Excluded Lustig asks for help to his teammates: – I hope they will play me for the semi-finals

The Swedish defender, who started every World Cup match for Sweden in Russia, received a yellow card in the eighth final against Switzerland.

So he has to run Saturday in the quarter-final against England

– I hope the boys will let me play the semifinals, he says.

Lustig illegally arrested a Swiss counter and the referee removed the yellow card from the shirt pocket.

Switzerland had previously made similar offenses, but escaped the use of the referee's card.

– I can buy his yellow card but we had several challenges It was given shortly. He (the referee) was very quick to give cards, said Lustig, who understood that the quarterfinals should be played without him if Sweden passed, whatever they do.

– You suddenly understand what's going on, but you have to try to shake it from time to time. And I hope the boys will let me play the semifinal, says the former Rosenborg player

Krafth replaces Lustig

Probably Emil Krafth takes over in Lustig.

The 23-year-old faced the end of the eighth final against Switzerland, a game that Sweden won 1-0. He says that a starting point for England will be a great moment.

– It will be the greatest thing that has happened in my life. But when the fight explodes, I do not think I think about it.

(© NTB)