“It’s of course sad for Joel and for us, but it’s unfortunately something that can happen before gatherings,” says Sweden’s confederation captain Janne Andersson in a statement.
As a replacement, Andersson calls in Linus Wahlqvist Egnell, a regular at Pogon Szczecin in Poland.
Sweden begins the European Championship qualifiers with double home matches, against Belgium this Friday and against Azerbaijan three days later.