On Saturday, Sweden hosted France in the Nations League at Friends Arena. Then the captain of the national team, Janne Andersson, decided to start the game without Dejan Kulusevski and Alexander Isak in the starting eleven. Isak, on the other hand, was out of the team, like Sebastian Andersson, due to physical problems. Kulusevski, in turn, started at the bank.

– “Alex” has had some feelings, which means that he is not one hundred percent to be in the game today. However, I hope and believe that he will be able to play against Portugal. The same goes for Sebastian Andersson. He brought something to the collection and it has gotten better and better, but not good enough. That’s why I called John Guidetti and Isaac Kiese Thelin, national team captain Janne Andersson told C More before kickoff.

France started the game with a lot of ball and among other things Kylian Mbappé challenged early, but without getting into danger. Instead, Sweden created the first big opportunity of the match, when Mikael Lustig reached the end outside the box and fired a few meters from Hugo Llori’s right post.

Startelvor:

Sweden: Robin Olsen – Mikael Lustig, Victor Nilsson Lindelöf, Pontus Jansson, Pierre Bengtsson – Sebastian Larsson, Kristoffer Olsson, Albin Ekdal, Emil Forsberg – Marcus Berg, Robin Quaison.

France: Hugo Lloris – Presnel Kimpembe, Raphael Varane, Dayot Upamecano – Ngolo Kanté, Adrien Rabiot – Léo Dubois, Antoine Griezmann, Lucas Digne – Kylian Mbappé, Olivier Giroud.

Sweden’s meeting with France began at 8:45 p.m. on Saturday and is broadcast on TV4, C More Football and on cmore.se.