Swedish victory tonight can mean a place in the quarterfinals of the European Championship in football in Switzerland. And considering both history (eight wins in eight meetings) and world ranking, much speaks for three new points to Sweden, which defeated Denmark with 1–0 in the premiere while Poland fell with 0–2 against Germany.
But the blue and yellow players take nothing for granted before tonight's clash at Swissporarena in Lucerne.
I think Poland stood up very well against Germany during the first half. They minimized the Germans' scoring opportunities and actually created some really good scoring opportunities throughout the match, says Sweden's center back Magdalena Eriksson.
27th in the world
Sweden is ranked sixth in the world. Poland is in 27th place. But such things do not always mean so much. In the spring Nations League matches, Sweden met Wales (30th in the world) and lost points in both matches.
Sweden's right winger Johanna Rytting Kaneryd assures that they will not underestimate the Polish team.
It's deadly to do that, says the Chelsea striker.
Wales is perhaps also on paper a worse team than what we are and we had a very hard time winning then. So no, underestimation is not present in a championship. It will not be an easy match.
"Tired in the end"
To get the tempo up in the match will be a key for the Swedish part. Patience is another.
You noticed that they got tired in the end, and when Germany turned up the tempo they got tired. I think we should take that with us, that we should play at as high a tempo as possible from minute one, says Magdalena Eriksson.
We must keep the highest tempo we can and move the ball as quickly as we can. Because that's when we're at our best.
