The day after

First of all, it feels much better now, almost 24 hours later. However, this does not mean that it feels good!

These players must quit the Swedish national team. There are three more names that I'd like to add (Henrik Larsson, Fredrik Ljungberg and Anders Svensson) to this exclusive list but because of their qualities and their status, I think it's better to keep 'em for the time being. Marcus Allbäck has already stated that he quits the national team. Svensson has hinted that he might have played his last international game and Alexandersson has said that he'll continue if (God forbid) his services are requsted.

In a couple of months we'll enter a qualification campaign for the world cup finals in South Africa, 2010. We must accept that it's time to give other players the chance to represent the country. This will most probably mean that we won't qualify. Our group is tough and several players in the squad are not as experienced as they should be considering their age. I'd love to see Henrik Larsson play for Sweden the coming games, but would that really be the best thing to do in the long run?

By the way, Germany just downed Portugal with 3-2.