England vs. Sweden: 2018 World Cup live

Andrew Das: There is not much to do in the imagination at the moment, even though the highlights are going, England pulling safely counts for Something.

19: Kane … Almost! [19659003] England's Raheem Sterling goes on a long run, the best of the game. Approaching the penalty area, Kane picks up the ball and sends a small rocket, which just goes off

& 14 Sweden misses a chance

Viktor Claesson has a small free space and decides to let fly but it's above the bar. A better shot there would have been problems for England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

Andrew Das: I must be honest: Fifteen minutes and this game has all the action of an English league match with everyone except the English and the Swedes kidnapped. And I'm not sure that any of us would sit down to watch this game.

11 & # 39 ;: England shoots first

The Englishman Kyle Walker tries a long-range shot, but that's the goalkeeper, Robin Olsen. Still, it was a shot.

10: Sloppy So Far

Kane tries to lead Sterling with a pbad, but it's a bit too far ahead of him. This game does not yet have the crispness of the Brazil-Belgium thriller of yesterday

Andrew Das: I hope everyone appreciates their loooong look at the midfielder in Samara . Looks like it's not been out of context yet.

7: Dele Alli to … Nobody

A Dele Alli flight seems to set up England for something, but it does not convey it to anyone.

5: No Chances Yet

Lots of midfield pbades and bad balls through have added to nothing at all as a chance for the other side.

Andrew Das: Cagey start for both sides in the first few minutes, as can be expected. You can not necessarily win the game sooner, but you can do something stupid to lose it.

3: Sweden Holds

The defense of Sweden seems already stingy. Jordan Henderson sends a beautiful ball lobed, but Sweden easily occupies

Kickoff!

England in red, Sweden in bright yellow. Which team will beat their semifinal of 20 years and over?

Jamie Vardy, the England striker, who was injured in the groin, is on the bench in sweatpants. So, do not expect to see him today.

England has the wind in its sails

English training is absolutely not surprising. it's the team they've exhausted or they've finished at every moment. But they will have to be wary of what took a little Brazil last night: the widespread expectation that they have in the bag. Sweden is not full of star dust, but it is a solid unit that knows what it is: no more, not less. And at some point, people will have to recognize that they are a good team. It is difficult to arrive in the quarterfinals. Just ask Germany. Or Argentina. Or Portugal. Or …….

& # 39; Three Lions & # 39;

What is this song coming from the English fans? These are "Three Lions" from the Lightning Seeds and comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner, a song written for the 1996 European Championship, which was held in England. His repeated refrain is "the return of football", a reference to England being the cradle of sport. The lyrics refer to "30 years of suffering", the time since England's victory at the 1966 World Cup. England is unchanged from the team that beat Colombia in overtime in the round of 16. Dele Alli and Ashley Young were slightly injured, but both are apparently OK and registered on the team sheet.

Goalkeepers: 1 Jordan Pickford (Everton)

Defenders: 6 Harry Maguire (Leicester), 5 John Stones (Manchester City), 12 Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), 2 Kyle Walker (Manchester City), 18 Ashley Young (Manchester United)

Midfielder: 20 Dele Alli (Tottenham), 8 Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), 7 Jesse Lingard (Manchester United)

Forwards: 9 Harry Kane (Tottenham), 10 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

Starting Composition of Sweden

Goalkeeper: 1 Robin Olsen (Copenhagen)

Defenders: 3 Victor Lindelof (Manchester United ), 4 Andreas Granqvist (Krasnador), 6 Ludwig Augustinsson (Werder Bremen), 16 Emil Krafth (Bologna)

Midfielder: 7 Sebastian Larsson (Hull), 8 Albin Ekdal (Hamburg), 10 Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig ), 17 Viktor Claesson (Krasnador)

Forward: 9 Marcus Berg (Al Ain), 20 Ola Toivonen (Toulouse)

England Mindset

England Gareth Southgate, a veteran of England's chess in as a player, has impressed his players that they control their destiny, that the losses suffered by previous generations of players should have no bearing on what they can achieve in Russia. "We talked to the players about writing their own stories," he said after defeating Colombia. the quarter-finals. "Tonight they showed that they do not have to comply with what happened before, they created their own story, and I do not want to go home."

The old guard and the new

England (1966) and France (1998) are the only former World Cup champions in

England against Sweden: the game in the game

L ​​& England is the 2-1 favorite for the match, but why bet on the winner when there are so many other actions available? The plus / minus for the game is 2 goals. Football style points? England is a half-goal favorite (with bets on the first 90 minutes only.) You can bet on the first scorer: Harry Kane is the 3-1 favorite, followed by Rashford and Sterling and only then the Swedes, led by Berg at 12-1 (Sports betting is not legal in all jurisdictions.)

The "secret" have n & # 39; is not a [19659043] The Swedish manager Janne Andersson said Friday that his team was an open book.

"I think there was a coach who said about his team" that they are pretty easy to badyze but hard enough to beat, "Andersson told reporters in Samara. I think it's a good description for us. "

" It should not be so hard to get an idea of ​​what we're doing, "he added." The surprise is probably that we are terribly consistent. "

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Southgate's Fashion Trend

Have you noticed Southgate's equipment? He wears a jacket (or vest) without a jacket. And people take note of the Southgate style: Stores in England have reported a run on vests (as reported in each British newspaper). The future popularity of the vest could well be determined by 22 men on the ground today. If Sweden eliminates England, the brief vogue of the vest can be quickly forgotten

Play It Safe

Six players may miss a potential semifinal if they receive a yellow card today. ; hui. Four of England – Jordan Henderson, Loftus-Cheek Ruben, Jesse Lingard, Kyle Walker – and two from Sweden: Viktor Claesson and Albin Ekdal. FIFA eliminates the yellows after the quarterfinals, ensuring that the best players will not miss the final to get a second yellow in the semifinals, but those of today still count. (A red always leads to a ban, no matter when he arrives.)

Aim against his camp

Harry Kane still leads the official race for the Golden Boot, awarded to the tournament's top scorer, with six goals . But he runs the unofficial scoring race at the surprisingly prolific Own Goal, which hit his record of 11 when Fernandinho put one in his own net against Belgium on Friday.

Good news, bad news for Sweden

: Sweden lose defender Mikael Lustig because of a yellow card suspension. Good news: midfielder Sebastian Larsson is again suspended

England and Sweden Top Story Lines

• Sweden and England have met regularly over the years. Their last competitive match took place at the 2012 European Championship. England won, 3-2. One of this team, Danny Welbeck, is still in the team; he had the winning goal of the match that day. Andreas Granqvist, Mikael Lustig and Martin Olsson all played for Sweden.

• England clinched a late lead in its knockout match against Colombia, but rallied to a penalty shootout, historically the pet peeve

& # 39; has been to the semi-finals of the World Cup since 1990; It's his third quarter-final since then. This is Sweden's first trip to the quarter-finals since the 1994 Cup in the United States, where it finished third.

• Harry Kane leads the pursuit of the World Cup Gold Cup. He currently leads all scorers with six goals; three of them were penalties.

• Sweden surprisingly won a difficult group that included Germany, Mexico and South Korea, then Switzerland, 1-0. His top scorer is goalkeeper Andreas Granqvist.

• England has nine goals, tied for second behind Belgium. Sweden lost just two goals, tied for second place behind Brazil.

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