Five players sick at the same time – Eriksson sees bad luck as the cause

Five players getting sick at the same time during a meeting is very unusual. But Magnus Eriksson doesn't think you can blame it on a lack of hygiene routines.

- After the pandemic, people have become very careful, if a player gets sick, they are isolated. There are no shared bottles etc. I see this as bad luck, says SVT's expert Magnus Eriksson.

The question is how Sweden will form the team now that so many starting players and important players are sick or injured.

- When there is such a large loss, you want to keep a frame.

Players such as Victor Nilsson Lindelöf and Viktor Gyökeres had probably intended to save some, but that is not possible now, says Eriksson.

- That those players will have to pull a big load now I see as obvious. To keep as much of the frame as possible.

"Not teeming with options"

In the attack, e.g. Alexander Isak went home and then his replacement Benjamin Nygren got sick.

- Someone like Hugo Larsson is interesting to watch. He came in as trailing forward last. Is that an option? Sure. There is a Paolos Abraham. But there aren't many options up there, admits Eriksson.

One player that Eriksson definitely wants to see in the starting eleven is former Malmö player Sebastian Nanasi.

- I see Nanassi as quite a given considering how he performed in the first match.

The four players called up after the latest cases of illness are Felix Beijmo, Samuel Dahl, Hugo Bolin and Ken Sema.