Tears before the celebration.. Ilanya is not aware of Sweden’s ticket to the round of 32

The new 48-team World Cup format seems to have turned into a real conundrum when it comes to… According to calculations, the best third-placed teams qualifyThese are complex calculations, from which the intelligence of the players on the field is not spared.

After Sweden star and Newcastle United striker Anthony Elanga scored an equalizer against Japan (1-1) to secure his country’s third place in Group F and an official passage to the round of 32, the player seemed completely unaware of the value of the goal and fell to his knees in bitterness and disappointment. Sweden’s World Cup journey is completely over.

After the game, Elanga admitted this confusion to the Swedish media, saying, according to the website. ESPN:“I didn’t know that one point would be enough to qualify. I was just shouting on the pitch and saying, Come on, we can do more and score another goal.”

“I’m very happy that we qualified in the end, but I didn’t know it at the final whistle and I think members of the technical staff, in particular assistant Sebastian Larsson, were trying to shout at me to say the result.”

The goal took Elanga’s tally to two in the current World Cup, giving Sweden the fourth point, seven behind leaders Netherlands and five behind runners-up Japan. This prompted coach Graham Potter to comment humorously on his player’s reaction when asked:

This funny situation did not pass He walked past teammates celebrating the qualification; Striker Alexander Isak revealed the scenes of what happened between them, saying: “I went to him to ask if he really didn’t understand calculus and unfortunately it was the truth, so he gave me a reprimand and a little lecture there.

While senior Victor Lindelof preferred to joke with his colleague that he might fall asleep during a technical explanation, as he quipped: