Sweden World Cup duo Stroud
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Sweden World Cup duo Stroud and Ali to miss Allsvenskan restart for Mjällby and Malmö FF

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World Cup duo Elliot Stroud and Taha Ali will not be involved when their Allsvenskan teams Mjällby and Malmö FF restart league play.

The 24-year-old Stroud started at full-back in Sweden's round of 32 clash against France in New Jersey on Tuesday. The reigning Swedish champions host league leaders Sirius in Uppsala in Friday night's first match of the restart.

He is not available on Friday. Playing on Tuesday, the tension, and then the travel and jet lag mean that we don't dare. It will be for the next match, said Mjällby's sports director Hans Larsson to Blekinge Läns Tidning on Wednesday.

Radiosporten reports that Taha Ali, who came on in the 3-0 loss to France, will not play when Malmö FF visits Degerfors on Saturday. It will be new coach Gaute Helstrup's first match for a struggling MFF that is in ninth place.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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