Orebridge. Robert Ohlsson says two Skellefteå wingers suffer from head tackles.
The coach chooses to communicate with the referees through the media because he does not communicate with them in any other way.
– It’s sad, we have to protect the safety of the players and then there are consequences like this, he says.
It started in the post-match press conference when Robert Olsson turned to absent referees Mikael Cieukvist and Christopher Holm.
– Mickey and Christopher, I’m having a hard time talking to you from the booth so it can be a press conference call. What can I send, you guys are great, but now it’s the second game in a row here when we check out the key positions. The players are very passionate in both teams and want a lot, but I think you have to deal with them. You must be able to bear it. So I am sending it to you, says Robert Olson.
“Invitation to take deportation”
He doesn’t want to get into the exact two incidents or which players are affected when Sportbladet talks to him outside the dressing room.
– We encountered two cases in Örebro where the header was checked. It is their job to curb such as this for the safety of the player, because there are huge risks with these kinds of tackles. Since I can’t speak to the referees, I can speak to them in the press conference directly to the camera. It was a call that it was their job to take the expulsions.
What situation was this match about?
– I don’t want to say that, they have to look through the match themselves and it will be quite obvious if his eyes are on the ball, so to speak.
Two affected players
Were any of the players harmed by these interventions?
– That’s how it is. It does not work. We can’t have players disappearing from the playoffs because of head tackles and no action being taken. I want to highlight that
Is one of the players Jonathan Johnson who missed the last two games?
– I’m not saying anything. This is their job. I do my job and they will do theirs. If you don’t see it right away, you can see it if you look at it.
Are there any of your players who need to be scanned after this game as well?
– That’s how it is.
“Mastery Technique Against Pudas”
So what do the referees say when you talk to them from the booth?
– I can think this way, in the last match, Mikael Siukvist took Jonathan Bodas out of the booth in front of 5,500 spectators at the Örebro Arena and ran some dominant techniques against Jonathan Bodas. I don’t think that’s good. You can be a good referee and you can be a bad referee. Doing that in front of the Örebro crowd with our best defender is not good. Somewhere I think he should have a better sense as a match manager is what Mick had in this case.
Refuse to respond to criticism
It is noticeable that Robert Olson is chasing himself and darkening his eyes.
– Now they chose not to communicate with our captains. They also don’t come to the booth until I can talk to them. I tried to show that it was a treatment in the head. But they ignored it. There is no dialogue, I can understand the referees there are great coaches in the booth and I think with good communication from me and them we can probably talk. Now it is closed there apparently as well as for the captains. Nobody benefits from it, neither the referees nor the players, says Robert Olson.
After the match, he was also not allowed to speak to the referees as they refused comments to Sportbladet.
The SC semi-final between Skellefteå and Örebro is 2-2 in a best-of-seven game, after Skellefteå recovered from a 0-2 deficit.
