England skipper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196 believes that the Three Lions will beat Sweden in their next Group D match on Friday given they play at the same level as they did against France, and insisted his team are not shrinking with fear to take on the Swede’s
luminary striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029.
Roy Hodgson’s side managed to reduce the in-form Les Bleus to a 1-1 draw on Monday to kick-off their Euro campaign on a positive note. Even though the English goal was peppered with multiple attacks by the French attackers time and again, their defence stood
firm throughout the second half to deny Laurent Blanc’s team the winning goal.
With the chances of qualifying for the quarterfinals at stake, both the teams will be desperately eying a win, with the fixture carrying even further importance for the Blue-Yellow, who lost their opener against co-hosts Ukraine on Monday.
Even though Gerrard was wary of the fact that Sweden won’t be an easy pushover for England, he was confident that given they place at the same level as they did against France, they will get the better of their opponents on Friday.
He told the reporters in an interview, “They’re a good side, but they’re not http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899. If we reach the same level of performance, it should be enough for a victory.”
“I’m really happy with the start we’ve made to this tournament. I’m confident we can get to four points after this game.”
However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
The AC Milan player is considered as one of the best finishers in the world currently, and scored 35 goals for the Italian club in the previous season.
Nevertheless, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 skipper revealed that his side have done their home work as to how to deal with the sturdy striker, but threw a word of caution towards them against overlooking the other strengths of the Swedes.
He added, “On his day, he [Ibrahimovic] is very dangerous… but he’s not the only player they have. They get a lot of crosses in and are very dangerous.”
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