Swedish veterans join finals team

by Sujay Dutt from Gothenburg Four former Swedish internationals have been enlisted as ambassadors for the four cities hosting the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Star lineup These local ambassadors will supplement the work of the overall tournament ambassador, striker Henrik Larsson, by representing their home towns in the build-up to, and during, next summer's final round. Marcus Allbäck will be assigned to Gothenburg, Niclas Alexandersson will represent Halmstad, while Roland Nilsson and Patrik Andersson have been appointed ambassadors to Helsingborg and Malmo respectively. Still playing Between them, the local ambassadors have an aggregate of 395 Sweden caps, with the 35-year-old Allbäck being the only one still playing professionally. He returned to Gothenburg, and boyhood club Örgryte IS, in the summer from FC... [read full story]