Hamrén unveils Sweden's Euro 2012 line-up
Published: 15 May 12 07:29 CET | Print version
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Swedish coach Eric Hamrén took a gamble on Monday by naming Johan Elmander in his 23-man squad for Euro 2012 despite the veteran striker having broken a bone in his foot on Saturday.
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Elmander, who has been capped 63 times, scoring 16 goals, broke the bone during his side Galatasaray's 0-0 draw at rivals Fenerbahce on Saturday that saw them take the Turkish title.
"For me, Johan is an integral element in our team and I am going to take a gamble following the advice of Leif," said Hamrén.
Elmander is likely to form a partnership with AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but Hamrén was left frustrated that he was not able to name young prodigy John Guidetti.
The 20-year-old striker, who has been viewed as the natural successor to Ibrahimovic, has not played for his Dutch club Feyenoord since April 14th because of a nervous affliction that sees him lose all feeling in his right leg from time to time.
However, Hamrén did also include experienced attacking midfielder Sebastian Larsson, who underwent a hernia operation on April 24th.
The Swedes play all their matches in Kiev, following up their clash with Ukraine with games against England on June 15th and France on June 19th.
The Scandinavian side have two warm-up games prior to leaving for the tournament on June 6th -- against Iceland in Gothenburg on May 30th and Serbia in Stockholm on June 5th.
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