This is how national team captain Janne Andersson chooses to start against Georgia, the very first international match between the countries.
Swedish team: Kristoffer Nordfeldt – Mikael Lustig, Victor Nilsson Lindelöf, Filip Helander, Ludwig Augustinsson – Dejan Kulusevski, Sebastian Larsson, Kristoffer Olsson, Viktor Claesson – Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Alexander Isak.
Before the last match in the group stage of the European Championship 2016, Ibrahimović announced that it would be his last in the national team if the team did not advance to the round of 16.
In the Swedish starting eleven there were then, just like tonight, Victor Nilsson Lindelöf and Sebastian Larsson.
Belgium won 1-0 and thus the national team was a closed chapter – everyone thought.
But last fall opened The 39-year-old from Rosengård for a comeback, Janne Andersson did not want to miss his wife Ulrika’s birthday so he hurried to meet Zlatan in Milan.
They spoke out and now Zlatan will go out and make his 117th international appearance, he is also chasing national team goal number 63.
With Thursday’s match against Georgia, Sweden begins the World Cup qualifier. Already on Wednesday, the qualifiers started in Europe, where a total of 55 countries will make up 13 places for the World Cup 2022.
Georgia lay: Loria – Kashia, Giorbelidze, Aburjania, Kankava, Lobzhanidze, Kvilitaia, Chabradze, Kvekveskiri, Kvaratskhelia, Dvali
In Sweden’s group is included in addition to Georgia, Spain, Greece and Kosovo, which Sweden will face away on Sunday.
The group winner goes to the World Cup finals, the group two to the playoffs which will be played at the end of March 2022.
The World Cup will be decided November 21 – December 18, 2022 in Qatar.
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