Preview: Sweden vs. England

June 20th, 2006 | by: Peter |

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England vs. Sweden, Cologne, 21:00 CET
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THE BIG PICTURE
England enters with 6 points and has secured a spot in the knockout round. Sweden has 4 points and with one more point they are assured of a spot in the final 16. Sweden have a 38-year unbeaten streak against England and streak that dates back 11 matches. England last defeated Sweden in May 1968, 3-1 in London. Sweden won their last meeting 1-0 in March 2004. Sweden will likely be without strike Zlatan Ibrahimovic who is nursing a sore groin. England right back Gary Neville also is expected to miss this game.

Teams: Likely formation; shirt numbers, names, caps, goals, coach

Sweden (3-5-2):
1-Andreas Isaksson (40-0); 3-Olof Mellberg (66-2), 4-Teddy Lucic (83-0), 5-Erik Edman (39-1); 6-Tobias Linderoth (60-1), 7-Niclas Alexandersson (89-7), 9-Fredrik Ljungberg (59-13), 21-Christian Wilhelmsson (31-2), 16-Kim Kallstrom (36-4); 20-Marcus Allback (58-23), 11-Henrik Larsson (91-35) Coach: Lars Lagerback

England (4-4-2):
1-Paul Robinson (23-0); 15-Jamie Carragher (26-0), 5-Rio Ferdinand (49-1), 6-John Terry (26-1), 3-Ashley Cole (48-0); 7-David Beckham (91-16), 8-Frank Lampard (42-11), 4-Steven Gerrard (44-8), 11-Joe Cole (34-5); 10-Michael Owen (79-36), 9-Wayne Rooney (30-11) Coach: Sven-Goran Eriksson

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Bidemi

I wish Ibrahimovic could start. I hope Sweden wins, so we can see a Germany v England 2nd round.
avenue

Sorry Bidemi, I hope England wins… I love English team and I always keep my fingers crossed for them… :)
Thomas

I’m really unsure about this game. I hope England comes out strong and finally dashes our fears of their inability to finish, and Sweden’s defense crumbles a little. We’ll see though, I’m looking forward to the game.
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bobbio

I normally support Sweden but I love Trinidad and Tobago even more.
Thus:
GO ENGLAND!
Nauf

Los dos equipos dieron muy buen partido, me impresiono el gol de Cole, mi favorito sin lugar a dudas Inlgaterra
Sumit

I am a nutral!, I support neither. So here goes the frank assessment of the match from a neutral perspective. It was a well fought match. The quality of the match was very high. It was a treat for the big soccer fan, me! England’s defence sucked. After Joe Cole’s mesmeric start and domination in the first half, both he and england started showing a poorer performance in the second half.

Is the english team so fallible. In the world of soccer where the fight is not over till the 93rd minute, will a team that seems trigger happy after the first half win??????????
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ENGLAND!!!

WOOOOO!!