On Tuesday, Pia Sundhag will face many of her former stars when Brazil meets Sweden at Friends Arena.
Players have no contact with them today.
– I don’t keep in touch with any players, says Sundhage.
The last time Sweden and Brazil met in an international match Pia Sundhaj On the Swedish side.
On Tuesday, she stands on the Brazilian bench.
It’s such a unique feeling to be able to come back. Sundhage says it’s private.
Sundhage admits she has a good vision for the Swedish national team.
– I follow all the world football and follow the best teams.
However, she does not have much contact with them.
– It’s not that we keep in touch. I didn’t do it in China or in the United States.
From the Swedish side, it was confirmed that there was no contact between the former national team captain.
– We haven’t heard now. Caroline Seeger said earlier during the meeting: If you meet, you talk, but there is no other relationship.
“proud”
Sundhag coached the Swedish national team between 2012 and 2017, which means she coached players who are today some of Sweden’s biggest stars. makes her proud.
I am especially proud to see the players who ran here in 2013 become world class players. It is very exciting to see how it has evolved.
Among others, Hedvig Lindahl, Kosovars Aslani, Linda Cimbrandt and Stina Plaxtenius played during Sundhage at the 2017 European Championships.
Take Blackstinius as an example. Then she was not eager to give interviews. Today she is a star. It’s great, she says and continues:
– Or Rolfö, who was only slightly injured, dribble the ball and play in Barcelona and so on. And in the midst of it all there’s Caroline Seeger, the still-playing old aunt. Peter Gerhardsson has done an amazing job that definitely makes him proud. But so am I.