Due to the corona pandemic, the national team has to take out 26 players instead of 23.
- It changes the conditions in a good way.
The last three places in the squad do not obviously go to the players with the best form right now, says Janne Andersson at the press conference.
Helsingborg player Andreas Granqvist has had injury concerns lately.
This season, the 36-year-old has played four games and has not played 90 minutes since April.
Despite that, "Granen" was in the national team captain's EC squad.
- Of course the choice to bring the Christmas tree, says the league captain.
One who is missing from the squad is defender Pierre Bengtsson.
- Pierre and Martin Olsson compete for the same place and I think they are very even.
What weighed in for Martin is that he can play in slightly different roles in the team.
Somewhere there was perhaps the little that trumped over in Martin's favor.
It was very hard and it hurt me.
The European Championships start on 11 June and Sweden starts against Spain in Seville on 14 June.
The text is updated.