Group D Preview- Sweden

Sweden always seem to qualify for big competitions but they never go too far, like neighbours Denmark did when they won EURO 92 in Sweden. Larsson's return out of international retirement and Zlatan Ibrahimovic's return to match fitness are two poistives to a side coached by Lars Lagerback who employs a british style 4-4-2 formation. their main problem lies in the lack of creativity in midfield will be counteracted by a pacey and up tempo game against opponents who like to play possession football. If Larsson and/or Ibrahimovic hit form anything can happen..

PROS:
1)Good striking options with the likes of Allback and Rozenberg coming off the bench
2)Solid and compact midfield
3)The group is not the hardest

CONS:
1)A lot of injury and fitness worries (Ljungberg, Ibrahimovic)
2)Larsson has been playing in a low level back home in Sweden
3)No midfield creativity apart from maybe kallstrom
4)Ageing squad, slow defence


Goalkeepers

1 Andreas Isaksson
12 Rami Shaaban
13 Johan Wiland

Defenders

3 Olof Mellberg
4 Petter Hansson
5 Fredrik Stoor
14 Daniel Majstorovic
15 Andreas Granqvist
23 Mikael Dorsin

Midfielders

2 Mikael Nilsson
6 Tobias Linderoth
7 Niclas Alexandersson
8 Anders Svensson
9 Fredrik Ljungberg
16 Kim Källström
18 Sebastian Larsson
19 Daniel Andersson
21 Christian Wilhelmsson

Forwards

10 Zlatan Ibrahimović
11 Johan Elmander
17 Henrik Larsson
20 Marcus Allbäck
22 Markus Rosenberg