The team captain Isak Hien repeated the same thing after the shocking 0-2 loss away to Kosovo: the blue and yellow effort was not approved.
We did not play well enough simply, he says to Viaplay after the fiasco in the World Championship qualifying.
"There are no excuses"
The center back returned several times to the fact that the effort was not good enough.
There are no excuses. We do not do well enough. We simply have to play better than this, says Isak Hien.
The national team captain Jon Dahl Tomasson:
A well-deserved victory for Kosovo. They were the better team, they wanted it more today. We did not play a good match today, says Tomasson to Viaplay.
Sweden now stands at just one point after two played World Championship qualifying matches. In the premiere on Friday, Blågult lost 2-2 after a conceded equalizing goal in the 90th minute.
With a third of the qualifying played, Sweden is far from the direct spot to the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Switzerland tops with maximum six points – Kosovo has three points. Sweden and Slovenia have one each. The second place will play playoff.
We all dream of the World Championship, but this was a setback. But we will find a way there, says Jon Dahl Tomasson.
It's tough. Very tough now, but there are matches left and we must believe in it. Which we do, says goalkeeper Robin Olsen to Viaplay.
"Difficult right now"
It's difficult right now. Tough loss. It stings, says Olsen.
Both goals against Kosovo came on counterattacks during the first half.
We allow counterattacks all too easily. We do not do well enough. We lose our guys and then it becomes difficult. We get large spaces behind us, says Hien.
We did not play according to our principles. We played a slow match, we did not react quickly enough when we lost the ball, says Jon Dahl Tomasson.
