Smederna won SM gold in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The two most recent seasons offered other winning teams – Smederna didn’t field in 2020 – but on Tuesday night, Eskilstuna’s side figuratively invested Lions and won the club’s fourth Swedish championship in the space of six years.
The first final match was scheduled on the Lions’ home pitch, but heavy rain forced the organizers to postpone that match. Instead, Smederna had to start the final series with a home game in Eskilstuna, which the team won 47–42.
The SM final in speedway it is decided in two games, in which the team that scores the most points in total raises the SM crown. Before the second game, the Smiths had a five-point lead and immediately tightened their grip. The fifth of Kacper Woryna and Grzegorz Zengota in the fourth heat saw the Smiths lead the match by two for eight points and the overall final by 13 points.
– We talked a bit together about what we should do to change bikes, now it’s just about finding the right one as quickly as possible to stay in the game, Lion rider Oliver Berntzon said in a break interview with C More .
However, the lions did not have the desired effect. Instead, the Blacksmiths continued their dominion over the Småland oval.
– So far, it seems that things are going well, but you shouldn’t charge anything upfront. Anything can happen in speedway, Smedernas driver Joel Andersson told C More after run 7 of 15.
Just then the Lions had in the task of collecting 17 points if the team intended to have a golden party in Gislaved.
But the locksmiths didn’t give the Lions any chance tonight. After the 13th heat, the golden blaze of the Smederna team exploded, celebrating together with the away fans in a corner.
