News, Men’s team | 30 Apr 2024
Strengthened by victory against Mjällby AIF on Wednesday, VSK went to Tele2 for a replay of the cup match in February when Hammarby was once again the home team. In the first half in particular, VSK was unrecognizable and with a 2-0 deficit, green and white never managed to fully recover.
In front of over 1,100 in the away stands, VSK went out to repeat the victory from February. But it was instead the home team Hammarby, probably hungry for revenge after a lackluster performance against Halmstad in the last match, who came out and controlled the game immediately
The home team, led by Nahir Besara pushed back VSK, who had a very hard time getting out of the home team’s pressure.
The first real scoring chance came in minute 14 when the aforementioned Besara gets a free kick in a perfect position, but Johan Brattberg makes a fine save on the free kick.
The next chance to score is in the 18th minute when Besara gets a dream hit and shoots into the post from some distance outside the penalty area. Instead, the attack continues and Hammarby can put 1-0 through Abdelrahman Boudah who can stand fairly freely in the penalty area and head the ball into the almost empty goal.
– We are not doing it well enough. The first quarter is difficult and we act weakly at the goal, says Kalle Karlsson
That said, 1-0 here was fair. Above all, VSK did not appear in the press at all and were thus at times seriously pushed back.
The rest of the half evened out, albeit with a greater advantage for the home team. What was good about the break was the result, that it was only 1-0, the match was alive.
– We play a very weak first half. There is too much carelessness and bad actions both offensively and defensively. It’s good for us that it’s only 1-0 at half-time, summarizes Kalle Karlsson
In the second, VSK came out much better, with more intensity, but the dangerous chances did not materialize.
– We raise it considerably without creating the really dangerous goal chances. But it is a clear improvement, continues Call
Instead, Hammarby was able to get through Nahir Besara make it 2-0 after he was allowed to wander relatively freely into the penalty area.
In connection with the goal, VSK makes a triple change where the entire attack crew is replaced by Simon Johansson, Jabir Abdihakim Ali and Mikael Marqués.
And the effect was seen almost immediately when VSK, on their first dangerous scoring chance in the entire match, was able to put the reduction in there. A nice attack that starts with the goalkeeper Johan Brattberg who hits a long ball to Jabir who chests the ball down to Simon Johansson who lays it on Patric Aslundwho cuts in and skates on Bovin in Hammarbymålet, and Simon Gefvert can then come and score the return and VSK is then in the match again. Thirteen seconds from goalkeeper to goal and a quick conversion that really paid off!
During the rest of the half, VSK finds several nice surfaces on Hammarby’s edges and gets several crosses and half-chances, but the really hot scoring chances do not materialize and the match ends with a loss, 1-2.
– The 2-0 goal is too cheap, but strong that we can still rise from it and make a match out of it. We have several ball wins after that but don’t have the final quality to get the really dangerous chances. It was a fast-paced match where Hammarby wins fairly, ending a disgruntled one Kalle Karlsson
Hammarby IF – VSK Football 2–1 (1–0)
Goal: 1-0 (14) Abdelrahman Boudah2–0 (59) Nahir Besara, 2–1 (63) Simon Gefvert
Warnings VSK: Patric Åslund, Hammarby: Shaquille Pinas, Abdelrahman Boudah
Judge: Adi Aganovic
Public: 21 662
This is how VSK played:
Goalkeeper: Johan Brattberg
Defense: Herman Magnusson(86), Frederic Nsabiyumva, Alex Douglas
Midfield: Simon Gefvert, Marcus Linday, Patric Åslund, Max Larsson(75)
Attack: Matteo Ahlinvi(59), Ibrahim Diabate(59), Henry Offia (59)
Substitute: Anton Fagerström, Simon Johansson(59), Jabir Abdihakim Ali (59), Mikael Marques (59), Pedro Ribeiro(86), Samuel Asoma, Jens Magnusson, Alexander Thongal-Iad Warneryd(75), Isak Jönsson
