Jos does it again as AIK bid for title.

[david in sweden]

......with only 5 games left in the Swedish season, things are really hotting up at the top. After a run of very poor seasons, AIK are in the running for the Swedish title, (see below) along with Gothenburg and Norrköping with all three clubs on the same points....and only separated by goal difference.

 

This week's games sorted a few issues as two-time champions Malmö struggled to beat relegation-threatened Falkenberg 4-3 but are still 7 points adrift of the leading trio, with little hope of catching them. Anders Svensson, (now 39) and playing in central defence must have thought he'd kept Elfsborg in the hunt with his second goal in two games when he scored in the 87th minute against local rivals Gothenburg, but a penalty in stoppage time gave Gothenburg the point they needed to regain the top spot...and leave Elfsborg languishing in 6th place.

 

The hero of the day must have been Jos Hooiveld, as his AIK side clung desperately onto a single goal lead in the away game at Sundsvall, until Jos hit a thunderbolt shot with 5 minutes left and AIK won 2-0 and travelled back to Stockholm with all three points in the bag. Jos has done a lot to bind up a leaky AIK defence who frequently lost games by the odd goal, but now look a much tighter unit at the back.

 

No-one wants to forecast the eventual champions - even at this late stage - and anything can happen to upset things between now and the end October.

 

Getting mixed reviews in his time at SMS might only be a bad memory if, with the title in sight, Jos finds himself vying for a CL place next year.