The sibling rivalry adds a personal dimension to the match. According to Göteborgs-Posten, their sister Åsa Holmberg hopes for a draw to maintain family peace. She recalled that Fredrik once applied for the reality show Robinson and described him as a sore loser, citing a family card game anecdote. She also described both brothers as loving and caring but different in personality. Andreas Holmberg told Fotbollskanalen that contact with Fredrik is currently frosty and they have not spoken, nor will they before the match.
Andreas Holmberg assessed Gais as a tough opponent, noting that their results do not reflect their performances. He highlighted that Gais wins the most balls on the offensive half, according to Fotbollskanalen. The exact nature of the brothers' strained relationship remains unclear, and it is unknown how the family will react to the match's outcome.
It's so strange. I won't be able to enjoy... I talked to dad about this, he said that this is just a match we have to put aside. Whatever will be will be.
Yes, you do, you hope for a draw. If I could choose, someone would win now and someone later (in the fall), since they have another meeting. Then they would get three points each, but a draw would be good now for family peace.
It will really be a big day, it will be a party regardless. It will be really fun.
Fredrik actually applied to Robinson a while back. This was back when Robinson was on SVT, then Fredrik applied. I think he would have done well!
How bad a loser he is, we have many funny stories about. One time we were in the Alps and Fredrik and his then-girlfriend played four-hand whist against mom and dad. In four-hand whist you need some team spirit, you have to know what you're doing. They were about to lose and Fredrik became more and more snappy and finally he stood up and said: 'Tactics talk!'. They had to go out and have tactics talk in another room, haha.
The football interest is what brings them together. As people, they are both very loving, kind and care a lot about their fellow human beings. I think the media perceive them both as charismatic and humble, they might have that in common too, but in their way of being they are very different.
The mood is quite frosty right now. We haven't talked and we won't talk either. We'll give it some time and play the match and then we can talk eventually.
If we talked, maybe you try to read the other person and back and forth. We're keeping a low profile right now.
Very tough task. Looking at Gais' matches, they have gotten a bit too few points. We know it's a damn good team.
Looking at the statistics, it's a team that wins the most balls on the offensive half.