What: European Championship premiere in football, group C.
Where: Stade de Genève, Genève, Switzerland.
When: Friday at 18.00.
Conditions: Sweden's premiere match can very well be decisive for the entire championship. Victory and you are halfway to the quarterfinals, as Poland is expected to become the group's whipping boy. Defeat and it will likely require a win against world three Tyskland in the last round if Sweden's European Championship is not to be over already after the group stage. Only the first and second in the group advance.
Opposition: Sweden has already met Denmark in two competitive matches this year, both in the Nations League. It has resulted in double blue and yellow victories, most recently with a whole 6–1 at Strawberry arena a few weeks ago. But the Danes, with Swede Andrée Jeglertz as national team captain, should not be underestimated. For the Swedish defense, it is mainly a matter of keeping an eye on Bayern München star Pernille Harder.
Rolfö's status: On Thursday, there were positive messages about Sweden's perhaps biggest star, Barcelona's Fridolina Rolfö. Rolfö stays in the European Championship squad despite her foot injury. The day before the premiere, she did her first training with the national team since she injured herself in the Nations League match against Denmark at the beginning of June. She is unlikely to play the premiere, but the hope is that she will be able to participate later in the European Championship. As a result, Matilda Vinberg, who traveled to Switzerland as a reserve, has been sent home.
Silent minute: After Liverpool star Diogo Jota's death, the European Football Association has decided that there will be a silent minute before Thursday's and Friday's European Championship matches.
Sweden, possible starting eleven (4–3–3): Jennifer Falk – Hanna Lundkvist, Nathalie Björn, Magdalena Eriksson, Jonna Andersson – Filippa Angeldahl, Kosovare Asllani, Hanna Bennison – Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, Stina Blackstenius, Madelen Janogy.
Rest of the squad: Tove Enblom (mv), Emma Holmgren (mv), Smilla Holmberg, Amanda Ilestedt, Amanda Nildén, Linda Sembrant, Rebecka Blomqvist, Lina Hurtig, Sofia Jakobsson, Fridolina Rolfö, Ellen Wangerheim, Julia Zigiotti Olme.
National team captain: Peter Gerhardsson.
Denmark, possible starting eleven (3–4–3): Maja Bay Østergaard – Isabella Obaze, Stine Ballisager, Katrine Veje – Janni Thomsen, Emma Snerle, Kathrine Kühl, Sara Holmgaard – Amalie Vangsgaard, Signe Bruun, Pernille Harder.
Rest of the squad: Alberte Vingum (mv), Kathrine Larsen (mv), Frederikke Thøgersen, Karen Holmgaard, Emma Færge, Rikke Marie Madsen, Sara Thrige, Josefine Hasbo, Sanne Troelsgaard, Sofie Bredgaard, Cornelia Kramer, Nadia Nadim.
National team captain: Andrée Jeglertz.
