Frölunda continued Lars Johansson’s dark situation
KARLSTAD. Star goalkeeper Lars Johansson did not play against Vrjestad.
And Roger Runeberg has covered all questions regarding his status.
– I can tell you but then I have to kill you then, says Frölunda’s trainer to GP Reporter.
The prestigious quarter-final match between Färjestad and Frölunda started in the worst possible way for Gothenburg.
In the first squad, Lars Johansson was included in the list, but there was a blackout from Frölunda.
Johansson wasn’t even with Karlstad and Fronda’s explanation to the outside world that it was about illness.
But whether it was a stomach bug, a cold, or something else, Roger Runeberg didn’t want to reveal it.
– No, we won’t talk much about it, but he’ll definitely play, says Ronberg, who didn’t want to say if he’d actually be on Sunday:
– I did not say that.
When Johan Relander of Göteborgs Posten hinted that it was a stomach bug, he got an unexpected answer from Rönnberg.
– I could tell you, but then I have to kill you, Rylander.
Otherwise, there was much focus on Frlandback Andreas Borgmann’s match penalty kick at the end of the second half after a knee tackle against Viktor Eggesl. Frölunda took both a 2-1 lead and a small hold in the match.
Different views on processing
During the ejection, Joachim Nygaard equalized and in the third period Lucas Forssell scored the winning goal for Faristad.
– Of course, the whole match oscillates with Borgmann’s dismissal, which I think will be the match decider, says Ronberg.
Ejdsell got off during the middle of the lockdown but came back in the third:
– It’s great that Eggesil didn’t get as badly injured as it looked after the intervention, because after that it looked like he was in a lot of pain. Glad he was able to play. But tackle the knee? No, I think it’s the shin bone that takes over the shin bone, Ronberg says.
Färjestad coach Thomas Mettel had a different opinion.
– As they ruled during the season, it’s fifth and maybe a suspension as well given the way they ruled before and they’ve been quite consistent.
Ejdsell was also involved in a situation in the first period when he entered as the third man and tackled Joel Lundqvist.
– They talked about his coming as a third man in Joel. We don’t like staying in Frölunda and then nothing will ever happen. This is the system we have and we must continue to act according to it, says Rönnberg.