Directly decisive match against Poland in the World Cup playoffs.

Then Sweden fell 2-0 and thus miss the World Cup finals in Qatar 2022. After a goalless first half, it was two Swedish mistakes that paved the way for the Polish victory.

- I think the match speaks for Sweden before the second half.

But after the penalty shootout, it gets uphill.

You have to be on your toes and make the right decisions all the time, otherwise you will be punished.

Jesper Karlström does not perceive that Krychowiak is sneaking up behind him.

It's no coincidence, you can not stick your leg out in that situation, says SVT Sports expert Daniel Nannskog and continues.

- 2-0 is very telling for the second half where Kristoffer Olsson puts Marcus Danielson with a bad home adaptation.

Then there is the bad behavior of Danielson not to do better.

After that, the uphill is colossally steep.

"Too few players in shape"

Nannskog questions the national team's form before the playoff matches.

- Sweden has too few players who are in top form and play regularly when you step into the collection.

Emil Forsberg and Dejan Kulusevski are the two who have been in shape.

It simply does not hold.

The trouble in the back line is another reason for Sweden's failure.

- There have been injuries, illnesses and suspensions.

Then there has been the eternal question of who will play center back with Lindelöf.

Have not received an answer to that yet.

Goalless in four straight games

Sweden once again succeeded in scoring goals.

The match against Poland was the national team's fourth straight without a goal in regular time.

- We have never had so many offensive interesting players.

But now the fact is that there have been four matches in regular time without a goal.

It is as far from approved as you can get.

Is it a failure that Sweden misses the World Cup?

- I do not want to go as far as a failure.

What I can get annoyed about is that we did not take the position we had in the group in the matches against Greece and Georgia.

I can be more annoyed about that than the playoffs.

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Sweden misses the World Cup.

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