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The two teams arrive at a crossroads in a state of general optimism and with the feeling that they face a unique opportunity: that of to present itself in the semifinals of 39: a World Cup something that the Swedes have played Four-do not receive for 24 years (in the United States 94) and English -present in two- for 28, in Italy 90. [19659002] Although a priori the potential of English is greater than that of the Swedish team, coach Gareth Southgate and his players have expressed caution in front of a team that puts highlighting their experience and their defensive strength.
In the eighth-final against Colombia, in a tense and abrupt match, the "Three Lions" were able to recover before the goal of the "coffee" central Yerry Mina in the last moments of the game , they had chances during the extension, then they found their hero in the goalkeeper Jordan Pickford authored a superb stoppage of the final penalty of Carlos Bacca .
From this game, with the added tension of time, several players have arrived, such as midfielder Dele Alli, side Ashley Young and front Jaime Vardy and Harry Kane the latter the top scorer of the World Cup with six goals (three penalties).
All seem able to return to being of the game, with the exception of Vardy, who entered the second half in the second round and is the main issue of a muscular problem in the groin. Southgate will probably repeat its eleven gala, with the trio of powerhouses formed by Ian Walker, John Stones and Harry Maguire; Ian Walker and Ashley Young as corridors; the midfielder for 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 away for his third parternidad.
Before the imminent birth of his second daughter, Swedish captain, Andreas Granqvist, announced that he would not abandon Sweden. , who arrived in Russia after defeating Italy in the play-offs and went to the knockout stage after finishing first, ahead of Mexico in Group F, where she fell from the competition Germany, which has been proclaimed world champion by fourth four years ago, in Brazil
began to win by the minimum to South Korea (1-0) to Nizhny Novgorod, precisely with the penalty goal of Granqvist, in the One of the first games in which the video arbitration system (VAR) played a vital role; before falling in the 95th minute in Sochi against Germany (1-2) and certify first place by winning Mexico (3-0) clearly in Yekaterinburg.
Prioritizing the group against individuality, Sweden eliminated in San Petersburg with a goal from their most talented player, Emil Forsberg, in Switzerland. Beginning to escape the shadow of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who left the national team two years ago and enjoys the World Cup to take a pinch by promoting a well-known bank card.
To face the team of "Three Lions", the Swedish coach, Janne Andersson, loses his right-back, Mikael Lustig, for the accumulation of cards, but recovers half Sebastian Larsson, who, for the same reason, did not play against the Swiss.
The Lustig post will probably be occupied by Emil Krafth; and we can expect Larsson to return to the eleven, to the detriment of Gustav Svensson in Saturday's match in Samara, where temperatures should be a lot lighter than in the middle of this week, when they have approached 40 degrees.
– Probable Alignments:
Sweden: Olsen; Krafth, Lindelöf, Granqvist, Augustinsson; Claesson, Ekdal, Larsson, Forsberg; Berg and Toivonen
Coach: Janne Andersson
England: Pickford; Trippier, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Young; Lingard, Henderson, Delle Ali; Sterling and Kane
Coach: Gareth Soutgate
Arbitrator: Björn Kuipers (HOL).
Stadium of Samara Arena. 18:00 (14:00 GMT / 22:00 VEN).
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