Alexander Isak called it a “crisis situation.” Viktor Gyökeres summed it up as a “fiasco.”
Swedish soccer is reeling after a third straight loss in World Cup qualifying for its star-studded men’s national team — and the poor results cost coach Jon Dahl Tomasson his job.
Tomasson, a Dane hired last year as Sweden’s first foreign-born coach , vowed on Monday to fight for his job after a humiliating 1-0 home loss to Kosovo in Gothenburg that left the Swedes in last place in their World Cup qualifying group with one point from four games.
On Tuesday, the Swedish Football Association announced he was fired.
“The decision taken by the association’s board is based on the fact that the men’s national team has not delivered the results we had hoped for,” association head Simon Åström said. “T