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 [...]

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 [...]

You could almost hear the sigh of relief over Stockholm when Freddie’s superb header went in. Well, if it wasn’t for the chearing.
Despite tonight’s victory, it mustn’t be forgotten that Paraguay pushed us all the way and could have won if it wasn’t for a few fine saves from Isaksson. Indeed, for most of [...]

Freddie Ljungberg’s stock as a Calvin Klein underwear model no doubt rose an inch or two this evening as he headed in the winner in this evening’s World Cup Group B match against Paraguay.
With only one minute of ordinary time left, Ljungberg sent Swedish fans wild as he scored Sweden’s first goal of the [...]

The first half has been a roller-coaster of emotions. At times I thought we were going to concede, and then, five mutes from time when Zlatan was one-on-one with the keeper I was convinced he was going to score.
The critics have been proved right thus far: it’s been a nervy contest with both sides [...]

Tonight’s match is being dubbed as a “Make or Break match” by many Swedish fans here in Sweden. Many so-called expert commentators are putting their money on a draw, though.
Looking at the coverage you can see that pressure is mounting on Lars Lagerbäck and his players.
What with ugly spats between players in the dressing [...]

I have arrived to Berlin after some terrible days in Dortmund without internet access

My Icelandic brother-in-law told me today “Sweden are basically out of the World Cup.”
He was being deadly serious.
“If you don’t beat Paraguay it’s all over.”
In a moment of weakness I could see what he meant.
“But with Källström in the team things will be different,” I said, not sure if I believed this myself entirely. [...]

Rami Shaban was my Man of the Match. The 30-year-old former Arsenal keeper came in at short notice, replacing the injured Isaksson, and played a blinder.
He was confident, came for the ball on crosses, pulled off a couple of superb saves and looked like he belonged between the posts for the entire match.
Despite Isaksson’s [...]

First things first: Congratulations to Trinidad and Tobago who held on for a courageous draw despite playing the whole of the second half with 10 men.
The Soca Warriors fought extremely hard after defender Avery John picked up the first red card of the tournament after a couple of dreadfully naive tackles and they deserved [...]