“To turn every stone for answers” – Göteborgs-Posten

National Team doctor Yelverton Tegner was in focus a day after Sweden’s cramp-filled World Cup premiere. But some good answers, he had not yet.

– We will turn over every stone for answers to these questions, says Tegner.

Both center-backs suffered cramps, as well as Kosovare Asllani, who said they get sore after just ten minutes. Even the goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl stated that she had krampkänning during the match and said that “half the team” had cramps.

After Tuesday’s workout, everyone wanted to know what the Swedish cramping force depended on.

– Cramp depends on local changes in the muscles and it was an intense match for the girls, they had to work and toil. Then it is not surprising that some suffer from cramps, says Yelverton Tegner.

He admitted, however, that the amount affected Swedish players was remarkable.

– Yes, it’s unusual, I agree with you. We need to sit down and analyze players for players what it was due, and we will do during the day.

Can it had with the drink to make?

– No, fluid balance, we have an eye on and check the urine every day. It is not a factor. And the liquid does not affect locally in that way, either.

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SOK’s chief medical Bo Berglund said that the

Swedish the team was simply too poorly prepared, poorly trained. Yelverton disagree.

– It may be for him, I do not think that the national team is poorly trained. We have had some bad luck with injuries and flaws, it can affect.

– We do every day analyzes using GPS, heart rate monitor and perceived ansträning to see what it looks like for each individual. We think that we have done a daily thorough analysis of this would not happen.

How will you make sure this does not happen in the next game, against the USA?

– There we look at, we will try to turn every stone for answers to these questions. We have not done the analysis for yesterday yet, it does we during the day.

Four teams played yesterday, but it was just Sweden that looked to have it tough on artificial grass.

– It is obviously confused. I think we can come up with a solution. We will critically examine everything we have done, it is our sworn duty. But there is no panacea in terms of spasm.