Viktor Claesson and the other foreign players in Krasnodar were allowed to travel home from Russia earlier this week.
Then began a long journey towards Sweden.
- There were quick jerks.
It was not easy to get home because the airspace is closed in almost all of southern Russia and it is difficult to leave the country, he says.
First they took a bus for seven hours to Sochi and then a plane to Istanbul.
One and a half days after he started the trip, he was at home in Värnamo.
- We will never forget all the stress when we were to leave and the bus trip to Sochi.
It felt like we were fleeing the war even though there was no war in Krasnodar.
The contract with Krasnodar is broken, but Claesson does not want to comment on where he will play in the future.