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However, coach Nielsen says before the second serious fight: “Sweden were already the favourites by 90%. Now, they have increased by a little – but they have not won yet.” Nielsen will have to improvise with formations and substitutions. After all, with Rachel Kiwich and Iozha Igbogon, only two of the players who were in the starting line-up against Portugal were affected by gastrointestinal issues.

The recipe for victory will be known

Surprisingly, the Swedes themselves came up with an idea of ​​how to defeat Sweden: the label on the collar of the traditional yellow and blue shirt is not an ordinary label.

It reads in large blue letters: ‘How to stop Sweden’ and several pages detail how the Scandinavians prefer to act both defensively and offensively, before each player in the 23-man squad is given a brief on their following strengths and weaknesses.

Almost invincible

Then you say, for example: “Try to push the Swedish players to the sidelines and make them aggressive.” Or: “Whatever you do, don’t let Stina Blackstenius get the ball in the penalty area.”

However, this does not make the task easier for the national team, as shown by a look at recent past events: in the past two years, only Canada managed to defeat the Swedish team in the final of the Olympic Games in Tokyo.