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Brolin tries to do his bit to redeem World Cup debacle
STOCKHOLM.
June 20: It has taken Thomas Br olln two years to shake off the memory of Swe-
den's disastrous World Cup campaign, reports AFP
And his winning goal 1n the
2-1 victory over England in the European Championships on Wednesday marks a Highpoint in a career which plumbed the depths in northern Italy in
1990
Hopes were high when Sweden set off for Genoa and Turin with what was substan Hally the same squad which Is currently setting these cham pionships alight.
But for all the advance pub licitv. the Swedes were a ma-
jor disappointment, losing to Brazil, Scotland and even Costa Rica by the same 2-1 scoreline.
A serious post mortem and a little blood-letting brought in
Tommy Svensson as coach in December 1990. and things started to look up for the
Meanwhile. Brolin, still only 22 and with his long blond hair and schoolboy features, was going from strength to strength tn the ratified atmosphere of the Italian domestic game where he led Parma to the Cup this season, beating Juventus and Sampdorta along the way
The World Cup was the worst memory of my career, even though it did mean I was in the shop window and it allowed me lo move to Parma," he said
It only txk one goal, a fine effort against Brazil, to bring the young Brolin to the alien lion of the cheque-book waving Italian clubs, bul he wisely opted for a small-scale, smalltown club like Parma.
It has proved a happy mar riage. with Brolin able to build his own game at his own pace without the pressures of fame, glory and attention that accompany the big stars at the major club*
Even so, he admits "It was | a total change In my life, com ing from Norrkoeplng where I didn't earn a lol. lo Parma where 1 was suddenly well off after a few months*.
But it did not go to his head, for the European Cham Kinships were always al the tk of his mind. *1 was ' ashamed of our performance in Italy, and 1 wanted to make It । up to the fans tn some way at these championships. I think we owed it to them,* he ad mits.
And on Wednesday night, with eight minutes of the match remaining. Brolin's sec ond goal of the tournament did
It gave Swedish football its finest hour since 1958 and consigned England to another ignominious early exit from a major competition In the pro-C“kt the world has probably still nol heard the last of Thomas Brolin. With luck, he has a good seven or eight years at the top left in him and with his sort of talent, there is no telling how far he might go.