Helsingborg took a very important win, 2-1, away from Jeff Sundsvall and advanced to the playoffs zone.
Guevara suffered his sixth consecutive defeat in the jumbo final.
A devastating loss, says coach Brian Clarehout for Discovery.
When the two teams last and next in the table met, with eight points on the safe ground, that was cause for a term that must match.
jumbo Jeff Sundsvall He also had a terrifying five straight losses in the bag, while runner-up Helsingborg came in with five points in the last four and six new acquisitions in the starting eleven.
New acquisitions contributed
Brilliant individual performance by Benjamin Aquach made the score 1-0 for the visitors (36).
Returning Abe Khalili won the second ball, Aryan Kabbashi moved forward, and Akwa won 1-0 from distance.
Sundsvall took the lead in terms of second-half play on the NP3 Arena. Pontus Enblom had two first-class chances and Joe Corona hit both the crossbar and pole. But at the same time, HIF also had chances in the other direction, but then goalkeeper Oscar Johnson stood in the way.
Johnson couldn’t do anything when Aryan Kabbashi’s possession of Dalcord rounded the Sundsvall goalkeeper and made it 2-0 (71) from a tight corner played by Taha Ali.
Hops ignited hope
Body blown – oops – when substitute Eric Anderson of Sundsvall shook forward to replace Ronando Damos who pushed in the 1-2 reduction (83).
But Sundsvall didn’t come close despite the desperate pressure. In doing so, the newcomer is cemented last in the standings, four points behind HIF, which climbs to the qualifying point.
In the next round, Sundsvall meets second-placed Degerfors away from home. There, with a high probability, a win is required for one of the teams even to keep the dream of the Allsvenskan game alive.
With a 2-1 win, Helsingborg has five points past Varnamo over the qualifying mark.
– There was a lot of Hawaii in the second half for my taste, while I think we’re winning fairly. We stand as a team and sacrifice ourselves for each other. That decides, HIF coach Matthias Lindstrom tells Discovery.
Fellow coach Brian Clarhout at Sundsvall:
– It’s a huge loss. We go for simple goals and don’t make ourselves attackers. We have to keep working. It’s the only thing we can do.
