From the bankruptcy threat to the cup – Kristianstad chasing cupguld

the Draw meant that Gothenburg has home advantage. At 17.45 is the kick-off of the Valhallas artificial grass in the centre of Gothenburg.

" We are a match from the club's first gold. And we will wage war to win. This time, we are ready, " says Kristianstads coach Elisabet Gunnarsdóttir.

she refers to is the lost cup final five years ago, when the man fell against Linköping (1-2).

– Then we were happy just to be in the final. We are not, now, " said Gunnarsdóttir.

came the economic crisis. Elitlicensen was threatened. But in the space of three months during the late summer and fall of 2016 was the beta of a debt of 1.3 million.

Konkurshotet strengthened the club, welded together the squad, despite the fact that resources were limited and löneutrymmet was minimal.

Elisabet Gunnarsdóttir, who left the Island back in 2009 to take tränarjobbet in Kristianstad, pulled a heavy load. She followed strictly the action plan, ”Vision 2020”, she developed something years before. The plan is based on a strong youth work in the long term to take forward the player to the A-team.

– It is the journey we made, the development, we built together over the years, " says Gunnarsdóttir.

– the First five years we took the new placements, up, all the time. Then came the bang, with konkurshotet. And then you had to make a decision: Should I jump, or should you be involved in, and be with and build a new one?

" I chose to stay, and I regret it not. The job is very stimulating and inspiring. Now there are all conditions for A team to perform.

Elisabet Gunnarsdóttir became the coach for Kristianstad DFF in the year 2009. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT

margin to Umeå still hang in the damallsvenskan 2016. The cross against Umeå in the last round decided the.

A year later gave the bail-out fruit. Kristianstad is finished in a sensational fifth place in the damallsvenskan, and Elisabet Gunnarsdóttir was appointed to the trainer at Fotbollsgalan.

In Gunnarsdóttirs action plan from 2015 will be the first medal would be secured by 2018. And it managed to. The city of Kristianstad stopped four of the damallsvenskan in the last year. There is also challenge for it teams for the gold in 2020.

But the road there, you always wish to spice up with a cupguld.

it has not been easy. Kristianstad, sweden were drawn into the same group as [Rosengård. They met in the final round, at Malmö IP. Kristianstad picked up 0-2 at half time to 2-2, which meant that they won the group on better goal difference and advanced to the semifinals.

the 25-year-old team captain Alice Nilsson, who belonged to the club since she was nine years old, reduced in the beginning of the second half, and then nodded languages spoken Svava Rós Gudmundsdóttir in acknowledgement with a half hour left.

the Reward for gruppsegern was bortamöte with the reigning Swedish champions Piteå in the semi-finals.

stomach the week before, but were thrown into an offensive role against Piteå. A smart move by the coach Gunnarsdóttir.

After Anna Welins them for Kristianstad was the match and weighed. Then stepped Alice Nilsson forward and increased to 2-0. Madelen Janogy nodded in a series of Piteå, with 25 minutes left, but then closed Kristianstad to defensive.

A victory which shows that the Kristianstad model 2019 is ready to challenge the top sides Piteå, Gothenburg, Rosengård and Linköping. And over 90 minutes, you have the capacity to defeat all of them.

compared with the previous year. Striker Amanda Edgren and Mia Carlsson, and Alice Nilsson and Nellie Karlsson stands for continuity. They were with when the situation was worst in the autumn of 2016. Alice Nilsson and Mia Carlsson was also in the cup final against Linköping five years ago.

the Offensive has Gunnarsdóttir injected the team with målfarliga icelandic striker Svava Rós Gudmundsdóttir, averaging a goal per match in this year's seven competitive matches.

Cupfinalisterna genrepade against each other in Sunday, in the city of Kristianstad. A meeting which ended 2-2, then Kristianstad turned 0-1 to 2-1 in the space of three minutes at the end of the first half, but released in an acknowledgement in the second half.

– In normal cases, it it. I've played cup finals at the Island before I moved here. But it's probably the most about all the hype around a cup. And I think we feel good about hajpa the match a little for ourselves. For this is what we worked for together in several, several years. And I think we can handle a little pressure and a little stress around finals, " says Gunarsdottir.

Kristianstad traveled to Göteborg already on Tuesday to get the opportunity to train at Valhalla. Something you would not have done if it concerned a advance in the meeting.

Gothenburg receives home advantage in the cup final

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