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Tony Gustavsson is the new national team captain for the Swedish women’s team.
Now sports journalist Olof Lundh puts Press on him.
– There will be no easy task in a world where competition is intensifying and where Sweden has been involved in the world top thanks to an older generation of players, he tells the Football Channel.
Peter Gerhardsson65, leaves his role as the national team captain for Sweden’s ladies after this summer’s European Championships in Switzerland. He has led the national team since 2017 and took them to an Olympic silver in 2021. Now it is clear that his successor will be Tony Gustavsson51.
Olof Lundh about the choice of Tony Gustavsson
The Sundsvalls-born Gustavsson has, among other things, trained men’s teams such as Degerfors, Hammarby and GIF Sundsvall. In addition, he has led Tyresö FF during their heyday in Damallsvenskan. He has also been assistant coach behind Pia Sundhage In the US women’s team. In 2020-2024 he led Australia’s ladies.
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Now the popular sports journalist Olof Lundh58, his view of the choice of Tony Gustavsson as the new union captain. He says it is a little difficult position for him to take over a team that needs a generation change.
– Although Peter Gerhardsson has generated a bit during his eight years as the national team, there are some older players who have been too good for competitors to knock them out. Sweden has many players out in Europe’s big clubs, but it is not certain that the national team will be equally powerful forward. It will be a challenge, he tells the Football Channel.
Tony Gustavsson’s challenge with the national team
Lundh says that there is a clear goal for Gustavsson in the future. To take Sweden to the next World Cup.
-The big task for Tony Gustavsson will be to take Sweden to the World Cup in Brazil 2027 and where the World Cup qualifier begins in the form of the Nations League in a year of draw in November 2025. Unlike Uefa, FIFA has shot a lot of prize money to a Swedish Participation and preferably successful World Cup can provide revenue to a union that needs them, he says.
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– Now Gustavsson gets a time to go next to and identify players and what staff he should have. There will be no easy task in a world where competition is hardening and where Sweden has been involved in the world top thanks to an older generation of players, Olof Lundh continues.
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