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Sunday, June 10

Match 8 - Sweden Vs Ukraine



Ukraine hosts Sweden in their Euro 2012 opener. Ukraine will be hoping to show godd performance in front of their home crowd whereas Sweden will try to fight for a quarter-final place.


Sweden

World FIFA Ranking: 17

Last Five Matches

Sweden 2-1 Serbia
Sweden 3-2 Iceland
Croatia 1-3 Sweden
Bahrain 0-2 Sweden
England 1-0 Sweden
     Probable Line-up

Isaksson

Lustig - Mellberg – Granqvist – M. Olsson

Larsson - Svensson - Källström- Wilhelmsson

Ibrahimović (c) - Elmander


Probable Match Winner

Zlatan Ibrahimović
The captain of the team, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, is the key man for Sweden in this European tournament. With 28 goals this season for Milan, he is in top form and is in the best phase of his career. Ibrahimovic is the top goal scorer for Sweden in the current squad and is sixth among the top goal scorers of Sweden.

Ukraine

World FIFA Ranking: 52

Last Five Matches

Turkey 2-0 Ukraine
Austria 3-2 Ukraine
Ukraine 4-0 Estonia
Israel 2-3 Ukraine
Ukraine 2-1 Austria   

Probable Line-up

Pyatov

Khacheridi - Kucher – Selin – Shevchuk

Tymoshchuk

Husyev – Rotan – Nazarenko

Shevchenko(c) - Milevskiy

Probable Match Winner

Andriy Shevchenko
The all-time top goal scorer Andriy Shevchenko is the key man for Ukraine in Euro 2012. Shevchenko will be captaining the side and will try to increase his goal tally, which is currently 43. Ukraine is playing in debut European tournament and that in front of the home crowd. All hopes will rely on this legend of the team to produce some good results.

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