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Football games are quite often described as trend-setting. It is almost every game pointing the way. Finally, the situation of a club is always reassessed after each game. The game in the course of the European Championship qualifier on Sunday between Sweden and Norway, in which a forecast is extremely explosive, can almost no longer be described as trend-setting. It has a decisive character.
In the qualifying Group F, the starting point is as follows: Spain is the front runner without any loss of points, lonesome, and Malta and the Faroe Islands are only one point supplier, Romania has at least some residual chances left. The bottom line is that everything is about a duel between the Scandinavian nations for second place.
The Swedes currently have the lead with ten points ahead of the Norwegians (eight points). With a home win in Stockholm, the lead could be extended to five points and the hosts would be very close to the finals in a year. On the other hand, Norway have the chance to jump with a triple on their part to the coveted second place.
So it’s done for a thrilling and emotional duel on Sunday evening at prime time at 19:45. The Slovenian referee Vincic has the difficult task of leading the 90 minutes. If these are just as dramatic as in the first leg, he’ll get some work done.
In the 3: 3 in Oslo, there were seven cards, six goals, a penalty and two goals in injury time. Boredom does not threaten this duel. In addition, both national teams are in good shape. Sweden won 4-0 on Thursday in the Faroe Islands and Norway shot home 2-0 against Malta at home.
Sweden:
The fact that the Swedish national team is not to be underestimated, know the German football fans at least since the preliminary round-out at the 2018 World Cup. The Northern Europeans then moved despite the last-minute defeat against the DFB selection as a group winner in the second round and beat there Switzerland 1-0. Emil Forsberg became a national hero.
Only England slowed down the dream run of the “Tre Konor” in the quarterfinals then. Now a new start has been made into a big tournament and so far Coach Janne Andersson can be very satisfied with the performance of his team. Ten points after five games are absolutely satisfactory. The only bankruptcy in Spain, which is to get over.
In the seventh minute of injury time, the Sweden could still take the victory in the first leg against Norway, which is why the game on Sunday so important. Otherwise, the quality would be almost in a dry towel. At least one draw is needed to keep the direct competitor at bay.
But Andersson made it very clear that his team will play for victory. No wonder, after all, the offensive is also very prominent and a defensive formation hardly possible. BVB loan Alexander Isak is in a good mood and scored twice against the Faroe Islands.
Also the Mainz Robin Quaison entered the scoresheet. He is in the front line alongside the experienced Marcus Berg, who now earns his money in Krasnodar. Another well-known name from the Bundesliga is ex-Hamburger Albin Ekdal, who pulls the strings in midfield.
Sebastian Andersson of Union Berlin travels to BVB with a lot of self-confidence and good form to the national team. In defense, Victor Lindelöf of Manchester United holds the back four together, which has worked only partially. There missing with Ludwig Augustinsson of Werder Bremen a real stabilizer.
With a goal difference of 12: 7 was usually spectacle offered when the blue and yellow were on the lawn and it is not surprising that between Sweden and Norway, a tip on the odds for “on goals” seems interesting.
Norway:
The Norwegian national team has, in the last decade, gone, frankly, in the no man’s land of European football. It was unthinkable for the national team to qualify for a final round again. The last major tournament was the EURO 2000. But these unsuccessful years could soon be over for the 58th in the FIFA World Ranking.
Coach Lars Lagerbäck, for whom Sweden is facing a very special match against his “own country”, has a very talented and young squad who is still at the beginning of his development. The head of this new generation is Martin Odegaard, former Century Talent of Real Madrid.
At the age of 20 he is currently making his breakthrough in La Liga with Real Sociedad and wants to take on more responsibility in the national team. In addition, there is the still one year younger Erling bride Haland, who flourishes right at RB Salzburg. He scored a sensational eight goals in his last five league games for the Bulls.
At his side, Joshua King storms from AFC Bournemouth. At 21, Sander Berge from KRC Genk is another talent. The midfielder scored on Thursday the important 1-0 against Malta, making it the can opener to the mandatory victory against the football dwarf. After this duty should follow the freestyle.
A threesome in Sweden is the goal, but it should be at least one point win. With a defeat, the dream of the first major tournament after two decades would probably be over. The whole nation is looking forward to the Scandinavian duel. In such an important game especially the experienced players are needed, which also exists in the squad.
Especially on the defensive some names from the Bundesliga are known. Havard Nordtveit of the TSG Hoffenheim is the defensive boss, in the goal is Rune Jarstein of the Hertha BSC. These actors have the task of taking responsibility and leading the young team. Only if this works, then between Sweden and Norway, a forecast in the direction of the guests possible.
Sweden vs Norway head to head matches
26.03.19 EUR Norway Sweden 3 : 3
13.06.17 FI Norway Sweden 1 : 1
08.06.15 FI Norway Sweden 0 : 0
14.08.13 FI Sweden Norway 4 : 2
08.06.05 FI Sweden Norway 2 : 3