Kenyan international Henry Meja finally made his AIK debut four months after signing for the Swedish giants as Erick ‘Marcelo’ Ouma also featured for the club in a pre-season clash against Sollentuna.Marcelo was trusted with a start in the clash despite being linked with a move away from the club in the January transfer window with French clubs jostling for his signature. Yasin Ayari! AIK reducerar mot Sollentuna med 20 minuter kvar att spela. pic.twitter.com/uqeW3UQfNL— discovery+ sport 🇸🇪 (@dplus_sportSE) January 27, 2022 AIK dominated the opening exchanges but could not find a way past the well-drilled defence of the Swedish Division One side that stood tall at everything thrown at them. Marcelo’s side were showing some rustiness in their first pre-season encounter and suffered a blow when they went a goal down after Aron Sanden leapt highest to nod in a corner in the 36th minute.Sollentuna went into the halftime break leading with AIK making wholesome changes as they replaced the entire team as Henry Meja made his debut with Marcelo also paving way for Vincent Sundberg.AIK were dealt another uphill task to win the clash when Gustav Lindgren was on the end of a well-worked counter and held his nerve to hand Sollentuna doubled their lead. Vi fick se ett riktigt fint reduceringsmål av Yasin Ayari, men närmare än så kommer inte AIK resultatmässigt den här kvällen. pic.twitter.com/cO694SF89K— AIK Fotboll (@aikfotboll) January 27, 2022 The Swedish runners up were handed a route back into the clash 18 minutes from time when Yasin Ayari’s let loose of a thunderbolt from long range. AIK will begin their season against Orgryte in the Swedish Cup on Saturday 19 February.
