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Allsvenskan’s fourth consecutive game without defeats, and three new points that redraw the bottom region of the table. Helsingborgs 3–1 against Varberg dropped IFK Gothenburg in the playoffs. – We get up as a team and stay on the field of play. He felt stable, says HIF defender Kebba Ceesay.
Helsingborg’s Anthony van den Hurk is congratulated after his 2-1 penalty goal. Helsingborg won the away game against Varberg 3-1.
Team captain Andreas Granqvist is not yet ready for Allsvenskan football after a season plagued with injuries and setbacks. But Helsingborg is doing better and better without the national team midfielder’s skills as a player and leader.
Against Varberg came the first away win thanks to the good reaction capacity of Alex Timossi Andersson, the opinion of referee Adam Ladebäck on what a push in the back is, the ability of the Dutchman Anthony van den Hurk as a penalty taker and the cold Rasmus Jönsson as the finisher.
Otherwise, nothing else started.
Gustaf Norlin rolled on Varberg’s first goal from close range after just twelve minutes. Gideon Mensah’s shot was aimed at Norlin, who scored an open goal.
It is important to be lucky with where the ball ends up. Armin Gigovic managed with the artwork to splash both posts with the same heavy finish. The no-flow height was changed to 1-1 when Timossi Andersson reacted quickly to the second post.
– It’s just a matter of installing it, Timossi Andersson told Dplay.
A few minutes later, in a match situation where Helsingborg took over after a poor start, Helsingborg’s Gideon Mensah and Max Svensson raised a duel over the post from the right. Did Mensah push Svensson from behind? Judge Ladebäck thought so.
– I haven’t seen it, but from what I heard it was extremely cheap, Varberg’s coach Joakim Persson tells Dplay about the decision.
In extra time in the first half, Anthony van den Hurk scored the penalty and the fifth goal of the season.
– If we continue in the second as we finished the first half, it should be enough to win, Alex Timossi Andersson told Dplay in the halftime interview.
Yes, Helsingborg continued down the beaten path and should have decided with a quarter to play, but Max Svensson finished just off the post. Instead, Rasmus Jönsson got the chance, and the veteran attacker did his job with ten minutes to go.
Coach Olof Mellberg clenched his fist in a victory gesture, keenly aware of what victory meant. After 21 rounds, HIF stands at 21 points, one more than Gothenburg and three and five more than Kalmar FF and Falkenberg below the descent line.
