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Samara (Russia) – Harry Kane's young and fiery English team has a golden opportunity to fill a 28-year-old gap without a World Cup semi-final Saturday in Samara (4 pm), but Sweden is used to cool the ardor of his opponents.
Charge! After a lot of frustrations globalists, football finally has a chance to " come home ", as the English fans show at the World Cup-2018. They dream of a second crown, after that of 1966.
The Three Lions even defeated their old complex, eliminating Colombia (1-1, 4-3 tab) after three penalty shoot-outs lost in the World Cup. world.
Harry Kane is on fire, with for the moment the Golden Shoe of the leading scorer (6 goals). Side image, Gareth Southgate and his billiard player vest conquered England.
And this is where you have to be careful. Enthusiasm should not overshadow the Shakespearian turnarounds that have already plummeted English football, from David Beckham's (1998) red card to David Seaman's foggy placement on Ronaldinho's free kick (2002).
" Vikings " will be a tough bone to gnaw on for the Three Lions. It's been two years since the big ones of the soccer world stumble on the door of the Swedish garage.
– " Easy to badyze, hard to beat " –
France lost its Latin (2-1 defeat in Stockholm in the playoffs), the Netherlands qualified in the hens, Italy, homeland of " catenaccio " (padlocked football), also remained on the sidewalk in dams.
Germany lost the monopoly of realism, defeating Sweden (2-1) for the last second, as the title-holder came out of the pools. The " Mannschaft " is the only one to have forced Karl-Johan Johnsson to fetch the ball in his Russian net. Switzerland also stalled in the round of 16, beaten 1-0.
The solution could then come from the set kicks, where England shone. The Swedish coach, Janne Andersson, sees them as " one of the keys of the match, it is the first time that we meet a team as successful as us in this field ".
As for the mouths pinched in front of his football, Andersson does not care. His team " is easy to badyze but hard to beat ," warns the Swedish coach, looking for a first World Cup semifinal since 1994, the Thomas Brölin-Martin Dahlin generation.
The statistics are in favor of Sweden, who have never lost to England in the World Cup (1-1 in 2002 and 2-2 in 2006).
But " it has nothing to do with it, sweeps Andersson, none of us were there, nor are we at home, we are completely different teams ".
– Intenable Kane –
Cliché of ice man, the Swede remains of marble in press conference as on the bench, where he does not exult. " I do not waste my time " with dreams of world champion: " first quarter ," loose Andersson. His apparent coldness sticks to the style of his team.
But this collective " built over the last two years puts the team in confidence, more and more ," said the captain, Andreas Granqvist, also cold to transform his two penalties in Russia, one less than Kane.
Andersson also badures that there will be " no surprise " in his starting lineup, and should drive back the one who beat Switzerland to two units, dictated by the events. Back from suspension, Sebastian Larsson should return in the middle instead of Gustav Svensson, and the right-back Mikael Lustig, suspended in turn, should be replaced by Emil Krafth.
English side, Gareth Southgate is expected to renew the Colombian winning team, with this defense to three Kyle Walker-John Stones-Harry Maguire and his untenable Kane in front.
The coach of this new England still defends his offensive precepts. " We have technical players, we want them to keep the ball, express themselves with ," he repeats.
" Do not get carried away, temper the coach, we have to go on, but yes, we have to believe ". All England believes that this time is the right one.
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