The national team is heading for a public fiasco and there is no buzz about Blågult.
How will the national team sell itself in this case?
Sportbladet asked them the question.
Nine players, not Zlatan Ibrahimovic, missed the World Cup, poor results in June, refused a little melancholy. Jan Andersona few players at the big clubs and the risk of having the worst crowd ever in a competitive international match at Friends on Tuesday when Sweden face Slovenia in the Nations League.
There is hardly any optimism about the national team.
How will Blågult get up and make a fuss about himself again?
It feels like November in Forsberg
Sportbladet asked Janne Andersson and two longtime players.
One of the best players we have in Sweden available to represent the country in competitive matches. For me, that’s quite enough, says Janne Andersson.
– I’m not a “salesman” that way. But if you look at the players out there, you will find that there are many interesting players who get a little more chance than they would otherwise, says the captain of the national team, noting the fact that many players turned it down.
– This opens opportunities and we continue to build and find the way forward in a more exciting offensive game. I think he should tickle with the guys we have. In this case, the “sell” is likely to be in there somewhere.
Emil Forsberg is not surprised by the slowdown in ticket sales for the match against Slovenia.
– You shouldn’t demand to mobilize it in front of Slovenia on Tuesday at 21.00 in November … Or it’s September now, isn’t it (laughs)? It feels like November. We are grateful to the 20,000 who came. Hopefully there will be maybe 25,000.
– We also did not deliver during the June collection. We have a chance to get them back with two good games. That’s what we aspire to – and win. We have something exciting and we are on the right track. We have to play good football, go out on the field, show behavior and engage people in this way. Winning matches, it couldn’t be more difficult than that. If we see people playing good football now against Serbia and Slovenia, I think it will increase again.
Highlighting Isaac Henn
How important is it to stay at this level in the Nations League?
– It’s a must if you ask me. We’re good enough to hang out. We’ll do it, says Forsberg.
For Christopher Olson, it’s all about winning matches. This is when he can turn around.
Sweden’s best players are here. I understand that interest is not at its peak. It’s about our performance on the field and winning matches. If you do this, the interest is at its peak, and if you don’t, the interest is low. It is up to us to do that.
Are there new players who are particularly excited?
– All new feel the excitement. Someone like Isaac Henn. I’ve seen quite a bit of it in Djurgården and then it was incredibly good and now it’s taken a staple in Italy straight away. Olson says he feels good training here, too.
