Sweden breathes … for now. After detecting two positives on Tuesday (Dejan Kulusevski and Mattias Svanberg) all the alerts came back on early on Wednesday morning at the Gothia Park Academy in Goteborg, where Spain's first rival in the European Championship (the Monday at La Cartuja). Pontus Jansson, Brentford defender, woke up with symptoms compatible with the coronavirus. They kept him out and did not train with the group, but the good news for Sweden is that the antigen test that the 24 internationals underwent in the morning came back negative.
“We did a rapid test this morning and tonight we will also know the result of a PCR test. Then tomorrow we will do a new rapid test and a new PCR test. There will be a lot of testing now during this somewhat sensitive period. His test has been negative even though he has some symptoms. If the symptoms were due to COVID, they should have been positive, ”Anders Valentin explained at a press conference.
The controversy of the day came with a controversial video of Dejan Kulusevski. Janne Andersson, the Swedish coach, allowed them off from May 29 to June 2, in a decision that has received much criticism in the Nordic country. Well, a video of the Juventus footballer at a party in a house on May 31 has spread like wildfire on social media. The doctor himself acknowledged on Tuesday that the player was infected during those days off despite the fact that the disease had already passed, so that video in a meeting with more people has caused some voices in Sweden to even ask for his expulsion from the call. .
Janne Andersson, however, wanted to put out the fire at the press conference: “I saw it and spoke with Dejan. The background is that Dejan was invited by his sister and her boyfriend to a dinner. When he arrives, some of his friends are there as a surprise, which made Dejan very happy. Dejan's basic premise on this is that he had had COVID before, so he wasn't that worried. Sorry to be at that dinner and have that attitude. “
Regarding his possible exclusion from the team, the coach rules out this possibility: “I am not retaliating. For me, it's like reasoning with people, and then you move on. What everyone regrets most is what has happened. You will be welcome when you recover. His contagion certainly does not come from there, but from a relative he was with during those days ”.
The doctor from Sweden confirmed this theory and explained the contagions of the two footballers: “In the case of Kulusevski, we are quite convinced that he is a relative. In Svanberg's case, we think he's Kulusevski. If you have high levels of virus, the incubation period can be two days, maybe even a day. “