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Sweden was humiliated by Azerbaijan and now receives a lot of criticism.
Then Janne Andersson defends his players.
– You can shoot me as I usually say, says the union captain according to SVT.
Jan Andersson makes his last national team meeting as the national team captain of the Swedish national football team. On the schedule were EC qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Estonia. It is already clear before long that Sweden cannot make it to the championship.
Total humiliation
But before the matches, the Swedish players assured that they would be motivated for the match anyway. The honor of being able to play in the Swedish national team is motivating enough just for that, despite the fact that there is really nothing to play for.
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When the same player stepped out on Thursday evening at the Tofiq Bähramov stadium in Baku, that motivation seemed to have been blown away. Azerbaijan took the lead already in the third minute, and then extended it to 2-0 in the sixth minute. The match ended 3–0 to the home team, despite having a man sent off.
Janne’s defense
Sweden was humiliated and several football experts believe that it is one of the worst efforts they have seen from the Swedish men’s national team. Outgoing national team captain Janne Andersson was also not happy after the match.
– I am totally disappointed with our effort, of course. It’s very sad. I can only state that we were not good enough. I absolutely did not see that coming. Goals set soccer matches then it’s a long uphill. Then we are not clear and good enough in our own game either, he says after the match according to SVT.
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The players have received a lot of criticism, but Janne believes that it should mainly land on him instead.
– I want to be very clear about this: I never leave any players out. Then you can shoot me, as I usually say in the criticism afterwards. Of course I’m disappointed in how we acted in several situations that make it this way, he says to the channel’s website.
On Sunday at 18:00, Janne Andersson makes his last international match as Swedish national team captain when Sweden faces Estonia at home.
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