The victory against Greece was far from over, and Sweden was, to say the least, under pressure in the first half.
- We make a bad first half.
It's my 70th international and it's probably the first time I'm annoyed at halftime.
We had too bad ball tempo, not employing our forwards enough.
There was too much that was not good.
Sometimes football is like that - you do not perform at the top but win matches.
Exactly what he said in the locker room during the break is not clear.
- I was annoyed.
My feeling was that we had eight players who could be suspended so I felt we did not really go there.
I said it at half time, now we're shitting in the yellow cards, we're going into the shit.
I'm not happy with the performance, but we win.
Now I will not meet the players in four weeks again.
Otherwise I would have almost scolded them after the match and we would have fixed it tomorrow.
He lifts a player who was crucial for the turnaround.
- Alexander Isak has crucial qualities that are very important to have in a team, he says.