In the second match of the Olympics in Tokyo, Sweden had everything to prove - but Sweden was close to failure.
The players looked tired and despite winning, not much impressed.
- It feels like the self-confidence that they have built up is blown away.
It feels stressful and I do not think you have the good cooperation or the good communication in the defensive game.
What surprises me the most is that Sweden looks tired and worn out, and that worries me, says Magnus Grahn.
When Sweden took World Cup silver, there was clarity in the counterattacks, something that Grahn believes he has not seen so far.
- Now we feel a bit like dizzy chickens when we come out towards half level and will try to create pressure.
We feel insecure when we come up against those positions and we never did that before.
"Easy to be negative"
After the matches against Bahrain and Japan, Sweden still has two wins.
- We would have needed two easier victories to enter the next match with better confidence.
Everyone knows that we can perform better and I think the better players will rise, says Grahn who believes that Max Darj and Hampus Wanne are the only ones who get approved grades after today's effort, he says and continues.
- We should be happy that we have two victories with the clumsy and swaying game we have played. And it is clear that it is important to take it from there. It's easy to be negative and think things are not good. But after all, we stand on two victories and we have expected that we would do so.