The Manchester United midfielder looked almost resigned when he did TV interviews immediately after the match.
“I have to calm down or I’ll say something stupid,” he told Cmore.
A shower had not immediately calmed him down.
Nilsson Lindelöf managed to answer some questions at the press conference before he had to get to the airport and the expected plane home to England and Manchester.
– I talked about it yesterday, that the team that wants the most wins a match like this. For us it was very important, but we were not aggressive enough, did not come up in the press. They got game turns. We could have done better with the ball.
Missing movement
Nilsson Lindelöf above all thought that Sweden lacked movement in the 1-2 loss.
– We come here and do not play good football. Especially in the first half: Very very bad. In the second half we try, but it is not approved.
Like national team captain Janne Andersson, he was disappointed with the Russian referee Sergei Karasev, who did not add more time despite studied Greek masks.
– I also thought so and tried to talk to the judge. He could not answer but gave me a yellow card instead. If you judge international matches, you must be able to communicate in English.
Got a yellow card
– I asked him during the match but he did not answer. I asked him again after the match and then I got a yellow card, says Nilsson Lindelöf.
With the loss, Sweden’s first in four qualifying matches, Sweden invites Spain, which was defeated 2-1 at Friends arena a week ago, in qualifying group B.
In a limping table, the Spaniards have 13 points in 6 games played and are in first place in the group, the position that gives a direct place to the World Cup in Qatar next year.
Sweden is second, in the playoff spot, with nine points in four games. Next home games are Blue-Yellow Kosovo, October 9, and Greece, October 12.
– I long to meet them at home in Stockholm, says Nilsson Lindelöf and emphasizes that the loss makes him very hungry for revenge.
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