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23-year-old Jordan Larsson is ready for his A-national team debut.
The ideas of the difficult time in Holland are in the luggage.
– I learned to believe in myself even if it is a little more difficult, says the forward.
Jordan Larsson stands up straight at Friends Arena and is close to a broad smile. There are reasons to enjoy.
He did so with the message of being selected for the “real” A selection after participating in two tours in January.
– It was fantastic, something you dreamed of for a long time. Now that you’ve played Russia for a while and done some good things, it’s great that you really get the chance here, says Jordan Larsson.
Photo: Anders Wiklund / TT
Jordan Larsson will start in Sweden’s match with Russia.
Everyday life at Russian Spartak Moscow has been beneficial to the forward’s football career. The road has been twisted, but now it gives perspective.
“He taught me an incredible amount”
Jordan Larsson left Helsingborg when the team left the Allsvenskan in the fall of 2016. The hooligan attack after Hif’s qualifying match against Halmstad feels distant but is still present in a young but eventful career.
The same applies to moving to the Netherlands and NEC Nijmegen in the following weeks. He played the first four games, but got hit and was given some playing time.
It was a difficult time. But the experience is there now.
– I think I learned a lot and learned to believe in myself, even if it’s a little more difficult. It was just instructive and if you end up in a similar situation again, you know how to handle it a little better, he says.
He had previously told of the support he found with his father Henrik Larsson, a successful forward on various international club teams and the Swedish national team and now part of Barcelona’s coaching staff.
– It’s very mental. I am lucky to have a father who has played soccer and who has been able to give me tools to work with. So I know a little more how to handle it and can talk to it. He’s very supportive, he told Helsingborgs Dagblad.
The words of papa Henke
Henrik Larsson wished his son good luck, but no more than that before meeting with Janne Andersson’s team.
– He didn’t have any special advice, just said he found it fun to see me at the national team venue and wished me luck, says Jordan Larsson when he meets the media at Friends Arena.
Photo: PETTER ARVIDSON / BILDBYRÅN
The selection came after the success in Russia. He laid the foundations for this at IFK Norrköping, which became a starting point after the adversity in the Netherlands.
When we meet, it’s the day before the announcement that the match against Russia will start with Alexander Isak at the top, but even then Jordan Larsson describes how valuable the January collections have been.
– There I had an idea of how it works in the national team. Even though not all the players were there, it’s still the same way of working and the same tactics and it was nice to participate and now you’re really involved, he says.
Janne: “I think it will fit well”
It’s an image shared by Janne Andersson.
– Disappeared to Holland and came home and did not do so well, then had a period in Norrköping and ended up fantastically there Since then, he has continued to develop at Spartak and has a starting jersey there. He is a player who I think is wise. Tactically, I think he’s smart and I think he can get along with us. At the same time, he was on two tours in January and learned a lot there, says the captain of the national team.
On Tuesday, Jordan Larsson said that Russian soccer taught him to play more physically, that the role at Spartak Moscow suits him well and that manager Domenico Tedesco’s good confidence means a lot.
He knows what it means to play in Moscow, but not the opposition Sweden will face.
– I don’t think they line up with the best team, but it’s just my own speculation, he says.
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