There are few places I like better than Iceland. This is a magic island. I have many friends and old colleagues here. And one of my best friends in the world.
This time I am just passing through for a transfer, but I always feel joy when I arrive to to Reykjavik. The first time I came here it was to play handball, the national sport of Iceland.
Naturally the nature is amazing, the volcanos, geysers, waterfalls, the wide land.
But the thing that is best with Iceland is the people. Icelandic people are just great people.
And Iceland is pretty good at football also.
Sweden beat South Korea 1-0 on the first game of World Cup 2018. It was the first Swedish victory in an opening game of a World Cup since 1958. A very important win.
It was our Captain, defender Andreas Granquist, that scored the goal on a peanlty in the second half after a VAR decision. Sweden was the best team out of the two and we had 4-5 open chances to score before the import st goal. Now we play Germany on Saturday. If Sweden wins, we are trough. And Germany is out. And yes, we do miss Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Today Sweden play South Korea at Nizhny Novgorod Arena in the first round of the 2018 Soccer World Cup in Russia.
After Mexico beating champions and favorites Germany 1-0 in the same group yesterday, this will be a decisive gane for both teams.
If we win today, we play Germany on Sunday. If Sweden wins we are through, and Germany is out….
Sweden will be desperate to get their first World Cup finals campaign for 12 years off to a winning start.
Our coach Janne Andersson has a team tha lacks real star power without Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but it has formidable organisation and a team spirit got them to Russia at the expense of Netherlands and Italy. We also have ‘the next one’, Emil Forsberg. A former Malmö FF player.
Forsberg – for the moment playing in Germany – will be a star in Premiere League next season. Remember where you read it first…
Today Forsberg will beat South Korea.
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