During Tuesday’s training, striker Alexander Isak sat with jogging shoes off the field. When the national team trained again at Friends arena on Wednesday, Isak was back on the field. And now he was wearing soccer shoes.
One who, on the other hand, was not present during the training session the day before Thursday’s match against Serbia was midfielder Joakim Nilsson.
– He is doing rehabilitation in the gym with the hope of being able to play tomorrow, says the national team’s press manager Niklas Green to Sportbladet.
The midfield positions have been a problem during the Nations League collection. Victor Nilsson Lindelöf withdrew with damage just before the collection. Filip Helander was not available either. To top it all, Carl Starfelt was injured against Slovenia and Alexander Milosevic had to thank himself after the Norwegian match. Before the collection, Janne Andersson called Pontus Jansson, who again gave a no.
As a consequence, several smaller national team-experienced defenders have been called in. Hammarby’s Edvin Kurtulus and a holidaymaker Sotirios Papagiannopoulos.
Whether Joakim Nilsson, who plays for German Arminia Bielefeld on a daily basis, will be able to participate against Serbia on Thursday despite his rehab the day before the match is still unclear.
Other midfielders who remain in the squad in addition to Nilsson are Djurgårdens Hjalmar Ekdal, Hammarby’s Edvin Kurtulus and AIK’s Sotirios Papagiannopoulos.
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