On Thursday, Sweden and the Czech Republic will meet in the World Cup playoffs.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is suspended.
Czech team captain Tomas Soucek says it will be felt.
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic is in my opinion one of the best strikers in the world for the past 20 years.
Of course it is a loss for Sweden, says the West Ham midfielder.
Should not be affected
He also thinks that the Czech Republic's injury list - where, among others, attacking kit Patrik Schick is - is problematic.
- Every player who is not here is a loss for us.
The most important thing is that we who are here know what we can do, that we fight for each other and for the whole country.
It is of course a loss with injured players but we will not let it affect us, he says.
Soucek is aware of some Swedish opponents.
- It is clear that I recognize the players from the Premier League, especially Dejan Kulusevski in Tottenham who I met with West Ham in the last league match.
Of course, I also know Victor Nilsson Lindelöf and Anthony Elanga.
They are fantastic players and Sweden has good players in several European top leagues, but we concentrate on Sweden as a team.