Joel Andersson took the place on the right, Carl Starfelt and Joakim Nilsson formed the center lock, while the more experienced Ludwig Augustinsson in the national team context, took the left back position.
Starfelt, with only four appearances in Blågult, none in a competitive match, got the chance next to Nilsson when Victor Nilsson Lindelöf and Filip Helander are injured and Marcus Danielson has chosen to quit the national team.
And Janne Andersson was probably not very cheerful about what happened in the final stages of the first half against Slovenia: another injury, on another midfielder.
Starfelt took care of the back thigh and had to leave the pitch on a stretcher with a tightly wound left thigh, possibly a rupture of some kind. Alexander Milosevic then replaced Starfelt on the pitch. In midfield, Hjalmar Ekdal and Edvin Kurtulus are on the bench – both with zero A-international matches.