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Michael Jolley

Tony Hodson
Michael Jolley
Photography by Paul Cooper
Author
Tony Hodson
Published on
January 25 2022

Allsvenskan, August 19 2017

AFC Eskilstuna 3Malmo FF 1

Buya Turay (4, 28), Eddahri (15)

Berget (59 pen)

AFC Eskilstuna were bottom of the Swedish Allsvenskan and on course for relegation when Michael Jolley was appointed their head coach in the summer of 2017. The Englishman had left Burnley’s coaching staff to take his first such position and, while he was ultimately unable to rescue them from relegation, he inspired a significant improvement in their performances.

Perhaps the most impressive of those came against eventual champions Malmö FF, and owed to the tactical approach Jolley orchestrated. Speaking exclusively to The Coaches’ Voice, Jolley explains all.

Starting line-ups
AFC EskilstunaMalmo FF
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AFC Eskilstuna3-5-2
Malmo FF4-4-2
88Alireza Haghighi
27Johan Dahlin
26Robert Astedt
26Andreas Vindheim
4Ludvig Ohman
24Lasse Nielsen
22Alexander Michel
31Franz Brorsson
2Daniel Björnkvist
3Anton Tinnerholm
33Taye Taiwo
5Erdal Rakip
18Abdul Razak
7Anders Christiansen
13Thomas Piermayr
6Oscar Lewicki
11Andrew Fox
15Pawel Cibicki
19Mohamed Buya Turay
23Jo Inge Berget
10Omar Eddahri
11Alexander Jeremejeff