Conflicts with the players have filled much of Jon Dahl Tomasson’s career in Sweden, both in Malmö FF and now also as the first foreign national team captain.
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In his impressive active career, Jon Dahl Tomasson was the cynical finisher who, with his famous inside, scored in all four major European leagues and in the national team reached the very top as the top scorer alongside a former legend, Poul ‘Tist’ Nielsen, which many have heard of but never seen play.
The cynicism the goal machine from Solrød has brought with him into the coaching work to such an extent that it has to some extent overshadowed the sporting results. But when Sweden tonight in Stockholm plays the group final against Slovakia in the Nations League at the third-best level, it will be a defining match for both Jon Dahl Tomasson’s success as the union captain and for the offensive innovation that lay behind the Swedish confederation’s employment of the Dane.
Source: politiken.dk
