Varberg’s Bois beat Djurgården in the penultimate round of the Allsvenskan, which meant that the golden chances were gone for the Stockholm team. It started a swish campaign from AIK: supporters, as a thank you for their increased chances. On Sunday evening, Varberg’s Hampus Zackrisson announced that SEK 55,000 had been collected for the team fund.
Yesterday, AIK defeated Elfsborg, and the gold race will be decided in the final round. It is then between AIK who meets Sirius and Malmö FF who receives Halmstads BK. Malmö has an advantage with two points and with the goal difference included, a loss is required for MFF for AIK to be able to go again.
After the victory against Elfsborg The AIK players commented on the swish campaign and said that a similar initiative awaits Halmstad if they defeat Malmö.
– I hope that our fans will swish Halmstad if we take gold. If Halmstad sets up a swish account, you will probably get at least as much as Varberg. Our fans are fantastic there. Varberg received 55,000, there is no pocket money directly, said Nabil Bahoui, among other things.
But Swedish Elite Football’s general secretary Mats Enquist does not view the initiative completely positively.
– The difficult thing here is that what started as a fun thing with supporter humor must not grow too big. Because then it starts to be something else. I hope you think about the levels at which you do things like this. You can not start buying players in other squads, it is very close to match-fixing. Above all, I think it’s pretty unsportsmanlike. If it stops at the fact that it was a fun thing, to offer some pizza and what else was, it’s probably good, he says to Aftonbladet.
If it starts to be about large sums, which are promised to a team before a match, then there can be problems, Enquist says.
– As long as this is a joke, it does not matter. But should it be at the level that there will be serious money, it is of course not good. I hope you calm down a bit and let it stop at a fun thing. And does not become something that actually begins to mean anything.
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