Janne Andersson: "It has been a very busy year"

Andersson believes that injuries and lack of playing time for several players are behind the tough year.

- This year has been a very busy year to be the national team captain, I admit that.

With all the injury problems there have been, looking back, it has been something incomparable, I must say, he says. 

- Plus we have many players who had difficulty getting playing time in their club teams.

"I feel a frustration"

Andersson doesn't know why the players don't get enough playing time.

- Somewhere you start to think about why it is like this.

Maybe it's just a coincidence.

Suddenly we might be sitting here in a few months and then it will be completely different, he says.

- I feel a frustration in this because I cannot influence it.

I have to admit that.

Feels great confidence

Sweden meets Slovenia tomorrow, in a match that will decide whether they will remain in Group B in the Nations League.

Add to what's at stake, it's a confidence for you too, is it one of the most important matches of your career tomorrow?

- I feel enormous trust in my surroundings.

I don't have a thought about that, he says. 

- However, it is a hugely important match, we don't want to fall out of this group.

It is an important match from that perspective.

Then I've been involved and lost many times.

I had a summer with Norrköping where we didn't win in eleven games.

I have been with before when it received.

The way forward is to learn what you have done and move on, and then you move on to the next task.