Sweet at the bottom, end this evening the round of 16 of Euro 2020: after the afternoon match between England and Germany, all 21 at Wembley, London, they face off Janne Andersson’s Sweden and Andriy Shevchenko’s Ukraine, in the last knockout match before the quarterfinals. The winner will face the England-Germany winner in the match on Saturday 3 July at 9 pm at the Olimpico in Rome. The two national teams reached the final stage with surprises, but in a very different way: Sweden convinced and won Group E ahead of Spain, Ukraine suffered and qualified for the broken cap as third in Group C, behind Holland and Austria. In addition to the former Rossoneri Ballon d’Or on the bench, a lot of Italy on the pitch, despite the absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic: on the one hand the Juventus player Dejan Kulusevski and the Dorian Albin Ekdal, on the other the Atalanta Ruslan Malinovskyi. Also beware of Isak and Yaremchuk, revelations of the tournament so far.
STATISTICS AND BACKGROUND – Fifth meeting between Sweden and Ukraine, with the only victory for the Nordic team in a friendly match in August 2011: otherwise a draw and two wins for the team from Kiev.
OFFICIAL FORMATIONS:
Svezia (4-4-2): Olsen; Lustig, Lindelof, Danielson, Augustinsson; S. Larsson, Olsson, Ekdal, Forsberg; Kulusevski, Isaac.
Ukraine (4-3-3): Bushchan; Karavaev, Zabarnyi, Kryvstov, Matviyenko; Sydorchuk, Stepanenko, Zinchenko; Yarmolenko, Yaremchuk, Shaparenko.
