Hammarby missed the chance to go up on as many points as league leaders Djurgården. This after IFK Värnamos’ Marcus Antonsson netted twice, and in added time the victory went to the Småland team.
– You know who Antonsson is, a fast and deep striker. Maybe we could have done better there, but they are good there. What we could have done better is to take our chances, says Hammarby’s Nahir Besara to Fotbollskanalen.
How was the atmosphere after the match?
– It was dead, really completely dead. But that’s how it should be if you have ambitions. Värnamo are not as bad as the table shows, but if you have ambitions, it (the atmosphere) should be as it was.
Bajen’s only goal came on a penalty in the 89th minute, when Besara was safe from eleven yards. However, there was no lack of chances to decide the match earlier, even if Hammarby did not get a hole in Värnamo’s tight defence.
– We have a bar that goes on the line and out. We have several locations. If we make it 1-0, we will score the second and third, because then they open up. But it is difficult to meet ten people who are in their own penal area…
Late in the match, Besara also had a great opportunity from close range, but the visitors’ goalkeeper Pilip Vaitsiakhovich stood in the way again.
– I poke the goalkeeper from a meter. One hundred percent thought it was a goal, but I poked him in the head, says the 31-year-old.
Even in the away meeting against IFK Värnamo last spring, there was a loss (0-1), and Hammarby has therefore scored zero against the Allsvenskan newcomer this year. A conclusion that Besara believes will be costly.
– Especially at home, then it will be costly. But I hope we can rectify that in the next game.
– It will be heavy for a few days until the next training session. Then we have to start over and realize that it is not that simple. Now we meet Sundsvall, which is in roughly the same situation as Värnamo. We have to do better, that’s all, says Nahir Besara.
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