Sweden became the best in its group in the group stage, ahead of Spain, Slovakia and Poland. Ukraine came only third in their group, but they continued that because they were one of the top three.
Sweden is the favourites before the match Which starts at 21.00 tonight. Many believe that Sweden will win. Ricard Henrikson is a football expert at Radiosporten. It is believed that Ukraine were one of the worst teams in the European Championship so far. He says Sweden is a better team.
Sweden really has a great position, against what I think so far has been one of the weakest teams in the whole European Championship – Ukraine. They won a match, which was against North Macedonia. Weak against the Netherlands, even worse in the last group game against Austria. Richard Henrikson says Sweden is better than Ukraine.
The match will be held in Glasgow, Scotland. Therefore, there will not be many Swedish fans in the place. It’s because of the quarantine rules in Scotland. Swedes traveling to the country must be quarantined for 10 days. Therefore, perhaps only Swedes who actually live in the UK attend the match. The same rules apply to fans from Ukraine.
Swedish TV reporter He met Swedish fans after the match in St Petersburg, Russia, last week. They are disappointed they can’t go to Scotland and watch the Round of 16 tonight.
But won’t there be Swedish fans in Glasgow?
– No, they can’t get there. It’s impossible…or yes, if you’re in quarantine, but you don’t have time to watch the match anyway.
How do you feel then?
– very sad. Now that it’s really exciting here, you can’t join in and see it. We want to see all the matches we can. So this is very boring.
Here’s what two Swedish fans had to say To Swedish Television, SVT.
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