Our man in Sweden, Paul Cohen, provides a fuller translation of the Ljungberg interview than you'll find anywhere else, and, well I never, he's been deliberately mistranslated. In fact, the Swedish interviewer seems to have deliberately misinterpreted and tried to lead Freddie into saying things he'd regret. Full marks to Freddie for not giving way, but shame on the press for ignoring that bit and going with the salacious interpretation anyway!

Interviewer: "By the way - when you're staying at hotels with the national squad - do you have access to pay-channel television then?"

Freddie: "Sure, that's the first thing we switch on and watch."

"But you don't watch pornoflicks do you?"

"Of course, you get them occasionally. You sit there zapping between channels, and you watch them for a little while. But it's not like I'm stuck to the screen watching them. I usually watch televised movies. We hang around in hotel rooms so much anyway and in the afternoons we usually don't have anything else to do."

"I see. But it doesn't seem like a really good way to get prepared for Euro2000? Staying up all night long watching porno movies?"

"I didn't say that. I just said that we have all the television pay-channels."

"Speaking of that, what's your attitude to having sex before matches?"

"I usually don't have sex before matches. Not the same day. I say no thank you if I've got a match the same day. I guess it's a mental thing. I want to keep my feeling and touch sharp. Its like I loose the feeling if I get going before a match. I've done it some times before a match and then my feet have felt f**g numb when kicking the ball. If I've got a match at three a'clock, I can hold myself from it a few hours before - I can do it after instead."

"I've read Tony Adams autobiography 'Addicted'. A really good book. He's your captain, have you read it?"

"I got it for Christmas last year but I've only read the first five or so chapters. I haven't had the energy to read more. I guess I just haven't had the time. If I read, I usually read Mankell [a Swedish detective novellist] or stuff like that. I like it when there's a little action in the books."

"Action! Tony Adams falls down stairs and drives drunk. What more can you ask for?"

"Okay then, I'll read it."

"Do you really realize the amount of expectation that people have about you now? Everyone is talking about how you're the one who's going to win Euro200 for us now that everyone else is injured.[Schwarz, Henrik Larsson, Kaamark among others]"

"No, but for f**s sake, w'ere 11 men on the pitch when the time comes and we all have the same responsability for playing well and doing our best."

"Okay, but the fact is that everyone thinks that this is the tournament where your definitely going to break in on the big stage and put in a great performance. Johan Mjallby tipped you as the player of the tournament."

"It's always nice when people have faith in you. But I always try to go in on the pitch and have a good time. It's possible that I get nervous before the first match. It's my first big tournament. I usually don't get nervous, but you never know."

Paul also reveals that Freddie is officially very pissed off with the Swedish tactics. Anyone who saw the Swedish opening match knows why. He said in one interview he had to wear a neck-support after the game because he strained his neck watching the ball going back and forth in the air above him.