While the Swedish national team is going through its worst hours in a decade, local football is still telling a story that could turn faith into a miracle. The story about the M'elby club - from the original preservation, from the village of Gallevik, where thousands of people are still alive. This club itself is known for its championship period. Four rounds before the finish, the team has 11 points of advantage, it seems that the key is not in what, but if they become champions, the most recent from Leicester 2015/16. And this despite the fact that they were still playing at the third lake.
Scandinavians have grown to love stories about football crappies. Danish Midtjylland, Norwegian Bodo-Glimt - clubs that, out of nowhere, have grown to the level of teams that will cover the whole of Europe. The 1st axis has now come to Sweden.
In the Ukraine, where clubs belong to fans (always the famous 51-power model), and over the first ten years of the 21st century there have been as many different champions, the rest of the years everything has gone to monopoly. Malmo, having won all of the remaining twelve titles, turned the championship into a new history. Ale M'elbu breaks this scenario. Their budget is less than 15% of Malmo's capacity, and that's why this story is so unpredictable.
And this is a miracle - immediately in two senses. First of all, the very fact that the club from Hallevik has already secured its place at the top of the table deserves a lot of credit. Their secret is in simple words: mother identity, encourage team spirit and earnestly prepare for a skin match.
The coach, 59-year-old Anders Torstensson, knows this club well - he has already met Keruje M'elby. I am assisted by Karl Marius Axum, a relevant football scientist with a PhD on the topic of visual appeal in football.. The team is wisely focused on selection, recognizes talent in various countries, such as the Gambian striker Abdoulie Manneh, and is not afraid to sell its brightest young players, and then invest in development.
In another way, her feathers look even more amazing if you look at the numbers. Behind the display of recovered goals (xG). Malmo and Gecken have significantly better statistical indicators, but they still exist... in seventh and ninth places. This historical shift in all forecasts is a true sensation that analysts cannot explain.
*Horizontal — average points per match, vertical — difference in goals scored (xGD).
Most teams are positioned near the heart line: the more you play, the more points you get. Ale Mjallby - far right-handed, far beyond the ears. This means that behind its statistical indicators, the stench would not be enough to create a point.
As statistics show, M'elby's average score is 2.42 points per match - which suggests an xG difference of close to 0.75 per game. They have less than 0.18. So, for all the numbers, they wouldn’t be the least bit champions. Moreover, their displays of brilliant goals are probably the same as those of Westeros last season - and they flew out of the league. Their current coach simply throws up his hands, seeming to talk about “marred moments, empty goals and simply divine mistakes”.
So what is M'elby's secret
I’ll hurry up to understand, on what side of the field the stink is created. In the attack - everything is good, but not sensational. The Voni scored approximately 6.6 goals more, as shown below by xG statistics. It's not bad, it's not bad, it's not bad.
*Blue players - matches where the team scored more, less xG was scored.
Chervoni - te, less. It is clear that Mjallby have played most of the matches so far this season with phenomenal efficiency in attack. If you are surprised by the remaining matches, you might think that the team is living up to the same standards - six of the nine remaining goals came. This is a welcome new trend: the opponents began to defend themselves more deeply, realizing the strength of M'elby. Aje recently the team scored 30 goals without vikoristan standards.
And I mean that M'elbu truly plays great football. I love the scheme - 3-2-4-1, with quick combinations and flankers, who can get in and defend themselves, and show up at someone else’s penalty.. Eliot Stroud is a vibukhovian, technical gravel.. You have to be equal to Alex Grimaldo, who has pulled Bayer to an uncontested championship.
The team is able to create simple chances - a lot of goals come from passes along the line or from a lot of rebounds in the high zone, if the opponent has not yet woken up.
Ale head magic M'elby - at zakhista. Based on all the metrics, it would seem like they would have conceded 35 goals already, but they actually conceded only 17. Totto - double the size of the savvy! In the remaining 17 matches, the stinks conceded less, dictating xG less.
*Here the blue lines mean matches where the team conceded less, less than the xG of the super team.
Chatkovo tse - through the inaccuracy of superniks. There are two more key reasons. First of all, M'elby is incredibly compact without a ball. They often turn to the defensive if they lose their position, and they never allow themselves to be beaten without pressure. This means that if xG shows a “great chance”, in reality the blow will be taken under the pressure of a number of players.
In other words, they have a marvelous goal. Noel Tornquist, 23 years old, height 198 cm, always in the field of what Peter Cech wore. Your reaction and calm is the foundation of this miracle.
Tornqvist recognizes the buried vitriol not only for his play with his hands, but also for the accuracy of his passes - those who are more often respected by the head integrity of current goalkeepers. Ale yogo svozhnaya force - vіdbitti blows. In situations, Noel himself is brilliant: Mittevo runs out of the gate, scurries around, throws himself in front of the ball and simply extinguishes the moment.
For the entire season, Tornqvist has only one penalty, which can be chalked up to his failure - missing a free kick from a long distance.. Rashta - without a clue. It’s not surprising that since the team’s number one pick, Robin Olsen, was promoted to the national team, Tornquist himself was promoted to the national team.. And it’s even less surprising that a bigger club, Como, has already lost respect. The Italians bought Tornqvist while still in Serpna, but allowed him to finish the season at home. After the championship, Saint Noel is destroyed to Serie B.
Another important factor is the player’s camp. M'elby often open their eyes: they scored their first goal in 21 of 26 matches. And then the opponents of the fright began to burst out, attack in numbers, and overflow. If you need to take note of these moments, and to withstand the onslaught - and I want to work as quickly as possible.
Their superniks cannot help but recognize the obvious. " The stench is fantastic, it has overwhelmed everything,” says Kim Hellberg, trainer of Gammarby, like others. — “This is a team that has made the most of what it has done.”.
If you marvel at the statistics, you will re-configure your displays, at an incredible price.
For the championship, it is enough for M'elby to overcome Gothenburg on the road today. . There is one more meta ahead - score five points and set a new record for the most points in the history of the league. If you don’t want to spoil the stink, you won’t just win over your opponents. This will help you overcome mathematics, logic and all football predictions.
The Athletic.