Guthenberg. He was widely praised after the show in the Gold Match.
Mikel Rigaard is now hoping to get a call from Denmark captain Kasper Hjolmand.
– You showed that I was not finished, as some have said, as the midfield giant says.
Mikel Nygaard came to Haken from the Polish second-tier side ód last winter. There, there were only two goals in 29 matches, but at Allsvenskan, the 31-year-old found the right thing.
In the golden match against IFK Gothenburg, the Dane scored two goals and made one in the 4-0 win and is now up to ten goals and four assists in total.
I dreamed of coming here and winning, but I didn’t dream of scoring two goals. It feels great, Richard says.
“Not better”
Rigaard, who left Poland because he wasn’t paid, would have never imagined it would be so good a year later.
– really no. It’s been a tough year in Poland and I was very motivated to come back and show myself. Häcken took me in a situation where I was meant a lot. It’s an absolutely unbelievable feeling. It has shown that I am not finished as some have said.
Were you better before?
– I really don’t think so. Being good at handling the ball and also scoring and assisting… To be honest, I don’t think I was better.
Rigaard was also highly praised by his teammates after the match.
– It’s also a funny story, from the fact that he started out as a skilled footballer at the start of the season but came out early in the matches and had to struggle a little bit to become perhaps the best Allsvenskan player to score points and goals of all time, he says Alexander Yremezhev It continues:
– It’s also good to have his style in the team. He’s relaxed, he hates losing, and he fires up when we’re competing in training. He always drives more despite being a bit older. Weak players want to improve. Now that I’m out and about, I’ve been trying to think of why it’s so good and I think that’s the key.
“I can’t just play futsal.”
Johann Hammer is on the same path.
– What a player. We felt that since the first training, he can not only play futsal but also football. He can only use his Swedish, and it’s hard to understand.
Rygaard, who has formed an impressive midfield with twins Simon and Samuel Gustafsson this season, is hoping the efforts at Allsvenskan will make Denmark national team captain Kasper Hjulmand pick up the phone.
– It’s tough. Christian Eriksen is in my place so it’s very difficult. But Anders Kristiansen played in the Danish national team after winning the SM gold, but I don’t know if Häcken is old enough for me to join. But I hope so. We’ve done our best and he can focus more on the players who are doing well at Allsvenskan. But it will be difficult. They’ve been playing as well as they can for a very long time.
