Gabriel Gudmundsson speaks about dark days as Sweden injury scare eased | OneFootball

Gabriel Gudmundsson has eased injury fears after hobbling off during Sweden’s 5-1 World Cup win over Tunisia.

The Leeds United left-back started in Monterrey, Mexico, and was withdrawn on 66 minutes after treatment, with Elliot Stroud coming on. Head coach Graham Potter said post-match he believed it was cramp, after the defender had missed training last week through illness.

He had only just returned from a five-week hamstring lay-off before falling ill in the US, and was described as in a bad state on Wednesday while isolating in a hotel room.

“It was dark. It was dark days. I downloaded a lot of series before we flew to the US, and I managed to burn them all in two or three days. I had to isolate myself, sleep a lot and just take care of my body,” he told Fotbollskanalen.

Gudmundsson will hope to be involved again when Sweden face the Netherlands in Houston, Texas on Saturday evening UK time, then Ao Tanaka’s Japan in Arlington on 26 June.

Source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk