Andreas Palicka, 36, thinks that Sweden was worse than France in most respects.
- The feeling is that France will grind us down over 60 minutes.
We get a little cranky and they get us down.
I have to admit that France was better than us, he says.
He admits that the injured big star Jim Gottfridsson was missing.
- It goes without saying that we miss Jim as a person and a handball player.
It's an extreme shame that he broke down for both his own sake and ours.
Then we have Felix Claar, who is one of the world's best middle nines.
This is difficult to digest.
Left-six Hampus Wanne was really annoyed after the match,
- I'm really pissed off.
We miss far too much.
Modes that we haven't missed throughout the tournament.
It's devastating of course, he says.