Ouch, an hour before they got it back in place. A big 6 weeks ahead for Sims. Niche Cache
Mergim Krasniqi: “I tried to brace myself with my left hand but I was too heavy for the shoulder and it burned, there was something that jumped in the shoulder. So far I don't know much. I had an X-ray yesterday and there are no fractures in my skeleton or anything. The next step is to do an MRI. It took an hour to get it back in place. They stood and fought for a long time until they got it. I lay and suffered all the second half but I was on the team bus home. I have to assume that there will be nothing more [for me this season] and will support Sims and the rest of the team so that we reach our goals.”
Mergim Krasniqi: “I tried to brace myself with my left hand but I was too heavy for the shoulder and it burned, there was something that jumped in the shoulder. So far I don't know much. I had an X-ray yesterday and there are no fractures in my skeleton or anything. The next step is to do an MRI. It took an hour to get it back in place. They stood and fought for a long time until they got it. I lay and suffered all the second half but I was on the team bus home. I have to assume that there will be nothing more [for me this season] and will support Sims and the rest of the team so that we reach our goals.”
Sims did concede an equaliser in the 52nd minute but it took a belter of a top corner volley to beat him. This was after AIK had tried and failed to chip him from nearly halfway...
Mjällby are cruising towards the title with an 11-point lead in the Allsvenskan and Hammarby are a further five points clear of anyone else in second. But third place gets European entry too and GAIS may currently be sixth but they’re only two points adrift of AIK with a better goal difference. These are the games that Kees Sims is now in line to play...
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Norrköping (H) - 11th
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Djurgården (H) - 7th
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IF Brommapojkarna (A) - 9th
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Östers IF (H) - 14th
- Malmö (A) - 5th
That’s the task ahead of him. Sims made eight appearances last season (including one off the bench). He’s gotten three so far this year with the expectation that he’s about to add five more... although he did get a red card in one game last year so let’s not get ahead of ourselves. It’s also the case that the third-choice keeper for next year’s World Cup squad remains up for grabs, hence Sims has that for motivation too. This dude is staring directly ahead into the most consequential month of his career so far.