Häcken had to settle for 2–2 against Degerfors, even though Alexander Jeremejeff scored 2–1 in the final minutes.
Degerfors’ equalizer in added time means that Djurgården have crept up just one point behind the Gothenburg team. At the same time, Häcken has all the other top teams left to face during the Allsvenskan final sprint.
“More Adrenaline”
Alexander Jeremejeff, who won two SM golds during his time in Malmö FF, has a pretty good idea of what lies ahead.
— For my own part, it’s not strange, I’ve experienced that before. I think it’s quite good to just take it match by match, to look at the things that don’t work and then you train on it. Then you don’t think so much about anything else, he says.
– But it is clear, you will notice in the matches to come, that there will be more adrenaline that some may not be used to. I think you should enjoy it.
The hurdle coach Per-Mathias Högmo is critical of the way his team handled the final minutes after the point loss against Degerfors. But it is also an important lesson.
— We give the ball away twice in overtime. We have to learn from that, to keep the ball when we are in the lead, says Högmo.
“Research Us”
Next up is an away match against Kalmar FF on September 12, then Hammarby, Djurgården, AIK and Malmö FF before Häcken’s season is summed up.
What the point loss against Degerfors ultimately means remains to be seen.
– Yes you. We shall see. We have to study ourselves and try to improve precisely those final positions, then we will see what it leads to, says Alexander Jeremejeff.
— I think we are pretty good at it this year, looking at the details that we need to improve and we will do that again now.