It was relieved players who looked to celebrate another Swedish Championship gold when the victory was salvaged.
Alingsås competed several times despite a four-goal deficit, but in the end Kristianstad won with just four goals.
- It is fantastic to see how we fight the match again.
We really had no tactics but just drove.
We have collapsed in so many matches and now we show that we can and it feels fantastically nice, says five-goal shooter Anton Halén to Sportkanalen.
He could not see anything particularly new with Ulf Larsson as coach but stuck to the defensive part.
- We are a little more defensive than under Ljubomir and very nice that it works.
Right now we are on square one and then we have January and then we will see how Uffe wants to drive with us, Halén thinks.
Pulled away at 23-23
Kristianstad led with four balls several times in the second half, but when Alingsås William Andersson Moberg got control of a low ball and scored 23-23 with twelve minutes left, the match stood and weighed.
The home team was able to grab the initiative again and Johan Nilsson showed great will when he made 26-23 which gave a necessary lead.
The discussion about Vranje's conclusion continued during the evening.
- We came to a dead end and needed to do something new because no one was happy with the table situation, says IFK's chairman Anders Chrintz.
IFK Kristianstad, who took four straight Swedish Championship golds between 2015 and 2018, and Ljubomir Vranjes went their separate ways last Saturday and just as on an earlier occasion, the former major player and veteran coach Ulf Larsson took over.
Kristianstad's game had been locked and they had only won two of the last nine matches and dropped to seventh place in the table - just two points from losing the playoff spot.