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Originally Posted by Jager
Sweden is a victim of their recent success. What do I mean? They are reliant on an injured Zlatan, and they don't have much else. Larson is aging, and they have no fullbacks that can rush, and no creative midfield.
Russia on the other hand are playing nice football. Beautiful passes, creativity and well set up goals.
Sweden's recent resurgence I think is over.
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I'm not sold, I don't think Sweden have been successful at all. It was clear from the outset they had an old team with few players in their prime. They just got lucky that Greece were probably the worst team of the tournament (probably between them and Poland) and the win there made them seem better than they were.
Against Spain they did little but defend, a couple of chances off the cuff but you'd expect that. Their goal v Spain came from a mistake from Ramos and a poor attempt to save from Casillas...
Russia deserved it, Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko link up phenomenally and Zhirkov is amazing going forward, he might be a little bit too gung-ho but he's got a peach of a left-foot. The Russian RB is a beast as well, ran so much and was pretty fast.
Akinfeev I'm not sure about. His distribution looked fantastic and his shot-stopping seems good but he's a bit weak in the air, doesn't really look imposing either (although maybe that's compared to his defence
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I'm not sure whether they'll be able to beat Holland or not, but there should be some good football and goals on show.