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Sweden finalist in his country in 1958, and England world champion in 1966, will meet Saturday in the quarter-finals of Russia 2018 World Cup ] in Samara in a clash where the two seek the path that leads to the meeting with their best past. The match will be played at 9:00 am Peruvian time and will be broadcast by Directv Sports.
Both teams arrive at the crossing in a state of general optimism and with the feeling that they face a unique opportunity: to stand in a semi-final of a World Cup something that the Swedes, who played four, did not receive for 24 years (19459003] United States 94) and the English, present in two, since 28, in the 39, Italy 90.
Although the potential of English is, in principle, superior to that of the Swedish ensemble as much, the selector Gareth Southgate as his players have expressed with caution before a team of which they emphasize their experience and their defensive solidity.
In the crossing of the eighths against Colombia in a tense and abrupt match, the "Three Lions" was able to recover before the goal of the central coffee Yerry Mina in the last moments of the game, they came to have chances during the additional time, then they found their hero in the goalkeeper Jordan Pickford author of a superb stop at the final penalty of Carlos Bacca
Of this match, with the added tension of time, several players have arrived, such that the midfielder Dele Alli the winger Ashley Young and the front Jaime Vardy and Harry Kane the latter the best marker of the World Cup with six goals (three penalties).
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All seem to be able to come back for to be of the game, with the exception of Vardy that went into the second part in eighths and is the main question about a muscular problem in the groin Southgate will repeat most likely his gala eleven, with the central trio composed of Ian Walker John Stones and Harry Maguire ; Ian Walker and Ashley Young as lanes; Jordan Henderson Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard ; and the front of Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane . In addition, he will again have midfielder Fabian Delph after almost a week of absence for his third parternidad
Andreas Granqvist who announced that he would not give up the concentration of Sweden despite being his wife, Sofie, about to give birth, was father for the second time, this time of d & # l; 39, a girl.
The captain was one of the keys to this selection of Sweden who reached Russia after defeating Italy in the playoffs and moved at stage KO after finishing first, before Mexico in Group F who fell from the competition Germany who was proclaimed world champion for the fourth time four years ago, Brazil .
. in front of the team of 'Three Lions & # 39; The Swedish coach, Janne Ande rsson loses to his right-back, Mikael Lustig for the accumulation of cards, but recovers at half Sebastian Larsson who, for the same reason, did not play against the Swiss.
The position of Lustig is likely to occupy Emil Krafth ; and it is to be expected that Larsson will return to the eleven, to the detriment of Gustav Svensson in Saturday's match in Samara, where the temperatures should be much milder than before. In the middle of the week, when they approached 40 degrees
Possible alignments:
Sweden: Olsen; Krafth, Lindelöf, Granqvist, Augustinsson; Claesson, Ekdal, Larsson, Forsberg; Berg and Toivonen. DT: Janne Andersson
England: Pickford; Trippier, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Young; Lingard, Henderson, Delle Ali; Sterling and Kane. DT: Gareth Soutgate
Arbitrator: Björn Kuipers ( HOL ).
Stadium: Samara Arena.
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