While the
activities of the European Supplement witnessing separator in the European
qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil four different and exciting
encounters, confrontation between the Portuguese national team and the Swedish
attract lion's share of the attention of observers of this Appendix.
The
confrontation between the teams attract greater importance as a struggle
between two teams to the qualification card which will decide the fate of the
two great stars of the absence of one certainly for the Brazilian World Cup.
This
confrontation drive with any of the attackers Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan
Ibrahimovic to the finals while will exclude the other to deprive the upcoming
World Championships of one of the most prominent stars in the world of charming
round over the past years.
Icelandic
team can also blow surprise and book his place in the finals if it used that
passes by the Croatian team at the moment and ousted it from the European
Supplement and stepped on it account to the finals for the first time in
history.
Going round matches in the European Supplement Will
be held on Friday, where Croatian team will meet Icelandic team and the French
team will travel to Ukraine and Portugal hosts Swedish team and Greek team
stalks with Romanian team, then round second leg matches will be held next
Tuesday, the golf teams competition.
While the
world awaits the face of exciting matches between the national teams of
Portugal and Sweden, charming round lovers feels in a state of anxiety and
sadness because of this confrontation will result in the absence of a big star
in the World Cup Brazil remains a question that baffles everyone is whether the
absence of will be of share of Ronaldo or Ibrahimovic?.
Eric Hamrén
the artistic director of the Swedish national team said: “Ronaldo and
Ibrahimovic for players they can add to the power of their teams and each can
achieve win-win for his team. But I am confident that Zlatan is who will lead
our team to victory ."
According Ibrahimovic,
who suffered in the past from a knee injury, the Swedish team is better than
his Portuguese counterpart with the card to qualify for the World Cup.
Ibrahimovic
Paris Saint-Germain striker said: “Portugal is perhaps the strongest candidate
in light of the attributes of the team and players , but we have qualified for
the extension by occupying second place in the group of the German national
team qualifiers European, and we deserve to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil
more than the Portuguese national team ."
Paulo Bento
Portuguese coach said: "in front of the Swedish team, we will deal with
the game in the form that fits this situation. With confidence and respect for
our opponents, and more than anything, with the sheer conviction in our ability
to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil."
While this
confrontation would deprive major teams to reach the finals, has resolved the
face of other obscure team qualified for the finals which Icelandic team at the
expense of his Croatian counterpart.
The Swede
Lars Lagerback Icelandic coach: "one of the greatest things in the world
of football is that you have the opportunity always to win ... not likely strongly in any mass other
sport to succeed team from the third division to overcome the rival first-class,
this does not occur in handball, basketball or ice hockey, but it could happen
in football.”
The coach
Lagerback led the Swedish team to the 2002 World Cup and 2006 also led the
Nigerian team in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
If the Icelandic
team succeeded in crossing the hurdle his Croatian counterpart, may become
Iceland, which has a population of 320 thousand people, only the smallest
country up team to the World Cup throughout history note that the smallest
country arrived team to the World Cup in the past is Trinidad and Tobago and
this was in the World Cup 2006 in Germany.
Croatian
coach Niko Kovac led, who took over from the coach article Igor Stimach after
the end of the march of the team in the first group qualifier European occupy
second place behind team Belgian , a lot of pressure for being a candidate
strongly to book a berth despite the degradations of the vibration level during
the playoffs .
The Croatian
Luka Modric midfielder for Real Madrid: "We know we did not play well, but
we have the chance to qualify for the World Cup Brazil. It would be a great
success for the Croatian national team.”
And doubts
hovered about the participation of fellow striker Ivica Olic Bayern Munich in
this upcoming game today to suffering from a calf injury (calf muscle). While
colleague Daniel Brani_ the Greek team Panathinaikos star declined about to
retire from international football to fight this confrontation in front of
Iceland in the Appendix.
And coach
Didier Deschamps, coach of the French national team reincarnated specialist
figure in psychoanalysis during the upcoming discussion of the face for his
team against Ukraine , which starts today through the first leg at the Olympic
Stadium in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
Deschamps said:
"We are in a state of challenge and conflict. There is no room for doubt;
we cannot feel nervous or anxious. Higher level associated with strength and
sincerity in performance."
In the city
of Piraeus, the Greek team hosts his Romanian counterpart today before they
visit him next Tuesday forth in the capital Bucharest to the conflict on
another card of this supplement to the finals.
The
Portuguese coach Fernando Santos for the Greek team said that players will not
play for themselves or for the team but for the whole nation as Greece
continues to suffer from the economic recession and high unemployment rate. Santos
explained: “my motivation and incentive players are Greece. Want the happiness
of the Greek people." The Romanian team also looks forward to qualify for
the finals for the first time since 1998.
