Denmark boss Brian Riemer has spoken about how upset Andreas Christensen is to miss out on the team’s upcoming Nations League fixtures.
Christensen made his return from injury for Barcelona at the weekend in the win over Atletico Madrid but has opted against joining up with Denmark for Nations League fixtures against Portugal and Norway.
Riemer says that Christensen is extremely frustrated to miss the game but has realised the best option is to remain with his club side and focus on his fitness.
“’AC’
is another case. We have great respect for that. AC loves the Danish national team, I almost had a crying man on the phone last night, because he is so frustrated and annoyed about this,” he told Tipsbladet.
“But the situation is that he is in a reconstruction process, where we in the national team camp cannot handle it for him, he does that with his physiotherapist, coach and club.
“He has assessed that he is not ready for that, and therefore he has had to make a cancellation and simply state that where his body is right now, he does not feel ready to play international matches. He does so with a bleeding heart.
“We know that the case he is, he is a special player. We are just as interested in him being ready for the month of March.”
Christensen played 30 minutes off the bench in the 2-1 win over Atletico on Sunday, his first game time since September after being sidelined with a thigh injury.
