shout. Covid disease Hanna Glass, Emma Kohlberg and Jonah Anderson missed the last training session before the quarter-final against Belgium.
The national team management is ambiguous about whether left back Jonah Anderson has also contracted COVID-19.
You don’t want to give any advantages to the opponent, says Fredrik Madestam, the national team’s press director.
In Sweden’s last practice before the quarter-finals on Friday, three players missed: Hana Glass, Emma Kohlberg and Jonah Anderson.
Hanna Glas and Emma Kullberg tested positive for the virus earlier this week and remain isolated. Jonah Anderson was also unable to participate due to mild symptoms of illness.
We don’t know if the left-back has also been affected by the coronavirus. She was tested, but the national team management chose to hide the result.
– Since it’s tomorrow’s match, we’ve made a decision that we’re going to keep it that way today. It’s a tactical decision, says Fredrik Madstam when the media corps crowds around him in a parking lot outside the training ground.
– We will not comment more on the situation. We won’t say more than that she did not participate in the training and had mild symptoms of illness, continues Frederic Madstam.
Two of Sweden’s top players are now at risk of missing out on the quarter-final against Belgium. Hanna Glass played all of Sweden’s matches in the group stage, as right-back or right-back (against the Netherlands). Jonah Anderson missed the match against Switzerland, but scored in the match against the Netherlands and returned against Portugal. Her left foot is important for Sweden’s standing positions.
At the same time as the Swedish team was training, Hannah Glass and Jonah Anderson were out in the hotel area. They stood for a long time, with long distances, and spoke to the team’s psychological counselor Rasmus Liligren, who is also a patient with the virus.
Duo is back in training
The Swedish national team management follows the development of sick players, but progress is required so that they are available for matches. They also missed training this week.
You shouldn’t play until you’re negative, symptom-free and have passed a medical exam, says national team doctor Mats Burgesson.
However, the positive for the national team was that midfielder Hanna Benison and goalkeeper Jennifer Falk can play again after a one-day absence due to mild illness symptoms.
In addition, it was Caroline Seger Put on soccer shoes and take part in the initial pass exercise. The captain missed the last game due to a heel injury.
However, her chances of playing are uncertain and there are many indications that Natalie Björn will start out as a central midfielder again.
