short pants. Training leave and spa for Swedish players.
Then Portugal sharpened the tactical details before meeting Sweden.
All teams have their own ways of preparing, says Portuguese striker Carolina Mendes.
On Friday morning, Portugal’s players joined in on one of all the plans at Manchester City’s massive training facility.
Some minor injuries but no big question marks before meeting Sweden.
Portugal also held a training session on Thursday and is due to be on Saturday morning before kick-off on Sunday.
The Swedish national team management chose a different path.
The day after the match against Switzerland, the players who did not participate at all or did not participate in the match conducted intensive training, while the starting players did rehabilitation.
On Friday, she was completely free from training in the blue and yellow band. In recent days, those who want to enjoy and relax in the luxury hotel spa.
– It’s good to be able to relax a bit, both physically and mentally, after a couple of games. Think of something completely different, do something completely different. We have this environment we’re walking around in and it was fun to have someone else happen, says the goalkeeper Hedwig Lindahl after the visit.
“We don’t care what Sweden does…”
When Sportbladet showed Carolina Mendes a spa photo from players’ social media of Stina Blackstenius and Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, the Portuguese forward smiles.
– Joanna! She played with Olivia (Shoff), too, says Carolina Mendes who played for Djurgarden 2016.
Do you think you are more prepared for more soccer practice?
All teams have their own ways of preparing. If their coach thinks the spa is best for the team, that’s fine, for us to be on the field and doing the best we can to prepare, says Carolina Mendes and continues:
– We don’t care what Sweden does, we just focus on Sweden. After tomorrow, I think we’re ready to meet Sweden, she says.
“we will be back”
You’ve scored more goals than Sweden, four against three, is that an advantage for you?
– It’s a really good number, but at the moment I don’t think the number of goals is very important because we need to win this game, for Sweden a draw is enough.
After the match against Switzerland (2-1), the Swedish national team talked about the importance of finding their relationships on the field, in order to be more synchronized.
When asked what it feels like to only wear one exercise to find the keys, left back Jonna Andersson replied as follows:
There isn’t a lot of time to train but it’s not because we didn’t play that match but we just need to feel and take back the game we know we can. Can we see it in footage or practice it, I think we’ll be able to take it with us to the last game.