Spain Faces Sweden Without Star Player Salma Paralluelo in Nations League

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Spain Faces Sweden Without Star Player Salma Paralluelo in Nations League
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Spain has 4–0 to build on. At the same time, the team is forced to do without the Barcelona star Salma Paralluelo in the return match against Sweden. She has been incredible for us, says teammate Laia Aleixandri.

While Tony Gustavsson has access to all players in the squad, the Spanish national team captain Sonia Bermúdez has been forced to rethink ahead of Tuesday's Nations League return in Gothenburg.

Attack star Salma Paralluelo stepped off already in the first half on Friday and will be away from football for a while due to a knee injury.

A major setback admits Laia Aleixandri, who is a teammate to the 21-year-old in both the national team and Barcelona.

Salma has been incredible, not just for the national team but also for the club. She is a very good player who I will miss a lot, she says at a press conference before the match.

On the other hand, Spain showed on Friday that the substitutes are also of very high class - Clàudia Pina who replaced Paralluelo became a two-goal scorer in the Spanish 4-0 win in Málaga.

Sonia Bermúdez expects a tough match on Tuesday evening, despite Tony Gustavsson already revealing that he will give some younger players a chance from the start.

We expect a very intense and physical match from the first minute, like in Málaga, she says.

Hopefully, we can score a goal as early as possible, so that we get a slightly calmer game picture.

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