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HIF President resigns
From: Anton Johansson, Erik Karlsson
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Photo: JESPER ZERMAN / BILDBYRÅN
Erik Israelsson’s late decision in a 1-0 away win against AIK led Kalmar to qualification.
And he also sent Helsingborg to the Superettan.
Now the president of Helsingborg, Krister Azelius, resigns.
Kalmar’s 1-0 victory makes Helsingborg the first team to leave the Allsvenskan.
And it wasn’t many minutes before the message got through. Helsingborg President Krister Azelius resigns and other board members leave their seats open.
“The descent to the Superettan has become a fact today and it is a difficult day for everyone. We have full respect and understanding for your feelings and the disappointment that exists. The HIF board obviously sees this downgrade as a major failure for everyone involved and takes our full responsibility. “ writes the club on its website.
“Not used”
The pre-match conditions were simple.
If Kalmar won against AIK, it would mean that the advantage would be impregnable for Helsingborg.
And when Erik Israelsson nodded at 1-0 from a corner kick in the 85th minute, HIF stood on one leg at the Superettan.
The goal was also enough for Kalmar to score 1-0 in an unlucky game. Kalmar is now in qualifying with 27 points, three points ahead of Falkenberg and four ahead of Helsingborg.
– Fantastic. We’re not used to winning, he was about to say. It’s clear it’s very nice after such an important match when the stakes are so high, says Kalmar’s team captain Viktor Elm on Dplay.
“You beat one in a different way”
Helsingborgs midfielder Andreas Landgren, 31, did not follow the match, but looked at the position with minutes to go and realized that the team’s fate was sealed.
– Very heavy. Although we’ve been in this situation for a long time and knew that risk exists, when it becomes reality, it hits you in a different way, he says.
Landgren, who was also relegated in 2016, is struggling to analyze why the team is leaving now again, but points to offensive deficiency as a key factor.
– If we look at our last five home games, we have zero goals, it goes without saying that if you want to be higher in the table, you have to be better there.
He does not want to comment on the board’s resignation and himself says that the priority for next year remains HIF even though he has an expiring contract.
– It is a priority, to sit down with the club and have a good dialogue about what they and I are in the matter.
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