Caroline Seger’s status is unclear.
Now the expert Bojan Djordjic criticizes the handling.
– Why aren’t we more transparent?, he says.
It was not entirely obvious that the faithful servant and midfield star Caroline Seger would be selected for this year’s WC. She has not played a full game since the exit against England in the European Championship semi-final last year, and has since undergone surgery, returned – and picked up another injury.
The expert’s critique
Despite that, and despite Seger’s scant playing time in the past year, the national team captain Peter Gerhardsson selected her in the World Cup squad. This week, Seger gave an attention-grabbing and strong interview with the media, where she fell into tears where she talked about how hard the last year has been, and especially the uncertainty about when she can be back.
Whether Seger will be able to contribute on the field in the WC is unclear, but at least that is what Gerhardsson said. But now comes stinging criticism from Viaplay expert Bojan Djordjic, who believes that the association and especially Gerhardsson handled everything around Seger completely wrong.
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“Listen to this”
Djordjic had wished that the national team captain was more honest and straightforward about his thoughts about Seger and what she can actually contribute to a group.
– Regarding Caroline Seger, listen to this, I have a completely different take on this. Why are we not more transparent? If you want to include Seger, you as the national team captain should go out and tell them that it is not about playing time but her role in the group. Do it instead and protect Seger. Then we will avoid the columns and the negativity, he says in Viaplay, according to Expressen.
Bojan Djordjic believes that Seger would also have felt better if Gerhardsson and the national team had been more transparent.
– Say clearly, directly and honestly that I would rather lose a place in this squad because I want Caroline Seger with me, regardless of whether she plays or not. Then we straighten out the question marks instead and can talk about the team.
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