Football. ua presents the announcement of the match 1/4 finals of the 2018 World Cup between England and Sweden.
June 7, 1/4 finals, Samara, Samara Arena, referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands), start of the match at 17:00 England, Sweden, Croatia and Russia - one of these teams will definitely hit the final, and hardly anyone before the start of the tournament expected similar. The British have an excellent chance for the first time since 1966 to reach the World Cup final and they will do everything possible to get to the main match of the tournament. The last time in the semifinal, one of these teams was in 1994 - then Sweden for a step before the final lost to Brazil. The British in the semi-finals were in 1990.
In the 1/8 finals of the current championship, representatives of Great Britain went to the Colombian national team and, in addition, managed for the first time in their history to win a series of penalties in the World Cup. The fight that caused a storm of indignation among fans of the national team from South America because of the work of a judge from the United States, Mark Geiger. However, to say that England looked in that match worse than Colombia can not. They were more with the ball, more attacked and possessed the initiative.
The Swedes played their match 1/8 finals against Switzerland and, unlike the English, managed to win in regular time. In this match, the Swedes played without the main midfielder Sebastian Larson, who was serving a disqualification and could help against the British. But at the same time, disqualification for the match against England earned Mikael Lustig. While in doubt are Albin Ekdal and Jimmy Durmaz, who have minor injuries, but the coaching staff hopes for their help.
Match with Colombia for England ended with a large number of damaged players. After the match, talked about Kane, Allie, Vardi and Yang. Most likely, only Jamie will not be able to take part in the match with the Swedes. It is also expected to appear at the start of Rose instead of Yang. Disqualified from England, no, but Walker, Henderson, Lingard and Loftus-Chick can skip the semi-final if they get the yellow in this match.
Approximate compositions:.
Sweden: Olsen - Kraft, Lindeleph, Granquist, Augustinson - Claesson, Larsson, Ekdal, Forsberg - Toivonen, Berg England: Pikford - Walker, Stones, Maguire - Tripye, Alli, Henderson, Lingard, Rose Caine, Sterling Interesting facts:.
- the third time the teams will meet in the world championships.
- England only once won the Swedes in the official match (8 attempts) - at Euro 2012.
- Sweden three times out of four attempts, have overcome the quarterfinals.
- Harry Kane scored on the World Cup 2018 as many goals as the entire national team of Sweden.
- Sweden scored 11 of the last 14 goals in the mundials in the second half of the matches, including 5 of 6 at the 2018 World Cup.
- Robin Olsen can set a Swedish record for dry matches (now three).
- England only two times out of eight has overcome a stage of 1/4 endings.
- Kane can set a record for the number of goals for the England team in one tournament.
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