lig. Focus on winning over Portugal, but taking complete control of the Netherlands match.
Sweden has a plan in place to deal with the information and to act if the situation becomes critical.
A decisive factor in the second half, says Jonah Anderson.
Win or draw and Sweden will be ready for the quarter-finals.
The goal is to win the match against Portugal, the players and the leaderboard know what’s in the pot.
– We know we can get out if we lose. But we can’t think of anything else but to deliver the best possible performance, says Stina Blackstenius.
The focus will be on the match itself, but you cannot protect yourself from what is happening between Switzerland and Holland.
In the stands in Lee, 20 km west of Manchester, national team analyst Anders Ericsson will receive information about the development of the match in Sheffield.
If warranted, goalkeeper coach Leif Troydson will have the information off the bench and Peter Gerhardson In turn aware of the situation it requires.
“You don’t need to know every situation, especially in the first half,” Gerhardson points out.
Players will focus mainly on the team game, but the match may end up in a situation where they have to bet on the results.
I think it’s important that we just focus at the beginning of the game and maybe in the first half on our game and do what we have to and not get too nervous based on their playing style. So, for sure, that’s a crucial factor in the second half or early on when we feel we need to be a little more desperate, so as a player you may need to have some sort of information, says Jonah Anderson.
How much guidance do you want on how things go in the second game?
– Maybe not how it goes in the second game but based on what we have to do on the field. Linda Simbrandt replied that he should come and they would be responsible for it.
If Sweden needs to force or close the match, Peter Gerhardsson will try to get the message across. The match is played in a smaller arena and has fewer Swedish fans, 1300 vs 2600, so it will be easier.
– Hopefully, if there is information that becomes important to the players, they will take it out. It’s not always easy to get a message across, says Peter Gerhardsson, but we’ll give it a try