Lühr: It feels like a never-ending serial – Expressen

It feels like an eternity serial.

It puts the headlines themselves.

“Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s race against the clock.”

Tick, tock, tick, thanks ….

There is often talk about how the Zlatan Ibra himovic , 33, managed to avoid severe injuries throughout his career, but for Having dodged so many injuries, it has over the years nevertheless been inconceivable many spaltmil about “Zlatan’s injury struggles against the clock” ahead of Sweden’s major international matches in the qualifying and championship.

I myself have contributed a considerable distance texts in this topic.

Here are some more.

It is clear that a decision will probably be – probably as late as just around the day of the match – and that Zlatan’s injury yet again will hang like a dark Clouds over an important qualifier collection and absorb (all) focus.

At the same time attack options against Russia prepared and any uncertainties in the blue and yellow squad attenuated.

Erik Hamréns job is certainly not easy.

But the invisible signals emitted from the national team the collection is that the optimism surrounding the captain’s ability to play against Russia.

If so, remains a big question mark surrounding Zlatan shape already before hälskadan was a piece from his highest levels seen at the performance in Paris SG.

Yet obviously takes Erik Hamrén (and me) out superstar in every starting eleven as he can hobble out to – when the “threat Ibrahimovic” in all positions today is the heaviest artillery Sweden may scroll.

And it knows Russia – and for that matter all other motståndarländer – about.

Sweden is no longer the Sweden that without Zlatan could rustle up a starting eleven with “SuperSwedes” as Fredrik Ljungberg and Olof Mellberg , flanked by Tobias Linderoth John Smith Johan Elmander and Marcus Allbäck (all in some kind of career peak) and the war into Spain by 2 -0 as the time at råsunda eight years ago.

I’m not saying that Sweden not can upset Russia without him, but Sweden is today never better minus a Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Keep in mind that I feel I have to write it again …

Erik Hamrén saw otherwise cozy relaxed in a hotel basement in central Stockholm yesterday afternoon.

Zlatan’s injury concern of course, but otherwise felt coach both cool and purposeful.

1-1 against Austria in a very difficult European Championship qualifier premiere at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna is apparently good for the confidence.

A thing I bothered me a bit and I have overthrown me on similar statements before.

It is when Hamrén seems to feel that he must quickly get out of anything – without any specific question is asked – and unfortunately, it sounds a little as if excuses. Like, if not now, it would go like all Swedes want on Thursday and Sunday.

First took the coach on their own up the changed schedule in European Championship qualifiers – “Week of Football ‘- that this time is not beneficial to Sweden somehow:

– equal to all the law, you say? So it’s not! Russia canceled their league at the weekend and were already on Saturday.

Then came another Hamrén- explanation, that actually sounded like a statement that his job now is harder than Lars Stock Bäcks and perhaps earlier blue and yellow national coaches:

– Had the game (against Russia) played on a Friday as before, or as my predecessors had it – on a Saturday – so we had a few days to prepare .

I do really think these changes and “injustice” annoy Erik Hamrén.

UEFA bosses want to acquire as much television dough as possible and now Sweden pay a portion of that price.

No new under the sun.

Therefore I do not understand the value of airing the irritation in this situation.

Who does it help?

It is what it is and it will not change until Thursday.

When Fabio Capello teeming Russia, of course, is the favorite, but there is no resistance Erik Hamrén should shake before.

In my world smells New European Championship qualifying points already on Thursday. With Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the pitch.

Yes, even without.