Guthenberg. Blair Turgot had a chance right from the start when he lost superstar Alexander Geremjev.
Thanks for the confidence by shooting Häcken towards gold six minutes later.
– Last night I dreamed that I would score, but not like that, it was much better than in my dreams, he says.
With Alexander Geremjev suspended, Blair Turgot had a chance right from the start. Six minutes later, he got on Simon Gustafson’s heel, turned around and scored a stunning 1-0 win.
The goal of the dream, the beginning of the dream and the dream of the position on gold.
The feeling was great, in front of our fans as well, and so early in the game it gave us a good start. It was nice for the fans. They might have heart attacks because we make it difficult sometimes. But today it was perfect and a symbol of the whole season, says Turgot, who was a post-gold lyricist.
– There are a lot of feelings. I can only thank God and this team. This team is amazing. No one may have thought we would do something like this, but we just kept doing our job.
‘He could have given up’
Turgott, who came to Häcken from Östersund before the season, celebrated with his family after the win. Among other things, he brought his daughter Aisia, 3, to the field – but this time no one was watching.
– I tried to get her off the field today. That’s something I’ll tell her when she grows up, but he probably won’t believe it, Turgot says.
Turgut has come a long way towards his first title. He started as a kid at West Ham and signed a Premier League contract with the club as a teenager, but was then loaned to ten different clubs and ended up in the English Fifth Division before joining Östersund.
I could have given up football and thought it wasn’t for me, but you have to keep believing in yourself. I took great risks in my career and fell behind in many departments and had to work hard to get back, he says and continues:
– There are a lot of feelings. I’m overwhelmed and I’m just trying to take it all in and enjoy it because that doesn’t happen often. Football is about winning titles, and now I hope to play in Europe and the Champions League.
