Unbelievable earthquake of European football

Mjallby - a small football team from the coastal village of Hallevik with only about 1,200 people, wrote a shocking miracle when they were officially crowned Swedish champions.

Mjallby qualified for next season's Champions League.

After a 2-0 win over IFK Gothenburg on the morning of October 21, Mjallby is 11 points ahead of the chasing team with 3 rounds left of the season. "The small Swedish team created the biggest shock in football history. An unbelievable miracle," wrote Reuters .

Football researcher Andersson exclaimed: "In financial terms, this is unthinkable. Malmo has 8 times the budget, Stockholm clubs 5 times Mjallby's. And yet Mjallby still wins. A true football miracle."

The feat has been described as the “Northern European version of Leicester City” – a fairy tale in the era of high-money football. This is the first major title in the history of Mjallby, a team with a budget only a fraction of the big teams like Malmo or AIK, and playing at the 6,000-seat Strandvallen stadium in the middle of a peaceful fishing village on the Baltic coast.

Striker Jacob Bergstrom, who scored one of the two goals against Gothenburg, said emotionally: "I never thought this could happen in my life. We proved that team spirit can take you incredibly far."

Mjallby beat a host of big names to win the Swedish championship.

Nine years ago, Mjallby were on the brink of relegation to the fourth tier. But a remarkable survival, two successive promotions (2018-2019) and the vision of Chairman Magnus Emeus, a locally born businessman, quickly propelled the small club to the top.

Under the guidance of former school principal Anders Torstensson, Mjallby have lost just one game this season, racking up 66 points and falling just one point short of Malmo’s all-time record.

After the final whistle in Gothenburg, players, coaches and the entire coaching staff rushed onto the pitch and ran to the stands to celebrate with the fans. Many fans burst into tears of happiness.

Founded in 1939, Mjallby are used to playing in regional leagues. Assistant coach Karl Marius Aksum has never even coached professionally, and is a doctor who specializes in "Vision in High-Level Football". And now, the team from a small fishing village will be participating in the Champions League qualifiers for the first time next season.

Mjallby has conceded just 17 goals in 27 games – a figure that reflects the organisational strength of a team without superstars, including centre-back Axel Noren, recently called up to the Swedish national team, and Abdullah Iqbal, captain of Pakistan.

Source: https://znews.vn/dia-chan-khong-tuong-cua-bong-da-chau-au-post1595570.html