An effective defense and goalkeeper saves Robin olsen made possible the tie of Sweden on Seville against Spain (0-0), in the debut of both in this Eurocup, a result of “dream”, highlights this Tuesday the press of this Nordic country.
Olsen “rescued” Sweden, headlines on cover Dagens Nyheter, the main newspaper in the country, which talks about a Swedish “wall”, while Göteborgs Posten highlights that an “ultra-defensive” Sweden achieved a point and the tabloid Aftonbladet summarizes: “Spain 0-Robin Olsen 0”.
“Olsen was the best player of the match. The rest is a rare chapter in Swedish football history where the Swedish tactic was nevertheless a great victory. The story could have ended even better if Alexander Isak had not been wrongly changed. “, relates the chronicle of Dagens Nyheter.
He is not the only outlet to criticize coach “Janne” Andersson for taking out the Real Sociedad striker, who took a shot at the post and gave away a goal in a great play, with more than twenty minutes remaining. Expressen, the other big tabloid, talks about the change leaving Sweden with no chance of winning.
Sydsvenskan comments that Spain swept Sweden for several minutes and that the result is a satisfaction, although he speaks of a “strange feeling” due to Isak's shot and Berg's mistake and recalls that football consists of achieving a result and that Spain must lie down blames herself for failing to score.
“The Swedish team bored Spain, you don't have to apologize,” Svenska Dagbladet headlines in his comment along the same lines.