Chester Stockholm. With only six days left until the European Championship premiere, there is uncertainty about two of Sweden’s most experienced players.
Midfielder Linda Sembrandt and striker Stena Plaxtenius both led individually and missed the team training.
Exactly why? Not even the captain of the national team, Peter Gerhardsson, knows this.
– He says I’m in no hurry to find out.
The Swedish national team is in England, recharging ahead of Saturday’s European Championship premiere against the Netherlands in the final stages.
With only six days left, there are two question marks over key players.
Quarterback Linda Cimbrandt, who injured her foot while camping at Bastad, led alone in the hotel gym. She took part in the team’s training before the rematch against Brazil, but chose to give up the team’s collective pass on Sunday in England.
– We are very careful with all the players, says the captain of the national team Peter Gerhardson When he meets the press for the first time since his arrival.
Uncertainty about Blackstenius
There is also uncertainty about the position of striker Stena Blackstein. I started training with the team, and then, as planned, drove the car individually on the side.
She trained for a long time with the help of national team physiotherapist Annika Nasmark. Stina Blackstenius, who felt tired in one of your thighs during his days at Båstad, had to do her running, strength, movement and full stretching exercises. Whether it was the same feeling or a new one, captain Peter Gerhardsson didn’t know.
– No, I do not know. It’s also not interesting for me to know exactly what it is, says Gerhardson and points out that it’s not medically responsible.
“I don’t even know when they woke up this morning.”
After the help of a physiotherapist, Blacksteinius tried to run again. With only six days left until the premiere, that raises questions about the striker’s position.
– I found out it would be with an exercise. Then you will do something. Should you be tested? I don’t know what to do next. The medical team does it, not me. I’m in no hurry to find out. I can find out tomorrow. For me, it doesn’t change the training plan for tomorrow, whether or not Stena is going to train.
Gerhardson says he has no worries about the uncertainty.
– I don’t even know when (the players) got up this morning. Maybe someone woke up at five. What do I do? I have complete confidence in the medical team and they have chosen that you better run in the gym today and we’ll see tomorrow.
