Hamrén: We must also come up with some digs – Swedish Dagbladet

Erik Hamrén was happy and tired the day after. Photo: Marcus Ericsson / TT

“You can lead a horse to the water but drink must do yourself.” As described Erik Hamrén Zlatan Ibrahimovic situation in the Swedish national team in conjunction with the newly appointed coach presented his first squad in November 2009. Then Ibrahimovic was missing. Six years later, Striker evicted goal in wholesale and retail – not just in the club, but also in blue and yellow.

According to statistics company Infostrada was Ibrahimovic 22 goals in 59 games over the years with Lars Lagerback / Tommy Soderberg as national coaches . After Tuesday night’s dual hits, which sent Sweden to the European Championship in Denmark’s expense, telling them during Hamrén 40 goals in 49 internationals.

– Full my attitude when I became head coach was to try to do everything possible to make use of such a world star as he is, to get him to perform or deliver, as he did in club teams. And I have praised Zlatan much: it’s a world star who has a great responsibility for the team. And the group also, they are extremely loyal, they do everything that he will have to shine. They know that he should decide, says Erik Hamrén at today’s press conference.

– There is a good chemistry in the group. It’s give and take from everyone. There is a reason why it has become so well.

There was not many hours rest of the Swedish federation captain. Directly after the 2-2 match against Denmark national team traveled back to Stockholm, and arrived at the hotel only around 3 o’clock on Wednesday morning.

Then waited an extremely late hash-dinner, or whether it was breakfast Before the players partied on and Hamrén tried to go to bed.

– I must say that the U21 players come in and are very talented footballers, but they are also good to come in with positive energy and song and celebration, said Hamrén at the press conference the day after the game.

Tired. Relaxed. Happy. The emotions have been many in the last day of emotional man Erik Hamrén, but Wednesday was the most positive.

– I woke up with an enormous joy, he said.

– Sometimes life is fair, and yesterday it was fair. Or night it was fair. We’re obviously very, very wonderful that we managed with the objective that we had – to take us to the European Championships. I’m very pleased with playoffet after the tough September

collection when we got beat in two games (against Russia and Austria), so I think we’ve collected ourselves well. We have got to that which we desire.

– What the players and what we feel and so on … I think and hope that it was with a twinkle in his eye. We have been called the worst team ever, and if so, I think it is fantastic that we have taken to the European Championship. We must also come up with some digs at times, said Hamrén.

– The way I work as leaders is that we’ll have a group that are strong together. A group that is a little, well, we are against you or us against the other in any case. And I do, whether it goes well or not. It is my full belief that if you are to achieve success, you must have a group that is well put together and believe in something.

Whether the criticism was the last lighter fluid needed to get Sweden to the European Championship or not, then Erik Hamrén in all cases, note that it is where he and the team will be next summer. In the European Championship. In France.

– Today is not like a funeral. The body and the head is a little more alert today.