From the German third division to scoring the winning goal for Sweden: what two seasons Union cannot do for a footballer. Just ask Gustaf Nilsson. The Brussels striker was called up to his national team for the first time in six years. Immediately successful: he proved accurate against both Portugal and Albania.
We have seen several times in recent seasons that Union’s success is not regionally specific in both the Europe and the Conference League.
A side effect of this advance: the Brussels club has to send more and more of its sons for the international match. And there too, many are now succeeding in making a name for themselves.
Witness: Gustaf Nilsson.
It was 2018 since the tall attacker of the Brussels team was called up for the national team again. But a week ago, all the Union players – who were then packed into the plane to Istanbul – collectively went crazy when Nilsson’s name rang out from the mouth of Swedish national coach Jon Dahl Tomasson.
And so far, Union’s goal scorer – who was still wandering in the German third division two seasons ago – has not betrayed the confidence of the new Swedish selector. On the contrary.
This weekend he already scored a goal against Portugal. In the very last minute, he scored an extra consolation goal as a substitute in the 5-2 defeat against Roberto Martinez’s team.
Tonight, Nilsson was allowed to start against Albania and – yes – on the hour mark he scored the first and only goal of the match with one of his life-threatening headers.
An international match that did not go unnoticed in Sweden.
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