Chester / Stockholm. Kosovar Aslani was totally excited after the quarter-final against Belgium and ignored the media afterwards.
Now the national team does not want to say anything about her situation.
– But I think she will be on the field on Tuesday … , says assistant captain of the national team Magnus Wakeman.
Kosovare Asllani is Blågult’s big constant star and perhaps the most important player on the team, so it should be easy for the leaders to prove she’ll start in the semi-finals against England.
but not.
When assistant national captain Magnus Wakeman was asked about Koss’ condition, he didn’t want to say anything at first.
I don’t want to comment on that, says Wakeman.
“She is tired”
Aslani looked completely refreshed after yesterday’s quarter-final match against Belgium. She received treatment in midfield right after the final whistle and then chose to skip interviews afterwards.
Reason: She was very tired.
Magnus Wakeman understands why.
– “Kosse” is the player who plays almost all the time, constantly. She has a very demanding style of play. She runs a lot, works hard and takes part in a lot of duels, so I understand that she is tiring. But she needs to play there (central midfield) to be one of the tournament’s best players. We need it, but it also needs to be played that way to be what it is. Then whether she can stand it or not, I dare not answer, but I hope so. He says she did it till now.
“I don’t want to give up anything”
Against Belgium, he lost three players to Covid: Hannah Glass, Jonah Anderson and Emma Kohlberg.
Glass returned to training on Saturday.
But Magnus Wikman & Co is refusing to give any updates on the situation in the squad ahead of Tuesday’s semi-final match against England.
– We don’t want anything to be handed over to England, he says.
Regarding Aslani’s chances of playing, he said:
– I think she’s in the field on Tuesday.