England vs Sweden A True Test England vs Sweden A True Test

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Fresh from their surprise 1-0 victory over the world champions, England take on Sweden tonight in what could prove to be a sterner test than they had on Saturday. There was little expectation on England to beat the Spanish, which allowed them to play a compact anddefensive game, even though they were the home side. Tonights game is completely different, smarting from a victory over the world champions, expectations will be as high as ever, with public demand calling for a more expansive andattacking game.Sweden are a good footballing team and not to be easily underestimated with individual players  E'Twaun Moore Jersey who can hurt this England side, most notably Zlatan Ibrahimovic (who has 5 goals in 7 games in Serie A this season) and proved this withtheir own surprise victory in their last competitive game, after beating the Netherlands 3-2 at home ina Euro 2012qualification match and without the help of their talisman Ibrahimovic, who should be back for tonights game.Personally,Iwas pleased with Englands performance against Spain. It was a great show of defensive capabilities and discipline, which has proven to work against teams like Spain or Barcelona, most notably the last team to knock Barcelona out of the Champions League, Inter Milan, who played in a similar way to England and were well received back in Italy. It also showed adaptability, to the situation and the opponents which is something that is nece sary if England are going to win a major tournament. But tonight England will be under pre sure to take the game to a decent Swedish side and this could lead to Englands undoing.Po sible Starting line-ups:England: (4-4-2) Hart, Walker, Terry(c), Cahill, Baines, Walcott, Rodwell, Barry, Downing, Zamora, SturridgeSweden: (4-3-3) Wiland, Mellberg, Safari, Ol son, Lustig, Sven son, Kallstrom, Lar son, Bajrami, Ibrahimovic(c), Elmander.Prediction: England (Sturridge 2)2  2 Sweden (Ibrahimovic, Seb Lar son)  Jaxson Hayes Jersey