember who they lose”
Malmö players are not particularly alarmed by Hammarby’s comments.
– Best win the gold medal. I just think they are bitter. We deservedly won the match and now we’re going to celebrate. “I don’t think they’re going to party much tonight,” says Felix Pigmo.
Dennis Hadzikadyunek is on the same path.
– They are bitter that they did not win one hundred percent. They know the pitch is much better than we do, but they can manage the match as much as they want, if you don’t score goals you won’t win football matches, he says and continues:
– We know how to defend our fund. We’ve had a little dip now with so many guys gone, but now it looks like we’re on the horse again. This helps the club and all of us gain confidence. People don’t remember who lost, only those who won and won this time.