When Andreas Granqvist had received the golden ball for the season 2017, he was asked if it was possible to top the fotbollsåret. He had after all brought the national team to a second place finish in the world CUP kvalgruppen behind France but ahead of the Netherlands, and Sweden then struck sensational out Italy in the playoff for the championship of Russia.
” I thought it was more or less impossible, but we managed to do something truly amazing together during the world CUP in the summer and, of course, the peaks of the 2017. 2018 was the best year in my career, ” says landslagskaptenen.
with a kvartsfinalförlust against England (0-2), but started with the captain of the team sent into the decisive penalty in the gruppinledningen against south Korea (1-0). Landslagsåret then concluded with Sweden took home their Nation’s League group.
– It might be hard to top that year, but we’ll try to make a good EM-qualification now and I’ll do well for me here in Helsingborg. Then hopefully we have a season to look forward to 2020, ” says Andreas Granqvist, who turned home to Sweden and Helsingborg in the summer.
A possible european CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020, which will be determined in a number of european cities, is becoming the endpoint in the squad for striker mario gomez.
” It feels good. Then I am 36 years old and then it is time for the others to take over, the younger, coming from below who are hungry. I feel it may be a good finish in the national team.
– It will be interesting to see the first squad as Janne (Andersson, national coach) to take it out now and see how many new, which are compared with the squad. There are a number of who are hungry and who want to come in and duke it out when it gets a new qualification. Kristoffer Olsson (now Krasnodar) were at the end and made their way into the Nation’s League all-star team. (Alexander) Isaac moved away to the Willhem II and have begun to make some goals there and got playing time. It will be interesting to see how Janne is building the squad from the start.
have got off on målskyttet in the Dutch league. At the weekend he scored two goals for Willem II, and has now made five goals in the last five matches.
If Isaac is with the in the next EM-kvalsamling turns out on Wednesday, when the coach Janne Andersson takes out the squad for the matches at home against Romania on 23 march and away against Norway on 26 march. Other countries in the group are Spain, Malta and the Faroe islands.
– It is a tough group, but the world CUP-kvalgruppen with France and Holland was, well, even tougher. But it is clear that Spain is stortfavoriter. Then we’ll duke it out with Romania and Norway, so it will be sharp the location directly in the first collection. It is important to get a good start and build on it, ” says Andreas Granqvist.
