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Olof Mellberg managed to keep the Brommapojkarna at bay.
At the same time as he is surrounded by rumors of taking over the Sweden A national team.
Now the former national team captain breaks the silence about becoming Janne Andersson’s replacement.
The Allsvenskan qualifying drama was never particularly exciting this year. When Allsvenskan Brommapojkarna completely ran over Utsikten from the Superettan with a whopping 7-0 in the first match.
Rumor about Mellberg
The return match in Stockholm was indeed dramatic due to a long power cut, but BP could easily hold out for the 0-0 result and secure continued play in the Allsvenskan. It was probably all too nice as the team only managed to score seven points in the last ten games in the series and thus sink like a stone in the table.
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The trainer Olof Mellberg can therefore breathe a sigh of relief after a season that started so well last spring but became panicky after the summer. At the same time as he himself has been surrounded by rumors of becoming the new Swedish national captain for the A national team.
Replacement for Janne
Jan Andersson has accepted and several names have been pointed out as possible replacements in “Blågult”. Now Mellberg breaks the silence and gives his first words about possibly taking over the Swedish men’s national team.
– I have not had any contact with the association yet. There has been full focus here at BP, he admits in an interview with Dagens Nyheter.
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Mellberg made 117 international appearances for Sweden and was captain of the national team for a long time as the given defense general. Now he is facing the wall to return to Blågult again, this time as the national team captain.
– It will be hypothetical. I want to sit down with BP. We haven’t been able to do that and summarize, look ahead or do anything really. It becomes a strange situation when you are in this situation and do not know the league affiliation, he says in the interview immediately after the qualifying matches.
– So I want to sit down with BP. This also applies to the squad. There are many who are pulling at our players, who have incredibly good seasons behind them, and we know that. That will be the focus in the next few days.
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But he is very aware that he is a name that is in the discussion as the new national team captain and is obviously flattered.
– Absolutely, it’s great fun, of course, says the 46-year-old.
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