Match Day Thread Italy vs Sweden

Well done Sweden, strong Scandinavian presence in Russia.

 

Cough....'come on you Republic of Ireland...'

 

According to Sky DB, it was 1958

 

That's England, France, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Sweden, Iceland, Switzerland, Portugal, Serbia, Poland, Spain, and Russia, just need to decide RoI or Denmark for the final spot from Europe..The WC is on the horizon...

 

The year Sweden, the hosts, lost to Brazil in the final - probably the last times Wales reached the finals.

 

What odds on Zlatan coming out of International retirement.

 

Probably wouldn't score though.

 

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuucking get in there!

Horrible game to watch, awful.
But so worth it in the end!

 

Is that you Syd?

 

Indeed, come on Ireland. Denmark are our rivals.

 

Fantastic stuff. I imagine BCC is crying in a corner somewhere.

Just need the Republic to pull it off now (though I don' mind Denmark).

 

I quite like Denmark.. Top totty on the beaches around Copenhagen and the Carlsberg aint a bad brew.

 

Your stock will certainly rise with quips like that GLP

 

Well done Sweden, did an Italian defensive job on the Italians.

 

A baffled Janne Andersson dismissed talk of former captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic coming out of retirement to re-join Sweden after the country qualified for the 2018 World Cup at the expense of Italy.

"This is incredible! This player [Ibrahimovic] has just stopped to play with Sweden one year and a half ago and we are still here talking about him," Andersson told reporters post-match.

"Gosh, we need to talk about the great players we have in this team I believe."

On the match itself at San Siro, Andersson added: "What I wanted to say was that this was the demonstration that our collective acted like this during the whole length of the play-offs.

"We have many heroes tonight. I am a bit moved but obviously very happy with the result."

"When Ibrahimovic was here with us we played a different style of football," he continued. "Considering that he has decided to leave international football, he is a great champion, but we had to adapt and found another style."

That said he'd be hard to say no to...

 

Out of interest Stockholm, are you Swedish? I always just assumed you were from Hull but living out there.

 

It'd be great if he announced he was coming out of retirement only for him to not get picked for the squad.

 

I'm from Hull originally PLT. The posh part of Hawthorne Avenue.

I'm still first and foremost an England fan in international football but I've been here so long now I've found myself saying we as offer as they when talking about Sweden (often in the same sentence).

Beside a WC is always more fun when the local team's involved.

 

Must have been Anlaby Road end then.