THREE POINTS: “It’s CHEATING, Malmö FF” Yesterday 16:54
Malmö FF pulverized IFK Norrköping already in the first half away from home in a match that ultimately ended 5-1.
Beijing was indeed swayed backwards, but at the same time MFF looks rudely good going forward.
Firma Isaac Kiese Thelin and Erik Botheim can almost be judged as cheating here in the Allsvenskan.
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Class difference
This was a short all-Sweden premiere. In case if we look to drama and tension. When Erik Botheim scored 2-0 on a pass from Isaac Kiese Thelin, the match, which only lasted 32 minutes at the time, was over. What did some of the IFK supporters do when Sebastian Nanasi made it 3-0 just before half-time via the home leg? Went home! That was the premiere. IFK needs to step up its defensive game because it looked too easy many times when MFF went on the attack – while the reigning champions also look awfully good in the final third.
In the second, it went as far as 5-0 – before IFK reduced it to 5-1 with only minutes left in the event. Embarrassing for IFK Norrköping like this at home in the Allsvenskan premiere to lose by such big numbers, nothing else can be said.
Allsvenskan’s best by far
No team in the Allsvenskan has an attacking pair as powerful as MFF in the form of Kiese Thelin and Botheim. A lot of talk about whether they should play together or not, but as it looked today, it is almost cheating that Rydström can have these two class strikers on the field at the same time. Internal race, which of the two wins the shooting league? Whew…
New old seat for Peña
He had a tough 2022 but was vindicated under Rydström last year. Therefore, a little surprising that Sergio Peña now spent the first 81 minutes of the match on the bench in the premiere. In my opinion, the Peruvian national team player is one of the Allsvenskan’s best players and should of course not sit on the bench regardless of Malmö FF’s caliber or not. Worth checking out with Rydström at the press conference afterwards!
