National team captain Jon Dahl Tomasson received plenty of criticism before he was dismissed.
The men's national team's most played player of all time – Anders Svensson – instead directs major criticism at the players.
What shines through for me above all is that you are not a team. It feels like it has become that way nowadays. If you look at supporters in general, you no longer follow teams. You follow players, he says and continues:
One can interpret that from Robin Olsen's no. If I don't get to start, I won't be part of the national team, which for me was the finest thing you can be part of. And you weren't always a starting player, but you have to fight for it. It feels like it's very much me, me, me.
The 49-year-old wonders if the players really care as much as "someone else did".
They have it so good in their club teams, they earn a lot of money. Do they want to play for the national team? Is it important to reach the finals or do you get a slightly longer vacation, says Svensson.
Anders Svensson made 148 A-international matches for Sweden and ended his career in 2015.
Corrected version: In an earlier version, Anders Svensson's incorrect age was stated. It should be 49 years.
