Emil Holm about the WC miss, the feelings and the return to the national team

In the clip, Holm tells how he followed the team, his feelings this summer and whether he was able to let go of the WC miss.

A few days before Sweden's departure for the WC, the news came. Right-back Emil Holm was forced to leave the team - due to a muscle injury.

- I have really been down and turned around and received enormous love from family, friends, my girlfriend and also everyone around here, says Emil Holm to SVT Sport about the tough summer.

The 26-year-old has been affected by injuries during his career abroad and has been forced to withdraw from the national team on several occasions. This time it was a calf that was floundering.

- An old man. Vi testade alla grejer och det gick inte, och det var rätt beslut. It didn't work. You had to bite into the sourest apple there was.

Pikar SVT's reporter: "What the hell do you expect?"

Despite the great pain of missing a WC. According to Holm himself, the greatest thing you can experience as a player is that he followed the team closely, from the sun vacation in Mauritius.

- It was hard to check, you wanted to be there to support and help.

When did you have the most fomo (fear of missing out)?

- All the time. You received videos from "Benja" (Benjamin Nygren) and then it was clear that you felt fomo.

They seemed to be having a lot of fun, especially Nygren and (Gustaf) Lagerbielke.

- Yes, what the hell do you expect? They are gone for a month, of course they have fun with each other. You must have had fun too, right? Now you're just rubbing salt in my wounds, Holm laughs.

When Sweden now enters the Nations League, the defender is part of the squad. Blågult first faces Romania at the National Arena on Friday, with the match starting at 20.45. There, Holm is one of two regular right backs along with Hampus Skoglund.

– Jag är väldigt tacksam över att få vara här, får jag spela så får jag spela.