“Then do you understand what power he has in the country””
“Svenskdoldisen about life with a legend: given the choice rinkmått, come and go as he pleases, and is treated as a God.”
“Before his first match of the season in the Czech second division sneaks superstar Lemieux’s back injury until svenskdoldisen Linus Svedlund. “
“– You, Linus. Have you ever seen your grandfather run?”
” No, not what I can remember.”
“– It will be approximately the same as to see me today.”
“Then go back injury out to the hundreds of pending autografjägarna.”
“”Operates as a family business,””
“With three games left in the season is their club Rytiri Kladno now on the way up in the Czech football league. Then it is easy to understand that the President has the freedom to come and go a bit as he wants to. Not least because he owns the club. “
“– He runs it as a family business. His sister’s husband is materialare and her sister’s son working at the office. He has involved the family and it is smart for it does that people really care, ” says Linus Svedlund. “
“Svedlund ended up himself in the club by chance on the eve of last season. Teammate from Västerås Jakub Cutta would move back home to the Czech republic and arranged by his agent, even a club to Svedlund in the country. “
“The autumn played the President still in the NHL, but in the spring and then came the news that the veteran would return home. Despite the fact that the legend had become 47 years and teammate Plekanec 36 they hold, according to Svedlund still a very high level. “
“– They are incredibly strong on the puck, ends up never’ve run out of time and always find good solutions. They never set themselves in the shit. If the President has the puck in the attacking, there is no taking it away from him.”
“‘ Can imagine that they are not satisfied””
“Last season fell Rytiri Kladno in the qualification for the highest series but this year is setting a another. Not least from the klubbägaren myself that since February been on the ice and made five points in eight matches in the qualifying games. “
“– We have ice at ten o’clock every day, and now he’s actually showing up at 09:20 or 09:30. Before he could come when we had already run the first exercise. It feels like he takes it more seriously now, ” says Svedlund on the President. “
“How is the attention around him?”
” Just yesterday after the match (4-1 away against Pardubice) were probably 200 people waiting for him. Then you will understand the. Last season, people could stretch themselves down in the booth during the games to ask for an autograph, but it has become better. However, the people present when he heats up already before we even gone on the ice before the matches and then you can see on him that he does not like it. But there is an incredible hype around him. He is one of the largest idrottsstjärnorna they have in the Czech republic. He is like a God here. “
“Rytiri Kladno also has a small but very, very big advantage in the fight if one of the two places in the football league. “
“– We play on a hockey rink. Some rinks the away team is also smaller than the other but there is no one else in our size. I think it is an advantage for us when other teams come here because they are not used to it. We usually win many matches at home and it is probably a little bit because of the small rink. It becomes a different game.”
“It doesn’t sound quite gamely fair.”
” No, I agree, but it is not so much I can do about it. But I can imagine that many of the other teams are not so pleased.”
“But how can you have it?”
“– that the President wants it. You understand what power he has in this country.”
“”Can not buy a Ferrari””
“For Linus Svedlund has the adventure in the Czech republic has become a real hit. From games in the Teams plays the 25-year-old now matches for 10 000 spectators, with a couple of the sport’s greatest. In segermatchen against Pardubice on Tuesday ended up Svedlund in målprotokollet after a penalty goal, Plekanec scored the Kladnos the other goal and Petr Sykora accounted for the home team tröstmål. “
” I was a little unsure in the beginning if I would jump on this. I had actually intended to stay in Sweden but then I changed me. I have not regretted. I feel good here. “
“Will you be rich on to play hockey in the Czech second division?”
“– It depends on how you define rich. I have a higher net salary here than I would gross in Västerås so for my part it has been good financially to come here. But it is not so that I can go and buy a Ferrari when I come home directly. “
“But now wants the 25-year-old is still not home. Instead, the hope Svedlund help Kladno to the football league with the hope to remain in the team for next season.”
“What happens if you go up do you think?”
“– It gets cold at night. Our club is going to compare with Modo, it will an incredible number of good players from here and in no way do I think that we belong in the football league. If we succeed, it would be a real party in town. All dream about it. “
