Lars Lagerback
Lars Lagerback
Lars Edvin "Lasse" Lagerbäckis a Swedish football manager and former player, who was most recently the joint manager of Iceland, alongside Heimir Hallgrímsson...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 July 1948
dutch either equal gone good level match playing
I think we had a very good game, playing on this level equal with the Dutch team. It was a really good match and it could have gone either way.
game opponent
We wanted to have an opponent who will take the game seriously.
assess difficult doubt factor great huge influence morale positive return value
It is always very difficult to assess the value of individuals but there is no doubt that Henrik will have a huge positive influence for us. He is also a great influence on the squad, the morale of the squad. His return is a very positive factor for us.
heads held match situation team
Every team in this situation would have done the same, I think we can go away from this match with our heads held high.
arrive time wait
We don't want to set a time when he has to arrive (in Budapest). We'll wait and see.
avoid both decide finland game good home matches opponent sorted year
This year we want to have both matches at home and avoid long journeys. It is good that we have got the Finland game sorted out and now we have to decide who will be the opponent for the other match.
bad ireland respect since versus
We had a bad day at work. I don't think we've had such a day since 1998 when we started versus Spain, but respect to Ireland - they were much more aggressive, much more concentrated and we did not play as a team.
against aggressive bad ireland since
We had a bad day at work. I don't think we've had such a day since 1998 against Spain. Ireland were more concentrated and more aggressive than we were. We didn't play as a team.
again final game heard italy result until
We heard now and again the result from the Italy game but I didn't hear about the final result until the end of our match.
accept course easier ending extra game lose losing pity team
Of course you feel extra pity for Tommy ending with losing on penalties. In a way it's always easier to lose a game when the other team is better and you can accept it afterward. So it was pity for Tommy, an extra pity.
time
Practically, it is a done deal. If you said anything else, you would be lying. But at the same time we are not there yet.
control england good missed players relax
Psychologically, it was important that we scored the goal. Then the players could relax but try to control the match. England also missed some good players.
draw italy learned perhaps playing question reach second stays win
Perhaps he stays in Italy and so learned from Machiavelli. We want to play to win this game. It's not a question of playing for a 2-2 draw so Italy will be out and to reach the second stage. We are going to play our game.
course games good lose rather satisfied seven win
Of course I am very satisfied - to win seven games and lose one is rather good isn't it.