Alex Douglas has had a near-flawless season so far. The 23-year-old Swede played in all of them match Lech Poznań, which is the leader of the Ekstraklasa. This includes: Thanks to him, Lech has lost only seven goals so far – the least in… league after Raków Częstochowa (four).
A Lech player suffered an injury during a national team match. What happened?
Douglas' good form was appreciated by the coach of the Swedish national team, who called up the defender for the September and October matches in the Nations League. Douglas appeared in each of the four games. Unfortunately, in Monday's match against Estonia (3-0), his performance ended after 26 minutes. The Swede played mediocrely and also received a yellow card, which excluded him from the next match against Slovakia. However, he left the field not because of his form, but because of an injury.
– It was getting worse with every step. Finally, I felt that I could no longer continue playing, said the Lech player after the match, quoted by “Aftonbladet”. – It's very sad. Of course I wanted to play, but I couldn't. I will return to Poland, we will check it and see what happens, he added. He also admitted that he deserved the yellow card he received in this match.
Sweden is fighting for promotion to Division B of the Nations League. So far she has scored 10 points and has the same achievements as the Slovak national team. November game both teams can decide on promotion.
Lech will return to Saturday, October 19, when at 20.15 will play away against Cracovia, third in the table. In Poznań they certainly hope that the Swedish defender's injury will not prove serious and that he will be ready to play in this match.