Caroline Seger burst into tears last night – strong words before the WC premiere: “I never thought that…”

She hasn’t played 90 minutes since the EC last year.
Last night, Caroline Seger burst into tears.
– I really had to fight in the dark, she says.

She is Sweden’s most meritorious player and this year’s WC will be her 14th championship in a row. But it has not been an easy journey there for Caroline Seger. Many raised their eyebrows that she was even selected for the tournament, as she had not played a full match since the EC last year.

Tears of victory last night

After the semi-final loss against England, he had surgery, and then waited 255 long days before his first appearance on the pitch. But it didn’t take long before the next problem, and during the spring there have been hardly any minutes on the field at all. What really haunted no one really knew. But despite everything, she was selected for the championship, and last night it was an open-hearted Seger who met the media, with five days until the WC premiere.

230719 Caroline Seger of the Swedish women’s national football team in tears at a press event ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup on July 19, 2023 in Upper Hutt. Photo: Mathias Bergeld / BILDBYRÅN

Last night she spoke openly and honestly about the tough period on the sidelines, something she had never experienced before.

– I guess it hasn’t happened that many times that I’ve taken a step back. But it has been a tough period for me. It has been a situation that I have never experienced in my career before. I really had to fight in the dark, says Seger.

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“Time has run out”

The big goal for Seger has always been the WC, to play in its 14th championship in a row. But she has experienced that she has been “put down again” every time she has been close to being healed from the problems with her calves.

– Time has run away from me. When I have felt that I am on my way back, something has happened that has caused me to backtrack again. And it is clear that then time is running out. I never thought I would…

230719 Sweden’s Caroline Seger of the Swedish women’s national football team at a press event ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup on July 19, 2023 in Upper Hutt. Photo: Mathias Bergeld / BILDBYRÅN

According to Expressen, Caroline Seger burst into tears.

– I never thought there would be so many matches. I hadn’t seen that. So it’s been a crap period. It has it.

Seger herself states that she is ready to play and that she hopes to “grow into the tournament”.

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