It was last Thursday that Gif Sundsvall announced that they had chosen to fire coach Henrik Åhnstrand after a weak spring and summer to say the least.
- This is the best solution for the association, said sports director Urban Hagblom at the time, and it is possible that he will be right, but in Saturday's home meeting with Varberg, no immediate improvement could be discerned.
The visitors' Robin Simovic made it 1-0 already in the eighth minute after poor communication in the Gif defense.
"Gives the match away"
Four minutes later, Tobias Carlsson extended the score to 2–0 with a free kick from a really long distance and in the 19th minute Joakim Lindner made it 3–0 after a weak defensive effort in connection with a corner.
Talk about curtains for the Giffarna.
- We give this match away when we concede three incredibly cheap goals before 20 minutes have even passed and then it becomes very difficult to score points, says Giffarna team captain Pontus Engblom in Discovery+.
Sundsvall certainly played quite well after the heavy opening, but then the match felt already decided and it was.
- We are a team with broken self-confidence, it is not the first time we have conceded an early goal this season, we have to find what is causing it and do something about it, says Engblom.