When Blågult trained and held a press conference on Friday, Jim Gottfridsson, who had instead been moved into a single room at the player hotel in central Gothenburg, was missing.

Federation captain Kristján Andrésson still anticipates Gottfridsson in the team in Jönköping on Sunday, in the first of two European championships against Egypt. At best, "Gotte" can be back in training already on Saturday.

- Yes, I think, if it does not take new momentum. It was mostly last night when he would go to bed as he had some problems. That we isolated him is about safety factors, we do not want anything that spreads like wildfire, says Andrésson.

A purely right-wing right

Kim Andersson has refused the European Championship and in his absence, Albin Lagergren is the only purebred right-hander in the squad. Who is going to supplement the Magdeburg Pro is one of the questions that Kristján Andrésson wants answers to in the genre.

- Albin is left-handed right-handed alone, so it's primarily about finding who can handle the right-handed role as right-handed best, of the alternatives we have there.

Sweden opens the European Championship against Switzerland on January 10 in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg.