Winnipeg. Half of the Swedish team suffered cramp in the lead against Nigeria was dropped.
The worst affected Kosovare Asllani, whose muscles pulled together after just ten minutes.
– I never had a seizure before, she says.
kosovare asllani standing not to recognize against Nigeria. She ran for a bit, was slow with the ball and was replaced at half-time.
Then led Sweden after all 2-0. In the second half were Nigeria, faster and stronger, and when the equalizer for 3-3 Swedes had no energy to go for a segermål.
Especially not because they suffered from cramps. Nilla Fischer had a seizure and had to play a midfielder not to cause damage in central defense. Emma Berglund had already been replaced with cramp. It was so bad that even Hedvig Lindahl felt his muscles pulled together.
– Even I. It was quite sick, she says and continues:
– We got cramps the whole pile.
Was forced to change
Pia Sundhage placed the collective cramp demands her coaching. She went over to 4-1-4-1 with two central defenders who had started the match, Linda Sembrant and Amanda Ilestedt.
– We were forced to make two substitutions (the second half) and it was extremely stressful. It was cramping sensations, she says.
So how did kosovare asllani? When she limps into the mixed zone and meet the journalists, she is
Extra hard is it to take in that she saw the faces of himself on the artificial turf, but did not feel able to exploit them.
– I got krampkänning quite early in the calf and did not think I could push off the way I wanted. It was the right decision to step down at half-time, she says.
“It was frustrating”
On the question of when she got cramps, she replies:
– The first ten. It was frustrating. The pitch was very dry, we got no flow in our game. We got stuck a lot on the ball.
Why did cramp?
– I do not know. There were many who got it. I do not know if it’s surface. We trained on it yesterday and then it felt okay, but today felt the extremely dry.
Asllani do not believe that the spasm will cause problems for Friday’s meeting with the US. For it, she believes that the body has recovered.
– It’s all about getting used to. Hopefully. We must accustom ourselves, we will play against the United States here and we have to win, she says.
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