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Yann Sommer arrests Marcus Berg. (Jason Cairnduff / Reuters)
Sweden v. Switzerland
St. Petersburg Arena, St. Petersburg
In the 38th minute, Switzerland's Blerim Dzemaili fired a powerful shot over the crossbar on what appeared to be a good scoring opportunity. Moments later, Sweden's Albin Ekdal has the chance to score by a decisive pass from Mikael Lustig and to raise the ball over the goal, while the net is at stake.
28th minute in a wild stage in which Yann Sommer finds a stop on a close shot by Marcus Berg who was heading to the corner. Sweden does well and Sommer is ready for the challenge
For Switzerland, Xherdan Shaqiri gets points for creativity, sprinting a few times, but his passes are untimely.
Initially, Sweden is hitting Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer with shots but can not find the net up here. The field is a bit slippery after the rain fell in St. Petersburg and the players lose a little their foot early
Preview
Nobody expects anything other than a defensive battle quite exciting in this round of 16 game. Which, considering the outcome of this World Cup, probably means that the first World Cup meeting between these two teams will be an extremely entertaining and memorable experience. Since both teams are at the free end of the range, everyone knows that a place in the final is not out of reach.
The Swiss Breel Embolo explained the learning curve of his team as follows: "Two years ago Some time ago we lost to Poland in the round of 32 at Euro 2016 We have learned from this that the fact that we have succeeded twice here in Russia shows that we are ready for more. "
Switzerland dodged a bullet when Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka were sentenced to fine rather than suspended for celebrating their goals against Serbia with a tribute to the Albanian flag. However, Swiss captain Stephan Lichtsteiner (Arsenal), was also fined after the match of Serbia, and Fabian Schar will miss the match because of the previous yellow cards. Sweden's Sebastian Larsson is suspended, which means that Seattle Sounders' Gustav Svensson could come in.
[Later: Colombia and England vie for the last quarterfinal spot]
Swedish manager Janne Andersson told reporters that "every player on the pitch is a defender" and that they "take turns between them". where are the opponents. We do not run to chase our opponents. "
So, do not say that you have not been warned of future stylistic challenges." We know what we have done before and that in football nothing is impossible if you really work hard ", said Ludwig Augustinsson to the press.
Like Switzerland, Sweden has worked in this direction." It's something we've built over the past two years and we believe completely in what that we do, "said Larsson." We show time and time again that we can make the task difficult for any adversary we meet. We work hard and we feel very comfortable doing it. "
Sweden has not reached the last eight since 1994. Switzerland has not been a quarterfinal since 1954. One of these droughts will end on Tuesday.
] Baby watch
] Sweden's Andreas Granqvist may be a bit worried because his wife, Sophie, is due to give birth to their second child in Sweden on match day, and it will cross his fingers that perhaps the calculations of doctors were off or that the baby has other ideas about the birth that day.
"It's hard to go home when we have a game of 16" told reporters. "So far, nothing happened at home. We know how is the situation – my wife is very strong and she has a lot of loved ones around her. "
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The Swiss Embolo returned home for the birth of his child but he is back with the team, although it does not start [19659021] When: Tuesday, 10 am
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What's next
The winner plays the England-Colombia winner in the quarterfinals at 10am on Saturday at Samara (Fox).
[Here’s the full bracket and schedule]
Eq. Profiles uipes
Sweden
- Previous results: South Korea beaten, 1-0. Lost in Germany, 2-1. Mexico defeated, 3-0
- Best result of the World Cup: second place, 1958.
- Notable: It's the 50th match of the World Cup of Sweden, making it the 11th team with as much. Only Mexico played more World Cup matches without winning the tournament.
- FIFA World Ranking: 24. ELO World Ranking: 17.
Switzerland
- Previous results: Drew with Brazil, 1-1. Serbia defeat, 2-1. Drew with Costa Rica, 2-2
- Best World Cup: quarter-finals, 1934, 1938 and 1954.
- Notable: Eleven of Switzerland's last 14 goals in World Cup were scored in the second half -time. Four of his five goals came in the second half
- FIFA World Rankings: 6. ELO World Rankings: 11.
Players to Watch
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