Numbers mystery as Carl Starfelt is substituted by Sweden
Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Celtic v Motherwell - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - May 14, 2022 Celtic's Carl Starfelt celebrate winning the Scottish Premiership with the flag of Sweden Action Images via Reuters/Molly Darlington
Carl Starfelt was substituted at half-time during Sweden’s Nations League tie away to Slovenia.
The Celtic defender was given a starting slot in tonight’s match in the opening Nations League tie.
An image on social media showed a Swedish player wearing the number four shorts being stretchered off. Starfelt wears four for Celtic but was listed as number 15 by UEFA and on a tweet from the Swedish FA.
Injuries at any time are never welcome but even with a month to go until Celtic’s pre-season training camp in Austria, Ange Postecoglou could have some anxious times over the next fortnight as his squad complete a marathon season.
Här är startelvan i Nations League-premiären borta mot Slovenien! ???
? Avspark 20.45 i TV6/Viaplay
— Svensk Fotboll (@svenskfotboll) June 2, 2022
Starfelt taken off. Was he injured?
— Hoopybhoy ???? (@PaddyBhoy1965) June 2, 2022
Big starfelt off before half time hope it’s nothing serious
— ants quinn (@Qu1nny1980) June 2, 2022
If it’s one of those hamstring injuries, Carl Starfelt will not play in the next few games. That leaves us with Joakim Nilsson, Alexander Milosevic, Hjalmar Ekdal and Edvin Kurtulus as the CBs.
— ?? (@SwedeStats) June 2, 2022