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Swedish football is in mourning.
At the same time that Janne Andersson has to receive criticism again.
But now the TV4 profiler Olof Lundh steps out and vents his clear anger at how Sweden’s national team captain is treated.
Instead of Monday night being about football and what happens on the pitch, it became about something completely different. At the same time as Sweden’s European Championship qualifier against Belgium, two Swedish football supporters were shot dead in a horrific act of terrorism outside the arena.
Janne is criticized
The match was interrupted at half-time and the Swedish national team was evacuated overnight from Brussels. While the Swedish supporters were kept in the arena well into the night to be able to give them the best possible protection against the perpetrator.
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During the evening, a press conference was also held with the national team captain Jan Andersson and the team captain Victor Nilsson Lindelöf. Where Janne opened the press conference with words that have since been strongly criticized.
“If we spend 10 seconds on football, I think the boys play a good first half,” said Sweden’s national team captain to the journalists on site.
Olof Lundh’s anger
Many on social media have questioned that Janne chose to talk about football first in this great sadness. But now react Olof Lundh with strong anger against all critical voices and defends the national team captain after the high-profile press conference, see the video below.
– On social media, some have reacted to Janne Andersson talking a little briefly about the match right at the beginning. I think it’s a bit rude to Janne Andersson, he was in shock and I’ve never seen him so touched. We found him a little earlier before the press conference and then he only talked about the shock and “what kind of world” etc., says the clearly annoyed TV4 journalist to Fotbollsmorgon and continues:
– Then when he came to the press conference, the press manager Petra Thorén said that first we will take security issues with Martin Fredman and then Janne and Victor (Nilsson Lindelöf) take the sporting part. There are some who score cheap points at Janne’s expense on social media and I think it’s simply too damned. He is in shock in the pressured situation and I think you should be careful if you have not been in a similar situation to him.
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Olof Lundh’s strong stance is now being praised on social media.
“Choose the route! totally agree,” writes a user on X, formerly Twitter.
“Clean as usual by Olof!”, writes another.
“Well routed, completely in place! Shameless how some people chase likes and cheap points by cutting Janne’s opening 10 seconds out of context,” writes a third
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