Write-up by Audrey Nolan
Several European teams are obtaining prepared for the up coming qualifying spherical which is going to be held this next weekend. Portugal and Sweden are going to play this Saturday October 11th and while Portugal recovers their all star player Cristiano Ronaldo, Sweden on the other hand, has lost virtually half of their top rated players because of injuries.
The match is heading to be held at the Rasunda Stadium, in Sweden, exactly where the neighborhood team has only misplaced one particular game in ten decades.
Portugal, which is portion of the UEFA Group 1, at present is at the 4th location of the group with three factors after beating Malta 4-. However, following that they have been beaten at property by Denmark three-2. The three teams in the group placed previously mentioned Portugal are Denmark, Albania and Sweden, all of them with four factors following two video games.
“From right here on in it is going to be difficult and we can’t drop any much more video games like we did in opposition to Denmark,” mentioned Ronaldo “I can assure you we’ll be seeking for three factors in Sweden,” he added. “I want us to play our typical game and make the Swedes defend and result in them headaches…”.
Ronaldo was a question since he underwent an ankle surgical treatment soon after the Euro 2008. In Portugal lineup, there are some essential players lacking too. Deco, who plays with Chelsea, has a torn muscle and can not play. Midfielder Maniche, winger Simao Sabrosa and central defender Ricardo Carvalho are also sidelined with injuries.
Even so, for Sweden the picture is even even worse, Strikers Henrik Larsson and Markus Rosenberg, defender Olof Mellberg, and midfielders Christian Wilhelmsson, Tobias Linderoth and Anders Svensson are out of the crew because of to injuries as nicely.
On the other hand, for UEFA Group five in the qualifying round, there are a lot of concerns about injuries as well for the games of this weekend. For the Spanish coach, Vicente del Bosque, the mayor concerns are Sergio Ramos and Andres Iniesta who had the two leg injuries. Nevertheless, there are also some very good news for the staff, some of the players that had been injured are now back, such as Carles Puyol, Carlos Marchena and Raul Albiol, and some others are anticipated to be back again later on.
Del Bosque is thinking about on generating some other alterations in the midfield since two of the gamers are sidelined. But soon after all, they are very assured with the perform that the team has been doing considering that they consider that they can not be playing much better than correct now and that they are targeting the most important title. Spain is dealing with Estonia this coming Saturday and they are organizing to do their finest at this game.
Xavi Hernandez also expressed that he is happy with the staff, “With out a doubt, we all really feel far more appreciated, far more important across the world. We just required to win something,” Xavi mentioned. “Myself, personally, I sense greater ready, more powerful.”Some other teams are getting ready as well, considering that most of the second round qualification matches are going to be held in the course of the weekend. Certainly this will be a really enjoyable weekend and we will be anxious to see the outcomes.
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