“To many other football countries, sacking a national team coach is a regular event; almost part of the fun. But in the history of the Sweden men’s football side, no national team coach had officially been fired. They’d resigned, or they’d reached the end of their contract. Until now. Jon Dahl Tomasson has become the first exception to the rule. Sweden’s 1-0 defeat to Kosovo in Gothenburg on Monday was arguably the lowest point in the history of Swedish football — not because the result was a shock, but because it wasn’t. …”
NY Times/The Athletic – Michael Cox