Monday, November 17, 2008

Holland v Sweden preview

Sweden's national side will take on Euro 2008 quarter-finalists Holland on Wednesday looking for a win.
These two met in a Euro 2004 Quarter-Final tie, with the Dutch winning on penalties in Faro. Since then Sweden have become more tighter. Coach Lars Lagerbäck will use Wednesday's game as a test for his side, who are 5th in their World Cup qualifying group with 5 points.
Lars Lagerbäck has called up Elfsborg's Johan Wiland as 2nd keeper to Andreas Isaksson of Holland's PSV. Helsingborgs's Henrik Larsson is set to make his 102 appearance for Sweden and there is a place for Christian Wilhelmsson, who has been playing for Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia. Viktor Elm is also in the squad after helping Kalmar win their first Allsvenskan title earlier this month.

Squad:
Goalkeepers:
Andreas Isaksson (PSV), Johan Wiland (Elfsborg)

Defenders: Behrang Safri (Basel), Petter Hansson (Rennes), Daniel Majstorović (AEK Athens), Olof Mellberg (Juventus), Andreas Grandqvist (FC Groningen), Mikael Nilsson (Panathinikos), Fredrik Stoor (Fulham)

Midfielders:
Daniel Andersson (Malmö), Viktor Elm (Kalmar), Samuel Holmén (Brøndby), Kim Källström (Lyon), Sebastien Larsson (Birmingham City), Christian Wilhelmsson (Al-Hilal), Rasmus Lindgren (Ajax), Petter Andersson (FC Groningen)

Forwards:
Marcus Berg (FC Groningen), Zlatan Ibrahimović (Inter Milan), Henrik Larsson (Helsingborgs), Marcus Rosenborg (Werder Bremen)

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