During the European Championships last year, nine-player Cristina Neagu injured her knee but shortly before the World Cup the Romanian star was back on the handball field. However, the match in the World Cup has taken on the forces.

- Cristina is tired. She did not have as many training sessions for the championship but has made a great achievement, says Romania's Swedish national team captain Tomas Ryde to SVT Sport.

Against Russia yesterday, Neagu got off and there is a big risk that she will miss tomorrow's match against Sweden.

- There is a 20 percent chance that she plays, says Ryde to Sportbladet.

Ryde will talk to his star player during the day. He admits that she is extremely important to the Romanian team.

- She is fantastic at leading the players. Romanian players lack structure. And Cristina is very important on the pitch to control the game now that we have our playmakers Cristina Laslo and Eliza Buceschi away because of this doping case. So she is everything and nothing in our team can I say.

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