FLF selection celebrates impressive surprise victory against Sweden

What an appearance of the FLF selection! At the last meeting more than seven years ago, Luxembourg’s national soccer team in Solna lost 0: 8 against Sweden. This time the FLF team wanted to do better: and the team of national coach Luc Holtz delivered in the friendly against Sweden. In the end, Laurent Jans celebrated an impressive 1-0 success on Saturday evening.

The anticipation was great. Behind the FLF selection is a turbulent year that came up with the brilliant catch-up in the 2-2 against Northern Ireland. Even after the latest Nation League campaign, the hype is unbroken, the Stade de Luxembourg is sold out against Sweden at the start of the international year and electrifying the mood.

While with Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting), Hugo Larsson (Eintracht Frankfurt) Lucas Bergvall and Dejan Kulusevski (both Tottenheim), some well-known players were missing, Brian Madjo celebrated his international debut during the FLF selection Brian Madjo at the age of 16, two months and ten days. When the stadium spokesman for the U19 selection expressed a special praise, cheers broke out before the game. A few hours earlier, Mario Mutsch’s team had browely brawn the Netherlands in the elite round of the EM qualification.

Brilliant initial phase

The FLF fans were also able to look forward to the initial phase of Laurent Jans and Co. The FLF team found the game well and had the first chance of scoring the game after only three minutes. Sweden’s goalkeeper Robin Olsen was able to defuse Danel Sinani’s free kick. About three minutes later, a spacer shot from Sinani narrowly missed the goal.

After nine minutes, Anthony Moris kept the FLF selection twice from a deficit twice. At first he steered a header from star striker Alexander Isak to the corner, then he parried heavily against the completely free-standing Carl Starfeld. On the other hand, debutant Madjo almost scored his first international goal after 21 minutes, but his degree missed the Swedish goal.

Less than two minutes later, the FLF fans were allowed to cheer. After a corner kick from Sinani, Korac headed to 1-0 on the second post. Even after the lead, the team of national coach Luc Holtz continued to set offensive accents – but another goal was no longer fell in the first half.

Turbulent final phase

In the second round, too, the FLF selection showed a courageous performance right from the start. A header from Korac in the 53rd minute, Olsen did not cause any problems this time. Just five minutes later, the defensive hell proved its defensive qualities and prevented a promising attack with a strong tackle against Isak. In the 71st minute, Florian Bohnert thwarted another dangerous action with a tackle.

Just four minutes later, substitute Tomas Moreira missed the 2-0 after a strong preparatory work by Alessio Curci, who was also substituted. The FLF fans continued to drive the team tirelessly. Four minutes before the end of the regular season, the FLF selection missed the preliminary decision after a double chance: First, Leandro Barreiro failed after preparatory work by Sinani to Olsen, then just missed a cross from Marvin Martins.

On the other hand, Anton Saletros missed the Luxembourg Gate. In added time, Luxembourg then offered the preliminary decision again. Curci turned around Sweden goalkeeper Olsen after a good pass from Sinani, but then no longer came to a conclusion. Shortly afterwards Olsen parried a long -range shot from the substitute Vincent Thill, who celebrated his comeback after a long injury break. When the final whistle took place after the campaign, the jubilation knew no boundaries!