Sweden Vs Russia, Winner faces Netherlands in quarterfinals

June 18th, 2008 | by: Andrew | Comments Off

Sweden vs Russia today on espn 2:45 et(20:45 euro). In order to advance to the quarterfinals we must at least tie. This will put us in a tiebreaker with russia which we would win due to our goal differential against them. Russia is playing to win,as thats the only way their going to advance. We must play solid defense and dominate the midfield as we did in our previous matches. Our fate is in our own hands. We decide our future and hopes. We must play smart and tactical. If we play the same as we did in our first two games, we should have no problem defeating russia. The lineup stays as is:
Squad list
Goalkeepers
1 Andreas Isaksson »
12 Rami Shaaban »
13 Johan Wiland »
Defenders
3 Olof Mellberg »
4 Petter Hansson »
5 Fredrik Stoor »
14 Daniel Majstorovic »
15 Andreas Granqvist »
23 Mikael Dorsin »
Midfielders
2 Mikael Nilsson »
6 Tobias Linderoth »
7 Niclas Alexandersson »
8 Anders Svensson »
9 Fredrik Ljungberg »
16 Kim Källström »
18 Sebastian Larsson »
19 Daniel Andersson »
21 Christian Wilhelmsson »
Forwards
10 Zlatan Ibrahimović »
11 Johan Elmander »
17 Henrik Larsson »
20 Marcus Allbäck »
22 Markus Rosenberg »