DN:s Lars Grimlund talking with Isabelle Gulldén about her foot injury. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
the First pressträffen and all wondering how it is with Isabelle Gulldéns foot injury, she can play Friday’s premiere against Denmark? ”It feels good,” says Gulldén when she meets the press at the hotel Westotel Nantes Atlantique. In the afternoon coaches the team in a hall called Jean Vincent, a civilian female police officer stands for the coverage.
Nathalie Hagman get the chance from the penalty spot but the miss. Denmark wins the european CHAMPIONSHIP-the premiere with uddamålet. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
When the Swedish players to face Denmark, Serbia has already defeated Poland with 33-26. Sweden takes the lead with 5-1 and looks to get a right comfortable ride. But Denmark turns and win by 30-29 ago Nathalie Hagman missed a penalty with the last shot. ”Next time, I hope, be a hero,” says Hagman after the match.
Johanna Bundsen stops at the hotel, when the Swedish squad meets the Nantes mayor. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
the Squad will visit the Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne where the mayor receives. Five players remain at the hotel, the goalie Johanna Bundsen, who suffered two concussions this year, is one of them. She feels tired after the loss against Denmark. Gulldén and Hagman also belongs to that provided at home.
Goalkeeper Filippa Idéhn and Jenny Alm, who scored the winning goal, hugging each other after the 22-21 against Serbia. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
the Rain continues pouring down and it is quite a gloomy day for the christmas market in Nantes. When the Swedish team set up to face Serbia in the XXL hall is the Filippa Idéhn to stand. And what a match she does. With a save percentage of 49 step of her plan as the big hero. Jenny Alm, who cut into segermålet to 22-21 also get the attention she deserves.
Jenny Alm was a popular respondent the day after Sweden’s first european CHAMPIONSHIP victory in Nantes. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
lunchtime is the press conference and the players lullar around in their grey-blue tracksuits. Filippa Idéhn and Jenny Alm is the most sought-after, not so strange considering the match against Serbia. Otherwise, the proceeding day as usual, the players begins the training with a little bit of football before the introduction of closed doors and learn the finer points against Poland.
men’s national team coach Kristjan Andrésson visited the tv studio in XXL arena and introduced his squad to the January month’s mr world CHAMPIONSHIPS in Denmark and Germany. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
An hour before the important match against Poland’s men’s national team coach Kristjan Andrésson on the spot in the XXL-arena to present the squad for the world CUP in January 2019. Kim Andersson is the so-called bomb in the squad. After a new event win of Sweden against Poland 23-22, there had been loss would blue and yellow are forced to go home. Now waiting for Macedonia, France and Russia.
Sabina Jacobsen was forced to get off against Poland because of injury. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
the Captain of the team Sabina Jacobsen did not play the second half against Poland because of an injury in the groin. Coach Henrik Signell select to call in Elin Hallagård, a 29-year-old that he had trained in Sävehof, as the options in central defence. Jacobsen says she will be playing Thursday’s match against Montenegro which has, Per Johansson as head coach, the man who took Sweden to the european CHAMPIONSHIPS-silver 2010.
Snabbinkallade Elin Hallagård stepped in directly in the team against Montenegro, but was forced to leave the pitch after three expulsions. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
Elin Hallagård it will be a busy day. She will leave the christmas preparations at home in Gothenburg early in the morning and going to Nantes in the hours before the match against Montenegro. Without a single training with the team yesterday Hallagård in as a replacement for Sabina Jacobsen. She proves to be a breath of fresh air, but gets the red card a quarter of an hour before the end in a match that Sweden is losing 30-28. Now it must be the wins against France and Russia if Sweden is to have a chance to go on.
the Match against France was postponed a day because of the ”yellow västarnas” demonstration. The players got an extra day between matches. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
During the day, the news that the match against France has been postponed to Sunday. The reason is that, during Saturday, is expected to unrest in the vicinity of the matcharenan in connection with the Yellow västarnas protests against, among other things, the price of petrol and the world. ”For us, it can only be positive, then we get a day to recover,” says Isabelle Gulldén exploiting the afternoon to go to the centre of Nantes and meet relatives and friends.
Vänstersexan Daniela Gustin tearing of the cruciate ligament, then was Mathilda Lundstrom – that have previously been written out of the squad – in again. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
the match Day will be a day of rest, however, with the easy training in the afternoon. On crutches and with tears running down his cheeks, leaving Daniela Gustin team to go home to Sweden. Magnetkameraundersökningen shows that a cruciate ligament in the knee was, it is at the end of the match against Montenegro Gustin lands unfortunate and twists to the knee. Mathilda Lundstrom, who was removed from the squad when Hallagård came in, are written now in again.
Sweden made a stormatch against hemmanationen France, but failed to win. The final result 21-21 meant that Sweden’s chances to reach the semifinals fell considerably. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
this was the day when the dream of going on to Paris would go to pieces, thought of almost all. But when the match against France is the end of it 21-21 on siffertavlan, a result that makes the tournament live for a while. Sweden makes a kanonmatch and have one hold the lead with four goals. ”It feels like the next that we lost,” says Jamina Roberts. On Wednesday waiting for Russia, a match Sweden must win if the team are to have a chance to get to the semifinals.
Montenegro’s national coach Per Johansson fired at their players against Serbia. Montenegro won which meant that the Swedish hope of a semifinalplats lived. Photo: Louic Venance/AFP
Late in the evening, keeps Sweden’s chances, in and of themselves very small, to get to the semifinals to disappear when Serbia 14-11 in Montenegro. But Montenegro’s national coach Per Johansson is an inflammatory speech at half-time, Serbia will get a beating and Sweden still have the chance to get on. But Isabelle Gulldén is still not completely satisfied. ”I had hoped the check, it would have been even better”.
High mood at the training before the final group match against Russia. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
Even a day of rest for the national team who train easily in Jean Vincent, everyone knows that it is hard to get to the semi-finals but the hope is there, mood is there’s nothing wrong. Henrik Signell is asked what he likes in addition to keep on with the handball, he reveals that he likes mushrooms, but not the cheese, ”only on pizza”, clarifies Signell. Sabina Jacobsen continues to hope in the game against Russia.
Already clear gruppsegraren Russia certainly had nothing to play for, but that Sweden would win by a nine goal margin was a bang. Similarly, Nathalie Hagman would make 17 of them. Photo: Ludvig Thunman/Bildbyrån
Denmark beat Montenegro and Sweden outclasses Russia with a 39-30 in a game where Nathalie Hagman makes 17 goals, a new record for the Swedish team. In the closing match leads Serbia after the 23-minute 14-13, all of Sweden goes the way of blue and yellow in the semis. However, France turns around and wins with the entire 38-28, Sweden places third in the group and will face Norway in a match on the fifth and sixth place.
During Thursday it was time for the train ride from Nantes to Paris, where the match on the fifth price against Norway waiting for Friday. Photo: OASIS Images/Alamy
At noon yesterday, the train that will take the Russian, French and Swedish law from Nantes to Paris. Romania, the Netherlands, and Norway join from Nancy. On Friday evening it will be decided, Russia face Romania in one semi-final, France take on the Netherlands in the other. During the afternoon, the face of Sweden–Norway in a match on the fifth and sixth place. Placements that with a bit of luck can be enough to get qualify for the OLYMPICS in Tokyo in 2020.