Updated 07:58 | Published at 07:52
AUCKLAND. Sweden made a first inspection of Eden Park before the quarter-final against Japan.
Now Fifa is forced to rearrange the furniture in front of the Swedish substitution booth – as a camera is considered to be in the way.
– I perceived it as partially obscuring the bench, announces press officer Fredrik Madestam.
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Before the quarter-final match against Japan at Eden Park, Fifa is forced to move a camera that obscured the Swedish team’s view from the bench. Confederation captain Peter Gerhardsson and the staff came to this during the first inspection of the arena. Gerhardsson believes in strong resistance from Japan, but says he believes in a Swedish victory by adapting the game and taking care of all “one-on-one” situations .
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According to an employee from Fifa, the camera platform has been placed in the same place in connection with previous matches at Eden Park in Auckland.
When Peter Gerhardsson and the rest of the management staff studied the arena, they quickly realized that it would be difficult to get a proper overview of the pitch from the substitutes’ bench.
The national team captain appeared to be discussing the problem with staff from Fifa.
previousfullscreennextSweden remarked on a camera platform (the blue one on the left) as they inspected the match arena.
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– They were going to move it back until tomorrow, I understood that, says Fredrik Madestam, the national team’s press officer.
full screen This is how the camera has been positioned in previous matches at Eden Park during the World Cup. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/AP
Great focus will be required during the meeting with Japan, a team that has impressed so far in the championship. At the press conference, Gerhardsson explains that a completely different opposition awaits compared to the eighth against the USA.
“Can be won”
– We face much more two-footed, nimble players now and we have had to analyze every part of the team. I think we currently have a pretty good plan for how we will behave and have faith that we will be able to win tomorrow, says Gerhardsson.
full screen Peter Gerhardsson was not happy with the camera’s placement. Photo: Pontus Orre
– But it is a flexible team. It will be these one-on-one situations that will be most decisive and above all stop their passing game. You have to have an acceptance that you may not win the ball in the first, second or third press, but you may have to work even harder. But it is possible to win against them in one-on-one situations.
How important is it that you partially adapt your game to Japan?
– It is important. Sometimes it can also be the case that, depending on when you see the starting line-up, as we did against the USA, that you can mark one more player. Then it has some consequences for some other things. Now you can think about who we did it with… There are a few details like that. I think flexibility is much more interesting in football now, both for myself and when you meet teams. That it is so different.
check Sweden meets Japan in the quarter-finals – the match is played on Friday at 09.30
2023-08-10 05:53:57
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