HAMILTON, New Zealand: Sweden will be refreshed and ready for Sunday's (Aug 6) tantalising tie against holders United States in the Women's World Cup last 16, coach Peter Gerhardsson said after his second-string side reached the knockouts with a clinical win over Argentina. Rebecka Blomqvist's second-half
HAMILTON, New Zealand: Sweden will be refreshed and ready for Sunday's tantalising tie against holders United States in the Women's World Cup last 16, coach Peter Gerhardsson said after his second-string side reached the knockouts with a clinical win over Argentina.
"I think we will have many fresh players on Sunday, both in the starting 11 and the finishing 11," Gerhardsson, who made a sweeping nine changes for the Argentina match, told reporters. Sweden and the US will meet for the sixth World Cup in succession and the seventh time overall when they battle for a quarter-final spot in Sydney.
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