The first time in the women's Swedish club Djurgården has not been a honeymoon for Hedvig Lindahl.
The star signing has not only had a hard time sportingly, with just one win and a whopping 16 goals conceded in seven games.
In addition, the relationship with the team's supporters has been strained to say the least.
It started when, before the Stockholm derby against Hammarby, she praised the work of the opposing club to attract a bigger crowd to her women's team.
Immediately after the match, which Djurgården lost 0–3, she then signed a national team shirt - for a Hammarby supporter.
A few rounds later, the fans' attitude became even more frosty when an SVT camera caught Lindahl exclaiming "Can't you keep a clean sheet in this damn team?"
after a conceded goal.
The fact that she also said in an interview with Expressen that a move to Djurgården was not attractive at first because she felt that the club had a bad reputation, has not directly improved the situation.
Gerhardsson: "Not a good culture"
But the criticism is unwarranted, says Sweden's confederation captain Peter Gerhardsson.
He has said several times that he hopes women's football will continue to grow, but without bringing in the more destructive elements of men's supporter culture.
- I get sad.
It's sad that it has to be that way.
It is not a good culture for me at all.
I suffer above all with Hedvig, that it turns out that way.
It is important to stand up somewhere for the values that exist, says Gerhardsson.
Difference between club and national team
Perhaps the various media editors should also think about whether it was right to highlight, and thus magnify, every "slippage" that Lindahl committed, says Gerhardsson.
But above all, he thinks that the fans' reactions have been out of proportion.
- It is very strange, you are a national team player and an icon for many.
On the men's side, Zlatan suffered the same thing when he entered Hammarby.
If he were to sign a shirt for another supporter... you can of course still be a supporter of Sweden.
And if we didn't have "cluster supporters", then maybe we wouldn't have any supporters at all.
You probably have to be able to tell the difference between a national team and a club team.
It's a bit of a shame that you can't do it in a situation like this, says Gerhardsson.
CLIP: Markus Johannesson on Hedvig Lindahl's time in Dif (September 24, 2022)
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Markus Johannesson on Hedvig Lindahl's time in Djurgården Photo: SVT/Bildbyrån