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According to Captain Granqvist, the Swedish national team, 1st of group F, will be strong, but the Swiss are favorites in the duel of the octaves, this Tuesday (3), in Saint-Petersburg
Sweden made a good campaign in the group stage of the World Cup in a key that brought together Germany, current world champion, Mexico and South Korea. This retrospective creates hopes for the confrontation with Switzerland, Tuesday.
The Swedes defeated the South Koreans in the opening match, lost to the Germans with a goal conceded in the final match of the match and confirmed the vacancy with an undeniable win over the Mexicans from 3 to 0.
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The country's football school is not exactly flashy. In addition, coach Jannes Andersson has not brought the controversial star Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the World Cup. But the Nordic team believes in the possibility of reaching the quarterfinals of the World Cup – if they go through the Swiss, they will face Colombia or England in the quarterfinals .
The Swedes have also tried to put aside a supposed favoritism. Cups – a vice (1958) and a third place (1994). The captain of the team, Andreas Granqvist, adopted the speech of humility. The defender understands that Sweden must be strong in defense and take advantage of the chances of the attack to progress in the World Cup.
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"We know that Switzerland are favorites in this game, they have played very well for a long time and they have won nine of the ten qualifying matches (without counting the repechage), we will fight in the best possible way, which has brought us here it is our defensive strength and our aggressiveness when it comes to "
Sweden has a long history in the World Cups. The country reached the quarter-finals in 1934 (Italy), was fourth in 1950 (Brazil) and vice-champion in 1958, at home, when it lost against Brazil from 5 to 2, which became the first National team.
In 1994, in the United States Cup, were the opponents of Brazil in the semifinals. The Brazilian team suffered to beat the Scandinavians 1-0 with a Romário goal ten minutes from the end of the match
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The Swedes also a gold medal in football at the London Olympics in 1948. The country of the Scandinavian peninsula beat Yugoslavia 3-1 in the decision, disputed Wembley Stadium
Datasheet :
3/7 – St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
SWEDEN x SWITZERLAND
SWEDEN: Olsen; Lustig, Granqvist, Lindelof and Augustinsson; Ekdal, Svensson, Claesson and Forsbrg; Berg and Toivonen. Technician: Jannes Andersson
SWITZERLAND: Yann Sommer; Lang, Djourou, Akanji and Rodriguez; Behrami, Xhaka and Dzemaili, Shaqiri, Gavranovic and Embolo. Technical: Vladimir Petkovic
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