The bottom was reached in Baku. It couldn't get any worse and a "Resign all"-mood prevailed. A year later, Jon Dahl Tomasson has given the national team future confidence. A success in itself, but still nothing important has been won on the pitch.
SportsThe national football team has headed to the sun and is gathering players in Marbella ahead of the Nations League finale. But one by one, they are declining the invitation. Malmö FF's Hugo Bolin is the latest. He has some problems, but he is still part of the squad, says national team captain Jon Dahl Tomasson.
SportsAnthony Elanga is dropped from the Nations League squad. Now, national team captain Jon Dahl Tomasson reveals that the 22-year-old is not answering his phone. I tried calling him, but we haven't had contact, says Tomasson.
SportsEmil Forsberg is back in the national football team. However, Anthony Elanga - who plays for the successful team Nottingham - does not get a place in the squad for the Nations League finale. Football is tough, there is great competition, says national team captain Jon Dahl Tomasson.
SportsHugo Larsson sat where he least of all wanted to sit – on the bench. Then he got to do what he wants and can. The midfielder scored the winning goal for Eintracht Frankfurt against the Latvian club RFS.
SportsYasin Ayari and Ken Sema celebrated their first national team goals. The national team was on its way to a tough win. Then the setbacks came one after another. Slovakia managed 2–2 and the battle for group victory in the Nations League is still open. It's obviously bitter, says Sema.
SportsVictor Nilsson Lindelöf is missing from tonight's national team eleven against Slovakia. The centre-back and captain is obviously not fully recovered after his injury period. Hugo Larsson is rejected once again.
SportsHugo Larsson is back in the national team – and comments on the reactions after leaving the previous gathering prematurely. It was not as big a deal as it became in the media, he says.
SportsThe national team under Jon Dahl Tomasson is a construction site or as he repeatedly says in English with a Danish accent: We are under construction. Hardly anyone who has followed his squad and team selections has missed the large flow of players in and out.
SportsJon Dahl Tomasson saw the talent a few years ago. And up close. Now the national team captain and Hugo Bolin meet again. One of the young players I'm looking forward to meeting, says the Dane.
SportsThe injury list just gets longer and longer. The latest player to withdraw: St Pauli's Eric Smith. He underwent an examination this morning and is injured, says national team captain Jon Dahl Tomasson ahead of the Nations League matches against Slovakia and Estonia.
SportsAlexander Isak was already ruled out. With Gustaf Nilsson's withdrawal, Sweden only has one pure forward for the Nations League gathering. Robin Olsen and Carl Starfelt will also miss the matches.
SportsRewritten national team midfielder Hugo Larsson extends his contract with Eintracht Frankfurt. "I'm incredibly comfortable in the club", he says.
SportsHugo Larsson and Jon Dahl Tomasson have talked it out. After the turbulent last gathering, the 20-year-old is once again part of the Swedish national team. We have had a good discussion, says national team captain Tomasson.
SportsSome players out, some in. The question is how the likely changes in the squad will affect the national team's striking power. Much suggests that national team coach Jon Dahl Tomasson will have to play in a new central defensive pair against Slovakia.
SportsLucas Bergvall's debut in the European Championship League was significantly shorter than expected. The Swede got the chance from the start when Tottenham received Qarabag. But he was substituted already in the 12th minute in the 3-0 home win.
SportsThe national team started the Nations League with clear victories against Azerbaijan and Estonia. But it was the controversy between the head coach Jon Dahl Tomasson and Hugo Larsson that got most of the media attention.
SportsThe national team captain Jon Dahl Tomasson and midfielder Hugo Larsson must reasonably have talked to each other and resolved the conflict they had at the national team's last gathering. That's what SVT's football expert Daniel Nannskog believes. Anything else would be stupid. It just can't happen. They must have straightened out the situation, he says.
SportsGoal scorer and starter in one of the Bundesliga's top teams this fall. It's going well for Hugo Larsson – in Eintracht Frankfurt. The young Swedish midfielder showed the way in the 2–0 win against Mönchengladbach.
SportsLast weekend, Hugo Larsson left the national team gathering after a conflict with the national team captain Jon Dahl Tomasson. The explanation then was that Larsson had an injury, but the 20-year-old played 85 minutes when his club Eintracht Frankfurt beat Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.
SportsMidfield talent Hugo Larsson left the Swedish national team gathering after a conflict with the national team captain, with what was described as "a minor injury". Now he is ready for play with his club team, Eintracht Frankfurt. He is in form and ready for play, says coach Dino Toppmöller at a press conference.
SportsWithout having played a minute, Hugo Larsson left the national team gathering prematurely. His former coach Henrik Rydström believes that the rift between Larsson and national team captain Jon Dahl Tomasson will find a solution moving forward.
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