Hampus Finndell was knocked out of the match against Häcken with a suspected concussion and Rasmus Schüller with a suspected laceration.
Coach Thomas Lagerlöf gives reassuring news – but both remain question marks against Ghent.
– We’ll find out later who we have, he says.
Djurgarden suffered double injuries in the series finale against Haken on Sunday. Humpus Wendel had to go down in the first half after being beaten by Johann Hammar. The midfielder tried to keep playing after the header, but he sat down after a few minutes and had to go down.
– I don’t know if it’s a concussion. “I’m tired and I just want to go home and sleep now,” Vendel said after the match.
Ramos Schuler also climbed toward Häcken after working his way back a quarter to go. Whether it was a tear or a muscle spasm, he didn’t even know the final whistle.
don’t tear
There was great concern that both players would miss Thursday’s meeting with Gint Eye Europa Conference League. In practice the day before, Vendel led with the rest of the team while Schuller ran alone during the first quarter open to the media. So it’s not clear if Schuller can play tomorrow’s game.
– We just trained. The medical team performs the evaluation. We’ll find out later what we have available, says Thomas Lagerlöf, but we’re still giving reassuring information.
– I was affected by the result, and I felt very weak after the match. But it could have been much worse, and both work better than feared.
It shouldn’t have anything to do with Schuller’s rupture.
So maybe he wasn’t on the football field that way.
And no concussion in Vendel?
Concussion is a fairly common concept. You investigate everything like a concussion when you get a blow to the head, and then you see how fast it goes.
If Djurgården beats Gent tomorrow, they advance from the set, worse than the second set.
– It would have been a dream. We know about the building beforehand, but it’s not something we focus on. We are facing a team that I consider to be the best we have faced. It was very exciting to be able to move forward, says Magnus Ericsson, but it is a huge task that forms the basis of it if we are to move forward.
