lig. The UEFA Cup semi-final against the host country England awaits.
Hedvig Lindahl says Bramal Lane is home to Sweden these days.
– naturally! The goalkeeper says, We are now in the north of England.
After the victory over Belgium, it is clear that Sweden qualified for the EC semi-finals.
And now awaits hosts England, who ousted Spain at the AMEX stadium in Brighton that day.
– Cruel. I think the most difficult thing we will face in this tournament. He supported them on their home ground and the way they played, says Caroline Seeger, and hopes to be ready to play by then.
It’s the kind of thing you dream of trying, even if you have an audience against you. Just enjoy.
The captain thinks the pressure is all on Sarina Wiegman’s gang.
We’re not the ones putting pressure on us, it’s England. They can play as much as they want, we just have to play football and trust our football, says Seeger.
When asked what it means for the match for an opponent to get two extra days off, she replied:
– Then they have more pressure on them.
Lindahl: “I wish all northerners…”
Hedvig Lindahl is looking forward to the match at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. Sweden played the first two matches in the group stage on the scene.
It’s really nice to play against the host country and their fans. “I think it will be a fun battle in the stands between the Swedish and English fans,” Lindahl says.
– I hope we can do everything we can to win the match. It is our home domain after all.
Do you think it is your home land now?
– naturally! We are now in the north of England. I hope all the northerners who aren’t football fans will see something in us and follow us… No, but it’s going to be a great match for sure.
“I want to hear the silence”
Swedish fans getting tickets isn’t much compared to home support. Something that makes Lindahl think of the Olympic quarter-final against Brazil at the 2014 Olympics.
– We had the whole Maracana against us. Then you don’t have any pressure on yourself, all the pressure ends on the home team. The goalkeeper says it’s just a matter of letting them lie on them and we’ll lead.
– You would like to hear the silence of the English fans. Swedish fans are encouraged to shout and shout if it goes our way.
Lindahl agrees that the pressure is on England.
Because they have land in the house, and two more days from us and the crowd behind them, she says.
What do you think they get two extra days off?
– That’s what it is, you have to accept it. I’m not the organizer of the big tournaments so I don’t know if you could plan it any other way but for now it is. We have to make the situation better. We don’t have to travel to the other side, so that’s fine for us.