Yesterday, the team landed at Arlanda after the rematch matches against the Czech Republic and France.

The Swedes, who were matched against tough opposition, only got a victory in four matches.

The former were first defeated 60-52 on May 28, only to lose 61-79 the next day.

Against France, there were double losses with 61-77 and 51-71 this weekend.

Despite this, the national team captain Marco Crespi is positive.

- We made a good effort against the Czech Republic and two great matches against France.

We know that the national teams are on a different level than we are, but we still do very well, he says to SVT Sport.



The 59-year-old believes that he took the opportunity to give the younger ones a chance and presses that the losses in the genre rope will not affect the national team mentally.

- We must be realistic and understand that those we met are ranked higher than us.

"Everything is positive in the squad"

The national team has been plagued with some injury concerns this spring and it is already clear that Regan Magarity will miss the European Championships.

- Now it's good.

We take everything day by day.

The only one who had problems is Klara Lundqvist.

However, it is not serious.

She is not in the best condition, but played yesterday and will gradually return.

What needs to be improved before the European Championships is that the team needs to be quicker and more consistent, says Crespi.

He points out that the matches against Belarus and Slovakia will be keys to success - where Sweden needs to get points - in a group that also includes Spain.

Now camp in Södertälje is waiting until departure for Valencia on 13 June.

MORE BASKETBALL: See the report from YMCA Östersund 1975

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Jämtland basketball was called KFUM Östersund when they took the step up the highest series in 1975. Here you see a report before the start of the season then.

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