Happy Belated Berglund (Emma Berglund interview)

Emma Berglund lost a home European Championship to an ACL she felt and heard go while defending against Marta in the opening league game of 2013, and calls the chance to play in this one amazing. Rio silver, she says, keeps the spirit up and may make opponents see Sweden as a bigger threat, but it is a new tournament and preparation does not change. She explains the squad’s official Euros song, written by Albin Johnsen at Kosovare Asllani’s asking and loved on first listen at the last camp. First up are Germany and her Rosengard team mate Anja Mittag: Berglund does her best to get inside her head before these games and concedes it is hard, given a German history built as much on confidence as on quality.