Nine players in the national team squad are on a warning ahead of the World Cup qualifiers. A yellow card for any of them against Slovenia and you can just forget about playing in the playoff semi-final in March. We have some decisions to make, says national team captain Graham Potter.
FootballHere comes the next setback for new national team captain Graham Potter. Midfield star Anthony Elanga is leaving Sweden's World Cup qualifying campaign for personal reasons and will miss the final match at home against Slovenia on Tuesday evening.
FootballIn the best of all worlds, the national team at home at Strawberry Arena would have celebrated that the World Cup playoffs are postponed until the summer. The sometimes brutal reality came in between. Sweden and Slovenia are instead competing to avoid the last place in the World Cup qualifiers' Group B.
FootballFullback Emil Holm was injured against Switzerland and is now out of the national football team's World Cup qualifiers. Mjällby's Herman Johansson will replace him.
FootballGraham Potter questions the penalty that led to a 1-2, and a heavy loss to Switzerland in the World Cup qualifiers. From the bench it looked cheap. I think that goal affected us a little too much. The result is disappointing, he says.
FootballFourth straight loss in World Cup qualifying. Graham Potter had anything but a dream debut as national team captain. Despite the painful 1-4 loss to Switzerland, everything was not pitch black in terms of play at the Stade de Genève. But far from good enough.
FootballMattias Svanberg goes straight into Graham Potter's first national team line-up. He will form an attack with Benjamin Nygren in tonight's World Cup qualifier against Switzerland at the Stade de Genève.
FootballLucas Bergvall is forced to leave the World Cup qualifying squad ahead of the matches against Switzerland and Slovenia.
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