Midback crisis total - Kurtulus is thrown in from the bench

One by one, the midfielders fall away from the Swedish national team.

They are already without injured Victor Lindelöf, Carl Starfelt, Alexander Milosevic and Filip Helander.

In Thursday's Nations League meeting, inexperienced duo Joakim Nilsson and Hjalmar Ekdal started.

Then Nilsson broke down.

Got to make his debut

He sat down after just over half an hour and received treatment.

The 26-year-old, who recently signed for St.

Louis in MLS, had to change.

Then came Hammarby's 22-year-old Edvin Kurtulus.

He was called in during the ongoing gathering, as a result of the injuries, and now had to make his national team debut.

The match is in progress.

Sweden is down 0-1.