The League of Nations has evolved into a Swedish nightmare.
Against Serbia came a new injury, a new suspension and a new loss.
– We were hoping to get more points, Hjalmar Ekdal tells Viaplay.
The Swedish national team suffered major injury problems during the Nations League gathering. Victor Nelson LindelofAnd the Philip Hillander And the Albin Ekdal dropped before and after Jesper CarlsonAlexander Milosevic Christopher NordfeldtAnd the Karim Merabti And Carl Starfelt left.
Against Serbia forced Jan Anderson For new changes in both the starting eleven and the midfield pair.
Hajlmar Akdal He had to make his national debut, and Anthony Ilanga got the chance after his success in the last round.
Two (changes) were introduced based on the comment of Dejan (Kulusevski) and Emil Krafth. “Then Emil (Forsberg) and Isaac didn’t have that pressure in their bodies to be able to start over so they could start on the bench today,” Anderson said of the decision at Viaplay.
Next to the past in the group
The new midfield duo didn’t even get a half. Three minutes before the break, Joachim Nilsson was forced to step down and was replaced by Edvin Kurtulus and Blagault and thus lined up with an all-Swedish midfield pair.
Sweden didn’t go far but shortly after the injury Victor Cleason had a great opportunity to give Blagault the lead after being pushed off by Jens Kajost, but the finish went off the post. But instead, it was Serbia and Luka Jovic who made it 1-0 after a corner kick just before the break.
Serbia continued to make a lot of the game in the second half. But in the 61st minute, Blagault got into a dangerous situation. Half of the Swede’s bench stood when Robin Quaison was suspended just outside the penalty area. Matthias Svanberg took care of the free kick, which nonetheless hit the wall.
“That’s sour”
Gabriel Gudmundsson and Emil Forsberg were replaced by the left quarter. But there was absolutely no effect and it was a huge 0-1 loss.
– It’s sour. I think we’re playing a good game and don’t leave a lot of risks, especially when the goal comes before the first half like that. It’s annoying, Hjalmar Ekdal tells Viaplay.
Sweden is now second in the group after Norway and Serbia. In addition, Matthias Svanberg was suspended for the second leg against Norway on Sunday.
Three matches left, so we won’t draw any hasty conclusions. We were hoping to get more points. But in terms of gameplay, it looked pretty good, considering it’s a new gaming system, says Ekdal.