Anthony Ilanga kept his promise to Dejan Kulusevsky.
Superlöftet scored in his third appearance with the national team.
– I told Dean that if I go in and we can put together a good mix, I will score goals, as the Manchester United striker said.
The Swedish loss and the brawl between Erling Braut Haaland and Aleksandar Milosevic overshadowed the super-promise of the national team in earnest.
In his third appearance in the national team he did Anthony Elanga His first goal with Blagult.
Dream goal. I’ve always wanted to score goals for the Swedish national team. Doing so at Friends Arena with the whole family watching the match was a good feeling. But we lost and I heard it’s been seven years or something since we lost against Norway.
This is 17 years ago.
– 17 years?!? I am very disappointed that we lost. Now we need to focus on Serbia and see what we can do better.
Good chemistry with Kulusevsky
He replaced Ilanga in the 65th minute and scored his goal in stoppage time after uniting with Dejan Kulusevsky.
– Diane and I have good combinations in training. So I told him that if I go in and we can put together a good combination, I’ll score. We had the chance but I missed the goal and then I said to myself: If I get another chance, I should score. The whole stadium was happy and we started to fight more.
When Ilanga got up to warm up in the first half, he was met with a standing ovation from Swedish fans at the curve where he ran.
We have among the best fans in the world and I just wanted to give them a good performance when I came. I wish I did.
Play style adapted from him
The 20-year-old is one of those Janne Andersson who has adapted the new gameplay for them.
What do you mean to hear?
We have a new generation with many talents. But recording a new style of play takes time. It didn’t happen in a day. I play the same style of play at United so I have to adapt to the national team.
He obviously has great faith in you?
– He has great faith in everyone on the team, not just me. He says humbly, I just want to take the chance when I get it.
