The New Era of Swedish Football

June 12th, 2022; day three of 78 during a life-changing jaunt throughout Sweden. I found myself sitting alongside my friend Agnes at Glenn Sports Bar in the Gamlestan neighborhood of Göteborg. The Strömburgare was delicious. The Lökringar had the perfect balance of crisp. The Omnipollo Nebuchadnezzar, well, it’s one of the best beers you will ever try.

While the fare and company on that particular evening was what one could have hoped for, what transpired on the man flatscreens on Glenn’s walls was hardly anything to write home about; Sweden’s 3-2 loss against rivals Norway at Oslo’s Ullevaal Stadion.

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Blågult suffered their third defeat in succession which culminated in a five-match winless run (0-1-4) under then headmaster Janne Andersson that would see them fall to UEFA Nations League C. Perhaps the most staggering aspect of it all, especially that night, was that no one was surprised by the result. For most, if not all, it was pre-ordained before a single ball was struck in anger.