Football. ua presents the announcement of the World Cup match between Sweden and South Korea.
Group G, 1st round, June 18, 18:00, Sochi, Fisch Stadium.
Broadcasting the match on Inter.
Immediately two top teams - the Netherlands and Italy - did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup, and the Swedish national team. Yellow-blue in the group ahead of the Dutch, and in the playoffs did not let the Italians in the middle.
The Koreans also finished their second qualifying group (in the third round of the Asian selection) in second place, having passed ahead of Iran, but ahead of Uzbekistan, China, Qatar and Syria.
The last time these teams met in 2005, after spending two draws of friendly matches.
To confront with the Asians, Swedes are suitable without losses in the composition. All players are healthy and ready to help their national team. Also, the coaching staff of South Korea should not have problems in selecting players.
This month, the teams preparing for the World Cup, held five matches for two, and scored in them 1 goal. The Swedes completed their duels with zero draws (against Denmark and Peru). Korea lost to Bosnia 1: 3, Senegal lost 0: 2, and with the Bolivians played at zero. Judging by this, the scoring extravaganza should not be expected from the teams.
Approximate compositions:.
Sweden: Olsen-Lustig, Lindeleph, Granquist, Augustinson-Claesson, Larsson, Ekdal, Forsberg-Toivonen, Berg South Korea: Kim Son Gu-Lee Yong, Kim Min Wu, Chan Hyun-soo, Pak Chu-ho-Lee Sun Woo, Ki Son Yong, Chung Wu Yong, Lee Jae Son - Hwang Hee Chang, Song Hyun Min Interesting facts:.
- the most devastating victory in the history of Sweden - 12: 0 against South Korea at the 1948 Olympics.
- Sweden did not win in the last four matches before the World Cup.
- the last time Sweden lost in the group stage of the World Cup in 1990 (3 wins, 6 draws).
- South Korea won only one of the last nine meetings at the world championships (H3, P5). That victory over Greece (2-0) is the only match without conceding goals from the last 12 on World Cup.
- Korea 12 out of the last 13 goals in the Mundials scored in the second half.
forecast 1: 0.