Continuity sometimes doesn’t always mean that a team will play great football and achieve success.Lagerbäck has been Sweden coach since 2000 when he jointly coached the team with Tommy Söderberg, and then given the sole responsibility to handle the team since 2004.He sure did not do well at the last world cup making certain blunders [...]

I don’t know if we should read much into these FIFA rankings, i never do because the teams that are sometimes ranked higher ends up the most disappointing.
Nigeria was Africa’s highest ranked team before the cup of nations in Ghana started and they ended up one of the worse teams in that tournament.In our case [...]

Hello Swedish football fans,i want to welcome you all back to the Sweden team blog.It has been a long time since the last writer left and now i take over as the team is preparing for the Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.
I have also made my gaming blog www.gamegist.blogspot.com the official Team Sweden blog.
As [...]

Do you have a passion for Sweden football? Do you like to write and to share your opinions? Are you already fired up and excited for the 2010 World Cup? We’re looking for someone to captain this blog. This is not a paid position, but you will be rewarded with an [...]

In the cold light of day I’ve had a good think about our performances and players at the World Cup: here are my closing Top 10 thoughts about Sweden’s World Cup adventure and the future.
1. Lars Lagerbäck is not the man to manage Sweden from now on. Three victories in four major tournaments is not [...]

So we’re out. What is it the poet T.S. Eliot said: “not with a bang but a whimper” (The Waste Land).
That pretty much sums up our performance this evening.
Isaksson was class this evening but the rest of the team barely turned in a performance they could hold their head up after. I do think [...]

1. Sven-Göran Ericksson doesn’t know how to use substitutions
2. Matias Jonson isn’t much of a defender
3. Anders Svensson’s days in the national squad are numbered
4. Kim Källström has the appetite and attitude for the big match
5. Isaksson still flaps at crosses and shots from outside the box.
6. Frank Lampard is not the midfield dynamo he’s [...]

Let’s sort the details out first. Sweden meet England in the clash for Group B’s top spot this evening. With both teams undefeated, the winners will top the group and go on to face the second placed team in Group A – either Ecuador or Germany.
If the match between the two European sides is a [...]

The coverage of the World Cup in Stockholm and Sweden this week provided an insight into the workings of the Swedish psyche. In the face of adversity Swedes self-destruct, and lash out at their leaders. But when things go right, everything is perfect - even if it really isn’t. Hmm.
In the run-up to the Paraguay [...]

Looks like Lars Lagerbäck is developing a new tactic to put the opposition off: kissing female supporters