"It's something I never thought would happen in my life, Bergstrom said. I'm so incredibly grateful for this group we showed that a collective can take you incredibly far, we have a lot of players who give everything for Mjallby, it's fantastic."
"It was a half-bicycle kick, he said jokingly. I don't think it was what I dreamed of, it was more of a tap-in I'm grateful, the 30-year-old added. I've been here for eight years [in total], I have my best friends playing here and it's all just wonderful."
Mjallby secured their first Allsvenskan title after a 2-0 win at IFK Gothenburg, taking an unassailable 11-point lead with three games remaining. Jacob Bergstrom scored a close-range bicycle kick in the 21st minute and Tom Pettersson added a second goal seven minutes later. The club hails from the Listerlandet peninsula with a town population under 1,400 and drew over 1,500 travelling fans for the decisive match. A budget far smaller than rivals Hammarby and Malmo was offset by clever scouting and a science-based approach. IFK Gothenburg registered 22 attempts, 10 on target.
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