Federation captain Janne Andersson began the press conference by apologizing for the fact that Dejan Kulusevski did not show up as promised in advance.
- In my ambition I have to apologize, and yesterday I promised Dejan at the press conference, but you can talk to him after the match tomorrow.
He wants to focus on tomorrow's match, says Janne Andersson.
The criticism and little turbulence that arose after Zlatan Ibrahimovic's play on twitter toned down Andersson and new team captain Marcus Berg at Monday's press conference.
- We who are here are used to team selections, experience it with less drama than it is seen from the outside.
We're here to focus on playing football.
But I talked to Dejan yesterday, and even today.
He looked alert during training, says Janne Andersson.
"Pretty boring to talk about"
Krasnodar professional Marcus Berg, who is the team captain in the match against Portugal, agreed with his national team captain, on the question of whether it affected the group somewhat.
- This is something we are quite used to, and which is quite boring to talk about.
It belongs to the game, and there will be some discussions at the hotel.
It is clear that we read what is said and written, but there is nothing that affects us negatively, says Marcus Berg.