Articles tagged with "sweden"
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 17th, 2006
Sweden could well be without Juventus star Zlatan Ibrahimovic against England in Tuesday’s World Cup match because of a groin injury. Darn!
The lanky striker ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 16th, 2006
It is always fun to see how countries respond to poor perfomancees in the World Cup. Some take it with a stiff upper lip, ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 15th, 2006
You could almost hear the sigh of relief over Stockholm when Freddie's superb header went in. Well, if it wasn't for the chearing.
Despite tonight's ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 15th, 2006
Freddie Ljungberg’s stock as a Calvin Klein underwear model no doubt rose an inch or two this evening as he headed in the winner in ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 15th, 2006
The first half has been a roller-coaster of emotions. At times I thought we were going to concede, and then, five mutes from time when ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 15th, 2006
Tonight's match is being dubbed as a "Make or Break match" by many Swedish fans here in Sweden. Many so-called expert commentators are putting their ...
Posted on: Paraguay World Cup Team Blog by Daniel | Jun 15th, 2006
That is what Coach Ruiz said in his last meeting with the press. He also affirmed that Paraguay had troubles getting into the last game ...
Posted on: Paraguay World Cup Team Blog by Daniel | Jun 14th, 2006
Contrary to what he did in the last game, Coach Ruiz had announced the starting line-up of the Paraguayan team for the match against Sweden. ...
Posted on: Paraguay World Cup Team Blog by Daniel | Jun 14th, 2006
Finally we will see the traditional colors of the Paraguayan team tomorrow when our team faces Sweden in Berlin. We need to remark than in ...
Posted on: Paraguay World Cup Team Blog by Daniel | Jun 14th, 2006
The FIFA had announced yesterday the referees tha had been nominated to direct the game between Paraguay and Sweden next Thursday in Berlin.
The main referee ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Nicke | Jun 13th, 2006
I have arrived to Berlin after some terrible days in Dortmund without internet access. In Dortmund there was alot of Swedish fans but thay ...
Posted on: Paraguay World Cup Team Blog by Daniel | Jun 13th, 2006
After reading Jon’s blog (the Sweden team bloger) concerns about the Swedish chances to advance in this World Cup, two things came to my mind: ...
Posted on: Paraguay World Cup Team Blog by Daniel | Jun 13th, 2006
Knowing that a defeat in the next match against Sweden means the end of the World Cup for the Paraguayan team, Coach Ruiz is training ...
Posted on: Paraguay World Cup Team Blog by Daniel | Jun 13th, 2006
The Paraguayan FA had denied the access to the practice field to all the Swedish journalists. The friction between Paraguayan players and the Swedish press ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 12th, 2006
Did anyone else notice that Freddie Ljungberg and Zlatan Ibrahimovic didn't exchange a word with each other during Satuday's match? It looks to me as ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 12th, 2006
Spare a thought for Anders Svensson. The Swedish press have really laid into the lad since Saturday.
Sure, I'm not the biggest Svesson fan and, personally, ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 11th, 2006
My Icelandic brother-in-law told me today "Sweden are basically out of the World Cup."
He was being deadly serious.
"If you don't beat Paraguay it's all ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 11th, 2006
While I was out refereeing some high level youth matches, you were most likely watching some of the world's best footballers. I did a ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 11th, 2006
Want to see Shaka perform heroics? Want to relive the moment when Glen's shot hit the crossbar? Of course you do - enjoy the agony ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 11th, 2006
I'm still too excited to form coherent sentences on the first attempt, and the final whistle blew almost seven hours ago. Nonetheless, here's my match ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 10th, 2006
Rami Shaban was my Man of the Match. The 30-year-old former Arsenal keeper came in at short notice, replacing the injured Isaksson, and played a ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 10th, 2006
I think it's important to focus on a couple of positives that came from today's match when it comes to our play: It's NOT all ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 10th, 2006
First things first: Congratulations to Trinidad and Tobago who held on for a courageous draw despite playing the whole of the second half with ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 10th, 2006
One hour to kickoff!
Are you ready? Are you wearing something red and have a bandana to wave to the sweet, sweet sounds of soca music? ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 10th, 2006
Way back in March (how time flies when you're obsessed) I posted my first installment of the Soca Warriors' Supporters Handbook. The emphasis was on ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 10th, 2006
There are just a few hours left until Sweden take on Trinidad & Tobago tonight in Dortmund, Germany, in their opening match of the 2006 ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 10th, 2006
I've revised my initial selection for a T&T starting XI against Sweden.
My new formation takes into consideration Dog's injury, Beenhakker's decision not to use ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Jon | Jun 10th, 2006
With expectation rising, it's now only a matter of hours ahead of our opening match against Trinidad & Tobago. The major talking point has to ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Jun 9th, 2006
T&T defender Marvin Andrews will miss our game against Sweden on Saturday, and is in doubt to start against England on the 15th.
Dog has ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Jun 9th, 2006
It's to laugh, really. You know a team is desperate to find an edge when you read stuff like this: "We know how ...
