'Stay two more weeks'
Published:Tuesday | July 3, 2018 | 12:00 AM
MOSCOW, Russia:
Sweden's captain Andreas Granqvist has permission from his pregnant wife to stay two more weeks at the World Cup.
Granqvist led Sweden into the quarter finals with a 1-0 win over Switzerland yesterday.
Back home in Helsingborg, his wife Sofie is already overdue to give birth to their second child.
She wrote on her Instagram account after the game in St Petersburg: "Our hero, my husband, Nova's dad. Enjoy this. We'll wait for you here at home until after the final!!!"
Sweden next play Saturday in Samara, Russia against England.