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Concern for Sweden as illness rules Gabriel Gudmundsson out of training

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Anthony Tomas

Published 1 week ago

Sweden' Gabriel Gudmundsson will miss the side's training session today, Tuesday 9th June, through illness.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gudmundsson-gabriel/0zzTdK1T/"]Gudmundsson[/a] will instead stay at the team hotel in Frisco, Texas. The nature of the illness has not been confirmed, but the wing-back is not required to isolate from the rest of the squad, and press officer Petra Thoren clarified that the [b]"symptoms are mild"[/b].[/p][p]Still, it is far from good news for [i]Blagult[/i] - Gudmundsson is an expected starter for Graham Potter's side, the news comes less than a week before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/sweden-OQyqbHWB/tunisia-QqZVYk95/?mid=UaJKzaHN"]Sweden's first game of the 2026 World Cup[/a], against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tunisia/QqZVYk95/"]Tunisia[/a] on 15th June in Monterrey, Mexico. [/p][p]There is cause for optimisim elsewhere within the team, as the other 25 members of the squad will participate in the session, a few days on from their final warm-up match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/greece/COuk57Ci/"]Greece[/a] which featured several nervy moments for the home side.[/p][embed guid="bb8f556e-f884-42a4-9038-dfedd3c2e114" url="https://x.com/svenskfotboll/status/2064345503932768388" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nygren-benjamin/WCHWGOvf/"]Benjamin Nygren[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/elanga-anthony/dOlRWlZ6/"]Anthony Elanga[/a] both suffered knocks, while captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindelof-victor/OIp0Le1f/"]Victor Lindelof[/a] didn't play despite prior suggestions that he would feature. But after touching down in Dallas, Potter was happy with the state of his squad.[/p][p][b]"Everyone has made good progress. There are flaws. They have responded very well so I expect everyone to be in training later this week."[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/world/world-championship/"]Follow Sweden at the 2026 World Cup on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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