Ostersund is on the rise.
In Wednesday’s match away from home to Matna, the team achieved its third consecutive victory.
The champion was Isaac Mantler, who kept a clean sheet for the second game in a row.
– It doesn’t happen often, the 23-year-old tells Sportbladet.
Having been completely on the bridge three rounds ago, Östersund mustered up the courage. In the away match against Al Mutona, Al Jamar secured his third consecutive win since Alexander Anderberg scored the only goal of the match.
– Incredibly cute. We put in a good performance and that’s it. Those points were very important and we’ll have fun tonight and then look forward to Friday, Isak Mantler told Sportbladet.
Isaac Mantler: “We’re done”
The closest equalizer was Al-Mutona, with only seconds remaining in the second half. Isak Mantler got it wrong when he was going to play a puck, and the Uppsala team could almost punish the 23-year-old.
– I thought there was less time left than it was, so I wanted to post it. Then they changed the rule so I can’t block it after I shoot it so I had to play away. I was lucky he wasn’t a target, says Mantler, laughing.
Only four games ago, the team suffered four consecutive defeats with a total of 29 goals conceded. Now ÖIK has three wins in a row as they only leave two of them. Total transformation.
– First of all, we had enough. We felt this was not okay. We work hard all the time and we have, but we haven’t stuck with what we’re supposed to do. Now we show that when we do what we are supposed to do, it works well.
Did you have a crisis meeting?
– No, I don’t want to call it that, but in fact we had a small meeting after that and we dealt with some things. It wasn’t anything serious, but everyone should broadcast what they felt. was necessary.
He kept a clean sheet for the second game in a row
For Mantler, this was the second straight clean sheet between the columns.
– Nice. I usually say you keep your sheets clean as a team and that’s always the case. It’s an interaction, but it’s clearly not often that you keep a clean sheet twice in a row.
After promotion, Östersund is now fourth in the table.
When we do what we ought to do, we are good and that is what is required. We can’t cut a few percent, but we have to always be on top and do the job, says Mantler.