Motherwell boss Johansson upbeat despite friendly loss

Motherwell manager Alfred Johansson took positives despite losing his first friendly match 4-0 against Danish champions AGF Aarhus. The 35-year-old was appointed last month, replacing Jens Berthel Askou, who led the club to fourth place in the Scottish Premiership before departing for Toulouse. The Steelmen have been in Denmark for a pre-season training camp as they prepare to face Havnar Boltfelag of the Faroe Islands in Conference League qualifying later this month, "From a performance perspective, it's obviously tough," Johansson said. "We knew we were going to face a good team and they were better than us. "We need this kind of intensity to get us up to speed. It's tough on the boys after a week of double sessions but it's exactly what we need. "You go into these games trying to win them, but the importance of a result in a friendly game is not big. "We had a lot of 2009s and 2010s on the pitch [in the second half]. We made the most out of it. "It's been a really good camp. All credit to the players for the week." [BBC]