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Uefa European Championship
Date: Mon, 13 June 2016,
Venue: Stade de France – Saint-Denis
Republic of Ireland vs Sweden Euro 2016 Match Preview
Sweden has appeared in the European championships five times, when in 1992, they hosted the event and lost to Germany in the semi-finals. they haven’t performed well four years back in Euro 2012 also when they unpredictably lost to Ukraine (2-1) and England (3-2) and made an early exit. But, during the grand event of football which is about to begin in a couple of hours in France, PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be carrying loads of hopes and opportunities of Sweden. Ibrahimovic till date has scored 19 international goals while playing for Sweden in the Euro qualifiers. He has also become the 15th player in the history of the game to score 50 or more goals in the UEFA club competition. Moreover, Ibrahimovic has six goals from their last three matches along with Ronaldo of Portugal. Sweden has qualified for the Euro championships by beating Denmark in the playoffs and stood third in their Group-G. They played 10 matches, winning five, drawing three and losing two. They have also played 10 friendly to prepare for the big tournament, winning 4 matches against Ivory Costa, Iran, Finland and Wales in the last match. Sweden lost to Finland, in the return leg and also to Turkey. And played draw with Norway, Estonia , Czech republic, and Slovenia.
Republic of Ireland made their first debut at the 1924 Summer Olympics and reached the quarterfinals. They further reached the quarterfinals of the 1964 European championship and lost eventually to Spain. Their coach of that time, Jack Charlton took Irish team to their most successful era, during that time and they reached the 6th place, their highest-ever rankings in August 1993. Next, they qualified for the 98 Euro championship, which was hosted by West Germany, in their first appearance. In 1990 FIFA World cup which was hosted by Italy, the Irish team made to the quarter finals where they faced loss against the host, Italy. This was the first time when they have made through the last 16 in a tournament. Under their new coach Mick McCarthy, they further made to the knockouts of 2002 where they lost to Spain in penalties, later also qualified for EURO-2012, but on a narrow margin, basic couldn’t qualify for 2010 world cup. They finished third behind Germany and Poland to qualify for the EURO-2016, after winning 3–1 aggregate win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the playoffs.
Republic of Ireland vs Sweden Team news:
Republic of Ireland: Martin O’Neill is hopeful to the most that Robbie Keane and James McCarthy will be playing in the starting lineup despite calf and hamstring injuries, respectively. Both are under observations and decision will be taken few hours before the start of match only. While Stoke’s striker Jonathan Walters has returned at the training sessions on Saturday even after an Achilles problem.
Sweden: Chances are very less of midfielder Albin Ekdal in the starting lineup, even after recovering from a deep cut which is suffered at his back in the May month and may not be fully fit.
Republic of Ireland vs Sweden Possible Line-up:
Probable line-up Ireland: Randolph; Coleman, Keogh, O’Shea, Brady; Walters, Whelan, McCarthy, Hendrick; Hoolahan; Long.
Probable line-up Sweden: Isaksson; Lustig, Lindelof, Granqvist, Olsson; Durmaz, Kallstrom, Hiljemark, Forsberg; Berg, Ibrahimovic.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be the star to watch in the match with 19 goals in his tally for Sweden during the qualification process. Ireland has a glorious past in the history of the tournament. Robbie Keane who is Ireland’s current leading goal scorer registered his third hat-trick against Gibraltar in the second qualifier. Thus, Ireland won over Gibraltar in 30 years.