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For Malmö, the double situation comes logically. Both Traustasson and Antonsson have worked their socks off with little to show for it. Midfield sub Lewicki is a smart player who can help anchor the centre, forward sub Strandberg offers a muscular no-nonsense approach to goal.
The Chelsea fans, in their corner behind Johan Dahlin’s goal, are starting to make their voices heard. The Malmö fans got off to a strong start, on the back of two quick corners within the first minute. But I have a feeling that the decibel battle will be heavily in the home team’s favour.
Chelsea, like all English clubs, have had a busy schedule over the winter months. Malmö? Well, they’ve been a lot less busy. They played their last match of the Swedish league season more than three months ago on 11 November. The last competitive match was the win against Besiktas in Istanbul on 13 December that secured progress from the group. Since they have only played a few friendlies. So while Malmö’s match form is doubtful, they have fresh legs and have had a whole winter to focus on this Chelsea tie.
Malmö’s forward duo of Markus and Marcus (Rosenberg and Antonsson) only started playing together last summer, but quickly formed a fruitful partnership. Antonsson, scored the goal at Besiktas that got Malmö through to this knock-out tie with Chelsea. Should Markus and Marcus need help in finding the target tonight, Carlos Strandberg could be one of the first bench players that Uwe Rösler calls on.
When I spoke to Sweden keeper Andreas Isaksson about Italy, he was full of praise for Friday’s opponents. ”Above all, they’re disciplined. They have many skillful players, so it will be a tough match. They beat Belgium which shows that they are a complete team. We need to be ready for everything. They are good at creating spaces and finding room behind the backline. But they could also try to hurt us in other ways. So we need to be alert”, said Isaksson.
With one point in the bag after the Group E opener against the Republic of Ireland, Sweden are still a few points away from a place in the knockout stage. ”We’ll go for a win. There’s nothing else in our minds”, concluded Isaksson ahead of the Italy encounter.
Erik Hamrén (continued):
After their goal we get things together more the way I was wanting us to. We pass quicker, we make better use of moving the ball from one side of the pitch to the other, we make better use of our left-back Martin Olsson. It is also from that side that many of our second-half chances are created.
Erik Hamrén (continued):
They (Republic of Ireland) did a good job of disturbing us, making it difficult for our back-four, winning first and second balls. That’s how they created the chances they did in the first half. In the first half in particular, our own attacking play was not good. But full cred to Ireland for how they kept us under pressure, not giving us time.
45 minutes to go before Sweden and Wales kick off here at Friends. We already know the Swedish starters. Should get both lineups any minute now.
45 minutes to go before #swewal kicks off here at Friends. We already know the #swe starters. Should get both lineups any minute now.