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Sweden lost the Nations League debut against France 1-0.
This after Kylian Mbappé scored from no angle.
– The first feeling is that you should have it, says Robin Olsen in C More.
Sweden had the best first-half opportunity in the Nations League game at home against France.
It came when Marcus Berg fired from far in the 38th minute, but the long shot couldn’t find the net for Raphaël Varane. But French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris came out perfectly and defended himself when Berg had to struggle to catch the ball first and only managed to tap the ball.
But it was France who took the lead despite not having a real scoring opportunity before the break. But in the 41st minute, world star Kylian Mbappé challenged Mikael Lustig on the left and with a dose of skill and a bit of luck with a ball that bounced off both Lustig and Kristoffer Olsson, the 22-year-old appeared in the bottom of the short line and saw a minimum separation angle. between Robin Olsen and the mail. Mbappe then made it 1-0 from a minimal angle.
“A disappointment”
– Not the best intervention by Robin Olsen, it is safe to say, said C More expert Kim Källström during the break.
– Robin should have the closest position, said assistant Hanna Marklund.
Robin Olsen thought it was a ball that he could have saved.
– The first feeling is that you should have it. So he’s a good player but in that situation he was also lucky and catches the ball. It will be difficult, he comes close and in fact he has several opportunities, to play the ball or to shoot immediately as he did. It’s a disappointment, he says in C More.
Tributes to the defense 4-4-2
On the other hand, Källström was impressed by the Swedish defense in general.
– Could we have seen a better execution of a classic 4-4-2? I do not think so.
But France did not impress him.
– I was a little tired. (Antoine) It seems that Griezmann wants to be anywhere else in the world except at Friends Arena.
Expert colleague Hasse Backe agreed on the study:
– Griezmann is completely disinterested. He doesn’t seem happy.
Kulusevski enters
The second half, in which we got to see the new beloved Swede Dejan Kulusevski replaced by Sebastian Larsson in the 70th minute, was uneventful and with no really clear chances in either direction until the last second. But Kulusevski offered some nice actions, like a delicious insert.
It didn’t help that Janne Andersson made two more offensive changes at the end: John Guidetti for Robin Quaison and Ken Sema for Pierre Bengtsson.
The closest thing was for Emil Forsberg in the 89th minute when he hit a shot 20 meters from the goal straight ahead. But the shot went straight to Lloris, who could fight.
In the 94th minute, France received a cheap penalty after Anthony Martial fell easily to Manchester United teammate Victor Lindelöf on his heels. But Griezmann withdrew the penalty.
A rather sad event ended 1-0 against France.
– The goal they make is a floating goal. It is annoying that they achieve that goal. If we look at our attacking game, we create good opportunities. I would almost say that we should have won the match, but now we lose 1-0, says the captain of the national team Janne Andersson who did not want to criticize the intervention of the goalkeeper.
– I can see. I have not seen the goal like that. I only saw this touch.
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