Bohman’s five points after AIK-Malmö: Brutal siege

Bohman’s Five Points: Malmö FF-AIK

Of: By Bohman

Published: September 13, 2020 kl. 19.35
Updated: September 13, 2020 kl. 19.59

MALMÖ

Malmö FF-AIK’s five Bohman points in the stadium.

✓ 1. Is the MFP still unhealthy dependent on the CA?

I myself have promoted the thesis that Malmö FF is no longer so dependent on Anders Christiansen. That the absolute monarchy has been abolished in favor of a more dynamic and sustainable triumvirate. Ola Toivonen and Isaac Kiese Thelin are galactics at the Allsvenskan level and can creatively relieve the best players in the series in powerful and shared leadership.

Even so, in Malmö there is still a concern whenever the team captain does not come into play. MFF have only lost two Allsvenskan matches this year, both times Christiansen’s absence has been a completely decisive reason.

✓ 2. The AIK seemed, at times, a superior team

No 4-4-2, 3-5-2, 4-2-3-1 or 5-3-2.

The feeling was that Bartosz Grezelak for the first time had to set up the AIK the way he wanted and should: an offensive and aggressive 4-3-3 that, like Örebro did this week, dared to stand tall in periods. . Suddenly, the Stockholmers, in part at least, looked like a top team. The statements of Paulos Abraham and Nabil Bahoui moved freely and finally seemed as sharp in practice as in theory. Henok Goitom is completely dependent on the mobility around him and looked a few years younger. There was something playfully intuitive about AIK’s matching game that we hadn’t seen before.

At the same time, a strong block was formed with Papagiannoupoulos, Karlsson, Adu and Ofori all easily catching the many stressed balls of opportunity that he was forced to do a breathless Malmö FF.

AIK asserted itself well in the first half.

✓ 3. Daniel Andersson was disappointed, but …

After 25 minutes, Daniel Andersson sighed loudly in the stands.

– We are not in the party.

It’s, of course, the kind of hasty exaggeration you come up with when things don’t go your way. Malmö was, of course, in the game, but he did not control it in the first half as he is used to in the stadium.

The AIK baseline was often a bit in the offensive half when the visiting team successfully pressed. The obvious medicine, a couple of longer lire with quality in depth, MFF couldn’t use. Instead, balls were splintering quickly on Toivonen and Kiese Thelin’s chests, often difficult passes that the AIK handled quite well.

That said: Malmö is never harmless, even if opponents sabotage and neutralize parts of its game. Once Malmö took control of the ball, they did what they do best: create total pressure in the opponents’ penalty area. Dio – of course! – four to five half chances and a couple of full chances just before half-time.

✓ 4. Ophoria: weakest year of your career?

It is clear that Anders Christiansen was missing. When AIK repeatedly controlled MFF’s game against Franz Brorsson, neither Oscar Lewicki nor Erdal Rakip as often as the Dane (or Bachirou for that matter) can offer a safe enough alternative. So it tends to be a bit angular, not so fluid.

However, MFP continued to have periods of great dominance at the beginning of the second half. AIK got a bit tired, fell more and more often against Budimir Janosevic and lost their team form. Toivonen, who often does two sloppy things for every great action, had areas to sneak up on tough situations with Rakip, Jo Inge Berget and Kiese Thelin.

The Mystery Ebenezer Ofori continues to have his weakest soccer year in his senior career and collected his second yellow card with 25 minutes to go.

✓ 5. Brutal siege, but AIK stayed out

One less man against Malmö at the Stadium?

This means a siege so brutal that it could have been prohibited by the Geneva Convention. No team in the entire Allsvenskan is better at filling in the penalty area than Malmö FF. The local team dispatched the entire herd of bison and began painlessly and methodically processing an increasingly tender AIK. There were posts, inserts, contributions and whims.

What if AIK looked bad?

Absolutely.

Close to losing?

Insurance.

Agitated?

It is not that dangerous anyway. In fact, AIK still defended with organization and some calm. The visiting team also bravely stayed away, which must be described as very strong and something to build on.

Malmö, on the other hand, must be radically dissatisfied. Of course, they should have won this match. Sure, they created plenty of opportunities to score three points, but there was simply a lack of quality at the end, and players like Kiese Thelin and Toivonen clash. Of course, it will not diminish the suspicion that they are still unhealthily dependent on Christiansen’s creativity and unique qualities to win matches in a difficult situation.

Now Häcken has the opportunity, really.

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Published: September 13, 2020 kl. 19.35

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