Sweden joined forces with Norway and Finland earlier in November and appealed to the International Football Association, Fifa, that the warnings should be reset in the playoffs – but was rejected.
– It can not be true, was my reaction when I heard it. I do not like when it is not fair play. I have never been involved in mixing competitions, said national team captain Janne Andersson then.
In the Swedish national team has seven players with a warning into the playoff semifinals and risks suspension in a possible final.
Now, however, Fifa looks like the national team will meet. According to sources to ESPN, the criticized warning system is about to be scrapped. But then it is required that the European Football Association (UEFA), which holds the playoff game, requests that the rule be changed.
However, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Emil Krafth, who each issued a second warning against Spain, will continue to be suspended even in the event of a rule change.