If Calle Halfvarsson comes into play, he will probably take a place as an outside midfielder.

- I would guess, so I can run a little, and get some training at the same time, says Calle Halfvarsson to SVT Sport.

In such cases, he comes into play without having trained with the team.

- I have always been interested in football, and have always thought it was fun to play and watch football. And then I have a friend who plays in Äppelbo who asked if I wanted to be in a match. But I did not have a license, so they had to check it out, and it was resolved quite quickly, so all of a sudden I was part of the team, says Calle Halfvarsson about how it went when he became a football player.

However, he is not completely new on the football field.

- I played football until I was 14 years old, then it was time to start choosing sports, and when I entered the ski high school in Mora, I quit football, he says.

Meets the league leaders

And probably Äppelbo AIK may need reinforcement. In the series premiere, there was a loss, 2-6, away against Bjursås and at the same time, Saturday's opponent, series leader Gagnef, won his premiere against Leksand with a full 7-0.

- Now I do not know how good Gagnef is, but if I join, I hope we win, says Calle Halfvarsson.

And if he plays, he expects to score goals ...

- Yes, I have to say that I would be disappointed otherwise, I would be very disappointed if I do not score, says Calle Halfvarsson.

But there will be no slippery tackles on the part of the ski star.

- No, I will probably take it quite carefully considering the risk of injury, and may invest more in long runs and finesse, he says.

If there is now a game.

- I have had a persistent cold that lasted for a week, but it is about to subside. So we'll see if I'm healthy on Friday so I can be ready to play on Saturday, says Calle Halfvarsson.