It is Djurgården which has the best starting position for the last and decisive round in all Swedes. If they win against IFK Norrköping, the SM gold is theirs.

With that in mind, is it not without wondering if it might be about to sneak in some SM gold chills in the team? No, states the team's mental trainer, psychologist and psychotherapist Curt Engquist. However, he admits that the players clearly feel that it is a big special match that is in the offing.

- It is noticeable to everyone who follows football right now, that something exciting and interesting is about to happen. And something very fun. So it is clear that players and teams feel that it is no ordinary weekend. It is clear that it is a little special now that it is contracting, so it is clear that it is felt and felt in a lot of ways, he tells SVT Sport, and continues:

- But above all, I think most people in Djurgården look forward to it and think it is very fun.

But when it's such a special match, how do you handle it mentally? How should you do so as not to be adversely affected by any extra expectations? That's not the easiest thing Curt Engquist admits.

- Everyone is aware that it is a special match. It is an important match and a special match, everyone knows. I think I can't avoid anyone, not you either. But you can't make it any different from what it is. It's a game that will be played for 90-95 minutes that two teams try to win, he says, and continue:

- That's what football is all about. That's what we should relate to. We'll take three points.

Despite the dignity of the match, and despite the fact that many people have both asked the players about how they would feel about a gold and about a loss, Curt Engquist claims not to notice any major nervousness of the players.

- I think there are others around, who are worried, fans and others in Djurgården. So we try not to go that way, but more really see it as a chance to be part of something, and to take that chance. But that's obviously easier said than done, he says with a laugh, and continues:

- We try to help find the optimal level of tension where we perform best.

But how do you take it as a regular match when it is as special a situation as it is now?

- It is a challenge to set yourself free from the expectations, hopes and uncertainties of others. But it has to be different from their feelings, not to be the bearer of them. Without our quotation and context. But it is not easy, both you and I know that it is easy to get infected when others are worried.

- It really is important to distinguish between yourself and others. It's easy to say, but professional athletes are good at it. They can listen to it, but know it is the business of others.

Engquist also thinks it's good if people around the players try to show as little nervousness as possible.

- Obviously, friends around can talk more about it being fun and being positive and having a normal expectation pressure on the players, it will be easier for the players to just do what they have to do - thus play football and not take care of others feelings and concerns.

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