Sweden is still living a dream and despite having ‘killed’ two of the favorites along the way, they have no time to celebrate. Two games left to make history and the Scandinavian team has good feelings.
Nathalie Bjorn And Johanna Rytting Kaneryd joined SPORT And Iberian press They said they “have world class players” with Spain ahead of the World Cup semi-finals.
“The team is feeling very good, we had a rest day and we are ready.” bjorn. “I’m enjoying every minute. We are a very special group, it was seen in our win against the USA as a team. We eliminated very strong teams like the USA and Japan and that gives us extra strength.” trust,” he added. canaryd. “It’s been a great journey so far and we want to keep going, we’re really looking forward to this game and we’re confident.”
Experience, advantage
One of the advantages Sweden has is experience, as they were bronze in the last World Cup, silver in the Tokyo Olympic Games and semi-finalists in the Eurocup. And the bar for Spain has so far been in the round of 16 (World Cup) and quarter-finals (Euro).
“I don’t know if the experience will yield positive results, I hope so. We’ve been through all that already. We’ve been through the semifinals. We went to overtime, we went to overtime. We played a lot of penalties. We know we can win in different ways and that can only add up”, he pointed out. canaryd. AND bjorn He recalled the last Eurocup semi-final in which they lost 4-0 against England: “It gave us a lot of experience, now we came to the World Cup knowing how to play in the semi-finals. Nobody in the team wants to go. Going back to feeling what we felt last year made us even stronger, We’ve been playing together for a while and now we’re a better team.”
admiration for Aitana
Both and this serves as a small example of what the entire Swedish team thinks in general, expect a very even duel. “Favorite? I don’t know… who?”he thought between laughter bjorn, “I think 50-50. It’s a game similar to what Japan has to offer us, a team of very high quality players who have the ball very well and want to have the ball.”
“Spain is a great team, there are top-notch players in all areas,” he said. canaryd“Many of their players play for Barça and they just won the Champions League, so in a way they have that experience too. They have the amazing Aitana, we’ll have to keep an eye on her.”. AND bjorn “He’s their best player. He’s very young and has a great future ahead of him, but he’s already among the best in the world, without a doubt.”
Keys
To win “we know what we have to do and we’re going for it.” There is no magic recipe but there are some keys to take control of the helm and take out the opponent. “We will have to apply aggressive pressure up front, we cannot leave the ball to them for long and if we manage to keep the ball in our hands we may have a lot of chances.”analyzed canaryd“We’re going to have to play the same way we played against the United States and Japan, because I think Spain is like a mix of the two. They want to hold their position and seek fluent circulation with fast engagements, but also a physical team like the Americans.”
“We are also ready for anything. Extra time, penalties… Everything. We want to win very much… We’re going match by match. Now it’s Spain time and we don’t think much more.” said bjorn. Of course, don’t stop dreaming. “I was talking to my family the other day and they told me they put our matches on big screens in Gothenburg. Everyone in Sweden sees and supports us. It’s like the whole country is playing with us here. And being in the final means everything to me, something that makes every minute we work to get here meaningful.”
Source: Informacion
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