Hjalmar Ekdal and Edvin Kurtulus made their Sweden debut.
On Sunday, they will face Norway – and the opponents are baffled.
– I have not heard of them, says Sanderberg.
Joachim Nilsson was added to the list along with Victor Nelson Lindelof, Philip Hellander, Karl Starfelt, Alexander Milosevic, Pontus Jansson, Sebastian Holmen and Marcus Danielson.
The midfielder who started – and left injured against Serbia – became the eighth (!) central defender to be injured or to excel in national team matches.
Substitutes Hjalmar Ekdal and Edvin Kurtulus were praised for their debut with the national team, despite the 0-1 loss to Serbia.
Might start against Norway?
The duo could begin their hot brother radar exchange against Norway on Sunday. The squad also includes AEK defender Sotirios Papagianopoulos.
But there are no names that the Norwegian players fall from. Or yes, I haven’t even heard of it.
VG Alexander Sorloth asked about the trio after Norway 0-0 against Slovenia Thursday night:
What do you know about Swedish midfielders Egdal, Kurtulus and Papagianopoulos?
Real Sociedad striker shakes his head.
Can you say something about them?
– No, Sorloth answers.
Sanderberg, Sheffield United:
– I haven’t heard of them. I know Sweden has a lot of midfielders so I think they are good footballers too. As a group, Sweden is very good so we have to play at the top, Berg tells VG.
A household name in Norway
When Martin Odegaard When asked if he knew anything about Swedish midfielders, he replied:
– number. They had some injuries but that’s not important for us. We focus on ourselves. Sweden can probably put a good team on the field no matter how difficult it may be.
At 01:00 on Friday evening, the Swedish national team announced that national team captain Jan Andersson had decided to call up the under-21 duo Ayham Osu and Pavel Vagic For the national team team.
The latter belongs to Rosenborg.
Look there, a Swedish midfielder who must be familiar to some of the Norway players…