The European Football Championship came to an abrupt end from a Swedish perspective.
In extra time, Ukraine made it 2-1, which took Ukraine to a quarter-final.
For Sweden, it is finished.
SVT's expert Daniel Nannskog flagged for the Ukrainian stars Andrij Jarmolenko and Oleksandr Zintjenko even before the meeting.
The latter accounted for one goal before playing until the 2-1 goal.
- It had been hoped that Zinchenko would not be allowed to hit his posts, they solved it quite well in the long run by lying tight on him.
But then came a situation where he had to stand unpressurized and hit a post with his monster foot.
Lindelöf, who is otherwise flawless, and Helander is not tight enough and then it's a good night, says Nannskog.
Higher expectations of the attacking duo
At the same time, Daniel Nannskog had higher expectations of the attacking duo Alexander Isak and Dejan Kulusevski.
- I had huge hopes for Kulusevski and Isak, and I think the whole Swedish people had that.
They may not have had the support they might have wanted, but at the same time they had been expected to be able to create more and create more mess than they did.
Sweden had a game-wise advantage with half an hour left of regular time, but without changes the fatigue of the Swedish players appeared, Nannskog thinks.
- With the result in hand, it should have come in brisk legs a little earlier.
It is a trade-off, but I would have preferred to see some change there.
Sweden's championship ends in eighth place after winning the group before Spain.
Why then did Sweden no longer go to the championship?
- What has been the big problem throughout the championship has been the central midfield.
You have not reached the level you need to go far.
Kristoffer Olsson and Albin Ekdal have not been started.
They have not been able to find their way with balls forward in the court or have been able to steer and set.
You need that to go far, says Nannskog and continues:
- Even if there is more ball on them today, they do not manage to find inserts and opening balls.
They disappear in the Ukrainian press.
They did not start this time either.
Tributes to Forsberg
Emil Forsberg, who scored four goals in the championship and thus became historic, is one of the few who get approved.
With rye.
- It was an extremely high class in everything he did.
He really had a top performance, unfortunately it is not top performance from the rest of the team.
You would have needed more top performances to go far, says Daniel Nannskog.
CLIP: Larsson cracked after the loss
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Larsson cracked after the loss