[Football] Sverige vs Slovensko, Hrvatska vs Česká

[Swansman]

Sweden vs Slovakia and Croatia vs Czech Republic. I'm thinking England - Scotland will have its own thread.

Two interesting games. Croatia vs Czech Republic should be entertaining as well. Sweden vs Slovakia probably wont be, but important for both teams.

 

[peterward]

I'm in a score predictor league on the uefa site, and these 2 games are pretty hard to call, either could be draws or narrow wins for either team, closely matched. Going 1-1 Croatia Czech Rep, Sweden Slovakia still can't decide between 1-0 Sweden or 1-1??

 

[Bombardier]

Croatia to sneak it 2-1 and Sweden 2-0

 

[Swansman]

I'm in a score predictor league on the uefa site, and these 2 games are pretty hard to call, either could be draws or narrow wins for either team, closely matched. Going 1-1 Croatia Czech Rep, Sweden Slovakia still can't decide between 1-0 Sweden or 1-1??

Yeah I wish I knew... Sweden should be a little bit better than Slovakia though, would go with the 1-0.

 

[peterward]

Yeah I wish I knew... Sweden should be a little bit better than Slovakia though, would go with the 1-0.

Leaning towards the Sweden win because of Alexander Isak, he's class. A brilliant young player with a big future.

Would love him here, but never gonna happen

 

[Swansman]

Speaker on the stadium revealing the Swedish lineup while practising many hours before kickoff... muppetarian.

Same starting eleven so not the biggest deal but not very professional.

 

[JetsetJimbo]

Pedants corner: Actually Česko, because Czech is weird like that (the endings of words change a lot, it's a bit of a nightmare to learn)

 

[schmunk]

Speaker on the stadium revealing the Swedish lineup while practising many hours before kickoff... muppetarian.

Same starting eleven so not the biggest deal but not very professional.

Unless it is a cunning ruse...

 

[WATFORD zero]

Speaker on the stadium revealing the Swedish lineup while practising many hours before kickoff... muppetarian.

Same starting eleven so not the biggest deal but not very professional.

Or using the previous team selection for practice ?

You've started early this morning, a little something to calm the nerves

 

[Hugo Rune]

Leaning towards the Sweden win because of Alexander Isak, he's class. A brilliant young player with a big future.

Would love him here, but never gonna happen

Perfect signing for us.

He’ll get a move this summer as he seems to be on £20k per week at a fairly average club.

We could easily triple that and pay Real Sociedad £25m but I don’t think that would be enough.

 

[peterward]

Perfect signing for us.

He’ll get a move this summer as he seems to be on £20k per week at a fairly average club.

We could easily triple that and pay Real Sociedad £25m but I don’t think that would be enough.

I'd love it if we went for him, but you're right, someone further up the pyramid will go for him, especially with a few more good euros performances for Sweden.

And as Darwin Nunez and Nicolas Gonalez show, choice of Albion or A.N other european club and he aint coming here

 

[Swansman]

Listening to the Swedish reporter describing the Russian covid regulations... pretty impressive tbh. Sounds very, very strict.

 

[vagabond]

I'd love it if we went for him, but you're right, someone further up the pyramid will go for him, especially with a few more good euros performances for Sweden.

And as Darwin Nunez and Nicolas Gonalez show, choice of Albion or A.N other european club and he aint coming here

Yeah I agree. Sadly players of his caliber will have his pick of top clubs in Europe. We can’t compete.

 

[vagabond]

For me the biggest interest in these games is the performance of Croatia. Before England played them, there was a fair amount of respect for Croatia as technicians, as a team, and of course some stand out midfielders.

After we beat them “they were poor”, “on the decline”, “not as good as the Czechs”.

I’m not sure that is the case, I think people have taken for granted Englands win. And I think likewise the Scots have overplayed the Czechs.

I would be quite happy to see a thumping win for the Croats later.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Yeah I wish I knew... Sweden should be a little bit better than Slovakia though, would go with the 1-0.

What happened to Zlatan?

 

[Swansman]

What happened to Zlatan?

Injured his knee in one of the last Milan games unfortunately. Not very serious but serious enough to miss the tournament.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Injured his knee in one of the last Milan games unfortunately. Not very serious but serious enough to miss the tournament.

Gutted.
What was the general feeling when it was initially announced that he was making a comeback?

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

This game is dull. Too bad there's no Zlatan to score with a backheel from the halfway line or something. Actually just Zlatan standing in the centre circle staring at people imperiously would be more entertaining than this game ao far.

 

[Swansman]

Gutted.
What was the general feeling when it was initially announced that he was making a comeback?

That it was fun and quite surprising. Some people moaned about him not being in the qualifiers or being too old, but when he is fit he is still a top class player and I think Swedes should enjoy the few more times we'll see him in the national team. I hope he sticks around until Qatar 2022, he'll be 41 by then but age doesnt seem to be a problem for him (though his body might disagree).

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

That it was fun and quite surprising. Some people moaned about him not being in the qualifiers or being too old, but when he is fit he is still a top class player and I think Swedes should enjoy the few more times we'll see him in the national team. I hope he sticks around until Qatar 2022, he'll be 41 by then but age doesnt seem to be a problem for him (though his body might disagree).

That was what I thought might happen. I love Zlatan, absolute beast of a player.