Emil Krafth and Eric Smith declined in the weekend due to injuries. On Sunday, Hugo Larsson got injured when Eintracht Frankfurt met Stuttgart, so badly that he cannot join the national team on the Spanish coast.
Now, Dahl Tomasson is also forced to acknowledge that Bolin, MFF's young success player, is a question mark ahead of the matches against Slovakia (Saturday) and Azerbaijan (Tuesday). Bolin suffered a foot injury in the Allsvenskan finale against Brommapojkarna.
We'll see in the coming days how it develops.
Despite some sad phone calls in recent days, the Dane takes it all with calm.
"It's normal"
It's normal in national team football. It's football, we can't do anything about it. It also means that other players will step in
For Eric Smith, defender in St Pauli in the German Bundesliga, it's the fourth time he's been forced to decline when Dahl Tomasson has called him.
When I spoke with Eric, he was very disappointed. We both got a bit emotional. He wants to play for the national team. He felt something at the end of the match against Bayern München. But that's life. I have patience and he has patience.
Emil Holm, Bologna, and Samuel Dahl, Roma, were called in as replacements already on Sunday.
More surprisingly, Malmö FF's central defender Nils Zätterström, 19, was called in on short notice.
"See how he handles it"
A young player with potential. I want to see how he handles himself in this environment. We'll also see how Hugo Bolin is doing and if we need to call in a replacement for him.
Why Zätterström?
He's left-footed. We don't have many left-footed defenders. You always have to look at the players' potential. I know he's young, but it's all about what you do on the pitch.
He got very happy, naturally, says "JDT".
The national team trains in Marbella until Thursday.
It was something decided a long time ago. It could be snow in Stockholm in November or bad weather. Now we get fine conditions, can train properly and spend time together off the pitch to strengthen the team spirit.
We have many stars in the team, but they will only be successful if we're a team, says Jon Dahl Tomasson.
