TV4 covers the World Cup in Qatar together with SVT.
But TV4 expert Lotta Schelin is still in Sweden and refuses to work there.
– There is no chance that I would go there, she says in an interview with Sportbladet.
There are few Swedish footballers on the women’s side who can measure up Lotta Schelins merit list. At national team level, she is the leading goalscorer of all time with 88 goals in 185 international matches and can show off Olympic silver and WC bronze.
Schelin’s career
At club team level, the trophy cabinet is even more well-stocked with a total of 8 French league titles and 2 Champions League titles with Lyon. Add to that the fact that she won the prestigious Diamond Ball as Sweden’s best soccer player five times during her career, and you understand her greatness.
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Since his playing career ended, we have seen Schelin use his football knowledge and extensive experience as a TV expert. This winter, she is highly topical with the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, which is currently underway.
– What’s special about watching TV when the national teams are playing is that you shouldn’t be too super nerdy. You have to speak to a general audience, everything from Ola, 75, and Agda, 62, to the young people. It has to be a language that makes it a little easier as a whole, she says in an interview with Sportbladet.
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“Feels oh shit”
But when the colleagues at TV4 traveled to Doha, Qatar, to cover the criticized championship, the 38-year-old chose to stay at home in Sweden. It is a clear position on her part.
– I wouldn’t feel safe for five öre, says Schelin to the evening newspaper.
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Lotta Schelin then develops her thoughts on the decision to stay more than 500 miles away from the world championship in Qatar.
– The more information I get over time, the more I feel “oh shit”. There is no way I would go there. Both SVT and Fyran have only sent as many as necessary, but for me it was never relevant anyway. I live with a woman and in Qatar it is not even legal. It feels zero security to me to stay there, she says in the interview.
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