“I’m extremely disappointed,” Reuters was quoted as saying after the Andersson match. “It was a match in which we guarded the opponent’s attack well and created enough chances to take the lead. Unfortunately, this did not happen,” the coach added.
The Swedes overshot the opponent in the first half in a ratio of 6: 3, but the match broke at the beginning of the second half. Lewandowski turned in a penalty spot for Jesper Karlström after Grzegorz Krychowiak. In addition, the Northerners made a mistake 18 minutes before the end, when Piotr Zieliński punished the hesitation in the pass between Kristoffer Olsson and Marcus Danielsson.
“The penalty was cheap in my opinion. A half-stupid situation. After two individual mistakes, we let our opponents take a 2-0 lead. At the same time, we had plenty of opportunities to take the lead ourselves. Unfortunately, it still works in football,” said Andersson. whose team did not score in the regular time for the fourth time in a row.
In front of Robin Quaison’s goal in extending the semifinals with the Czech Republic, the Swedes also came out empty against the Spaniards and Georgia. “We didn’t score and it cost us a progress. I’m disappointed with the result, but also with the fact that the World Cup will be without us,” Andersson added.
Star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was also sad. The 40-year-old entered the match for the last ten minutes, but did not succeed against a carefully defending opponent. Sweden will be missing from the world championships after eight years.
“We are all disappointed now. It is normal for you to lose. Each of us wanted to play in the World Cup, but unfortunately,” said Ibrahomovic, who wants to help the national team in other matches as well. “I believe that I will continue as long as I am healthy and beneficial. This also applies to my work in the club,” added striker AC Milan.
