Less than half a year remains of Peter Gerhardsson's time as national team captain, and the final stretch began on Friday evening with three points in Odense.
And a yellow card – according to his own statement, the first in Gerhardsson's coaching career.
The reason for the "ostskivan" was that the home team repeatedly took liberties at the throw-ins in front of Sweden's bench.
Gerhardsson got annoyed with the Danes. The referees got annoyed with Gerhardsson.
I said they took ten meters every time, I was very concrete… With a slightly higher voice than you normally speak, says the 65-year-old with a small smile.
"Is there something I see..."
He would like to see continued discussion about what he sees as an injustice in football.
I see so poorly from my position, but if there's something I see, it's if someone steals 10-15 meters on a throw-in.
I hope there's some writing about just that, so it improves. There's somewhere an honesty about what you should do. You put in a system to do it all the time, for me it's cheating.
Hunting for a new three-pointer
It was still a 2–1 blue-yellow victory and a perfect start to the spring's Nations League, which is also a preparation for the European Championship in Switzerland.
On Tuesday, the group play continues on Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, against the tipped bottom team Wales, a blueberry nation compared to Sweden.
But the country, ranked 30th in the world, will at least play in the European Championship for the first time on the women's side this summer. And in the Nations League premiere away against Italy, the Welsh loss figures stopped at 0–1.
Sweden comes simultaneously strengthened after having brought a three-pointer with them from Denmark.
Winning football matches always gives a little confidence. There's a big difference in sitting and traveling to Wales if you had lost this match, but now we've won, says Peter Gerhardsson.
