Djurgarden targets the seismic conference shock against Chelsea on Thursday, when it will become the first Swedish team that will play in the European semifinals 38 years.

They scored a “incredible” feat with a dramatic victory in Brug Vienna in the last eight, which was their first final in the continental defeat of Hibernian in the European Cup in 1955-56.

The last club from Sweden to reach Sema in Europe was Gothenburg on the way to UEFA Cup headline in 1987. years.

Switching 1-0 from the first leg, Animal garden He turned his link against a fast victory with a 4-1 other foot in Austrian capital, helped an early red card for the domestic midfielder Mamadou Sangare.

“It’s one species and it’s incredible to get out of this,“Jani Honkavaara coach.

“I believe in that and I believe the players believe that. It’s an amazing feeling.“

Japanese teenager Keita Kosugi It achieved a key goal with the rest of 13 minutes to force the added half an hour, before the twice of Tobias Gullliksen finished the job.

Đurgarden will hope that it will drain an important victory in the largest match in the club’s history when welcoming two European champions Chelsea In their home on an island in central Stockholm.

“I never played against such a good team. Of course it will be a hard game, but we can beat Chelsea as a team,“He insisted his hair.

Trouble for injury

Hi Honkavaara has been affected by a series of injuries, with a lesson of Patric and the bonding coating of Fallenius among those aside, while former Swedish International Albin Ekdal is not part of the Conference League.

The goalkeeper of the First Choice Jacob Rinne is also suspected after the disease training was missing.

“It’s hard to realize we’re going – We hope not with 14 players – against Chelsea“Honkavaara said.

Finnish Boss Honkavaara was only taken over December, after a long-term common coach Thomas Lagerlof and Kim Bergstrand in October.

The glamorous conflict against Chelsea is far a cry from the 1980s and 1990s, when the club refused a few times between the first two divisions in Sweden.

One promotion in 1985. Help the goals of the future English attacker Teddy Sheringam and then on loan from Millwall.

The club has also almost suffered bankruptcy in the 90s after financial problems.

But Djurgarden – part of a multi-sports club and who have often lived in the shadow of the hockey team on ice – are now in rude health and sales of 30,000 capacities of 3aren within 30 minutes of cards sold for sale on Thursday.

“We could probably sell out 10 full 3arens for this match“He said the Club Arnell Club Club.

Some high sales also have also financially helped, including Marcus Danielson to the Chinese side of Dalian Professional in 2020. years and transfer young Lucas Bergwall to Tottenham last summer.

Former Swedish Defender Danielson is now returning to Djurgarden and played 14 out of 16 matches from 16. on their conference league, who started with another qualifying circle victory over Luxembourg Club Progress Niederskorn in July.

Djurgarden would give a living hope that only a Swedish team would become that would win the European trophy, should they get past Chelsea and establish the finals against real Betis or Fiorentina in Vroclav 28. May.

They won the name of the Swedish league 12 times, including three occasions during their “golden era” in the early 2000s.

Chelsea will be a red-hot favorito, and far they have faced the faces facing Đurgarden.

Their previous beaten opponents in the conference league this season include the Welsh Club of the New Saints and Icelandic Vikingur Reykjavik.

But another victory this week for a club known for the relationships with the Swedish nightclub and the rave scene would follow the stage.