“Imagine if Gyokeres gets injured… it’s 100 million euros”

Swedish football legend Ljungberg has criticised the state of the pitch, expressing concern over a possible injury to the Sporting forward.

Sweden hosted and beat Slovakia 2-1, thanks to a goal and assist from Gyokeres and also from Isak , securing promotion to division (B) in the Nations League , but one of the highlights of the match was the state of the pitch.

The Swedes played at the Strawberry Arena in Stockholm, the team’s usual venue, and Fredrik Ljungberg, a former Swedish footballer, criticised the conditions: «There isn’t even grass in the penalty area… it’s just a puddle of mud. We have Ayari , Kulusevski , Isak and Gyokeres . They are fantastic players who will put on a wonderful game and it’s not possible to play here outside because it’s too bad», he told Viaplay , also showing concern about a possible injury to the Sporting forward .

“We are becoming known in England for the fact that the pitch is very bad. Imagine if Gyokeres collapses… it’s 100 million euros. It’s an absurd amount of money and we can’t have a pitch in good condition,” he said, with Isak agreeing at the end of the game. “The pitch was difficult today. It was difficult to have 100% control,” he explained.