'Trash talk will throw Polish international keeper off balance,' says ex-Swedish teammate

[p]Sweden and Poland clash on Tuesday evening in the final and decisive duel for a place at this summer's FIFA World Cup finals. [/p][p]In this connection, Aftonbladet has spoken to William Eskelinen, who was teammates with Kamil Grabara (who was on loan from Liverpool) in AGF from 2020 to 2021. [/p][p][b]"I can say that he is a very special guy. He has been in a bit of a storm during his career, which is perhaps not so surprising."[/b][/p][p][b]"At the same time, he is a really good goalkeeper, and I saw quite quickly when he came to Aarhus that he would become a goalkeeper who could be a regular starter in one of Europe's top five leagues"[/b], says the Swedish keeper.[/p][embed guid="e0d35e1c-ad6d-45d6-a951-2a7f31238609" url="https://x.com/Transfery_/status/2033807713713447022" social-type="twitter" /][p]Eskelinen also has more advice for the Swedish national team before the meeting with Kamil Grabara on Tuesday. [/p][p][b]"As I said, he is a very special character, and he is not always balanced. You shouldn't encourage trash talk, but I actually think Sweden can throw him off balance that way. You can get under his skin"[/b], says Eskelinen, who admits that the two had respect for each other even though they weren't best friends. [/p][p]"He has a special aura around him and believes he is the best in the world, and that may irritate a lot of people", Eskelinen says.[/p][p]Sweden will face Poland at the Friends Arena in Stockholm on Thursday evening at 20.45 CET.[/p]