MFF belong at this level – Aftonbladet

Malmo. “In matches at this level you have to be the winner in the penalty areas. You can not afford to make such mistakes as we did today. “

It sounded like an echo from 14 years of Swedish Champions League setbacks.

Now it was Olympiakos coach Michel who said it.

It was written not only the history of the Champions League city of Malmo yesterday – old truths were also new.

He said just as Olympiakos Spanish coach Michel when he teamed rebuke at the press conference to analyze 0-2 against Malmo FF:

– In matches at this level you have to be the winner in the penalty areas. You can not afford to make such mistakes as we did today.

I’ve heard this so many, many times. But never in Spanish through an interpreter.

Puffed Out

contrast of coaches from teams Djurgården, Malmö, Helsingborg, IFK Göteborg, Elfsborg, AIK and certainly some referred to as leaden losses just the shortcomings of the penalty area, where matches are usually resolved at this level, where expensive anfallsköp utilizes the slightest misstep from the opponent’s defense.

As we chugged out of the press gallery, and stands still rocked and sang to “Crush (AIK focus on the next task), we found two things:

Malmo FF has invested in Markus Rosenberg in the one penalty .

In the second, they have not conceded a single goal in a European game in eight matches.

Åge Hareide has been a coach in half of them and when it was his turn to hold the press conference, I asked him to try to explain this long o:

– I can really only explain it with a very good defense and a very good goalkeeper. It’s very important, especially internationally, to be stable defensively. I think all coaches would say that a solid defense is a prerequisite for an attacking game. You win the ball, and can use your fast players forward.

Hariede hit the right – again

Åge Hareide – which offered one of the more exhausting tactics shocks in modern Swedish football history against Red Bull Salzburg – hit the right even against Olympiakos. Magnus Eriksson got exactly what he needed space to the right of midfield, in the area where Ibrahim Afellay never fell down, especially offensively talented left-back Arthur Masuako that most had eyes forward.

Against Olympiakos reached Hareides MFF another level.

5-3-2 tactic was replaced with a 4-4-2 but when it was needed, and Markus Halsti could not run anymore, they fell back to the fembackslinje the now mastered the closest to perfection.

Malmo FF is a Swedish football answer to the Batman villain Harvey Two-Face – they work with two brilliant tactician at the same time.

Do not know if a coach can help more

From there defended himself Malmö until 2-0, Markus Rosenberg scored his second goal of the penalty area, was played by one of Hareides understudy, Pawel Cibicki.

I do not know if a coach can help so much more than what he Northman makes this football team?

Robin Olsen’s insane reflexes on närskott helped Malmo FF to another European Zero, Erik Johansson showed again why long legs needed in the national team and Filip Helander had probably been there too if he would not wear U21 national team’s back line in the crucial play off: et against France.

And when suddenly Markus Halsti once stood between them was clear – there was no major mistakes in his own penalty. Malmo FF Olympiakos had shown that you can not afford at this level.