So what remains are three games; against Hungary, Malta and Spain.
Currently, the table of the group is
1. Hungary, 3-1, +83
2. Czech Rep, 3-1, +59
3. Spain, 3-1, +40
4. Sweden, 3-1, +3
5. Portugal, 2-2, -14
6. Andorra, 1-3, -19
7. Denmark, 1-3, -23
8. Malta, 0-4, -129
Hungary, Spain, Sweden and Malta have now all faced the same four opponents, the same can be said for Czech Rep., Portugal, Denmark and Andorra. So this makes things a bit clearer among those teams with symmetric schedule.
Obviously we are still the lowest ranked team in the HUN-SPA-SWE circle. However, surprisingly, Hungary has the best starting point and is in serious contention for one of the first two places. Of course, Spain had to endure CT from Andorra and probably even Portugal, but they also struggled a lot against Denmark, which was a bit surprising. But yesterday they convincingly beat Czech republic, so no doubt they can play very well and their roster is probably the best in Europe at the moment.
Our goal is naturally to beat Malta, and to try to threaten Hungary and Spain, who are both significantly stronger. Our odds for getting to the one of the first two spots are obviously very minor, but everything is still in our hands, so we need to play accordingly.
I guess we all understand GS is critical at this stage, and we will need all of our best to be competitive against higher ranked teams. So far, we had some bad luck with injuries, but generally all managers have been really cooperative and prepared their players accordingly. And I thank you for that!
This season, our most impressive player is definitely Herman "HHH" Hansson, who scored 41 points yesterday, was also the top scorer against Andorra (30 points), and also started the games against Denmark and Czech rep (18 and 11 pts). Definitely he can already be named as the "most improved player of the year". I can only hope he will play the remaining three games on at least similar level.