Sweden will look to avenge their 0-1 loss to Portugal next Tuesday, with a positive performance. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was largely anonymous in Lisbon, would have to produce the performance of his life, alongside his team mates; if the Swedes hope to turn this tie around. On their part, the Portuguese would strive to hold the slender advantage gained from the 1st leg in Lisbon. Ronaldo, Nani et al will be crucial to Portuguese dreams of appearing in an 8th consecutive major tournament (European championships and world cups).

The Swedes would certainly make more friends in the Friends Arena, if they can eliminate Portugal from the preliminaries.




Venue: Solna

Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Assistant Referees: Michael Mullarkey, Darren Cann
Fourth Official: Andre Mariner

'Like' this post if you think Sweden will win/qualify for the world cup.

'Like' this post if you think Portugal will win/qualify for the world cup.

Fact: The last major tournament Portugal failed to qualify for was the 1998 World cup in France.

Less than 24 hrs to go....

Portugal for Brazil 2014...vote wisely

Lmao

Sweden could remain unchanged after rather
nullifying the attacking threat of the
Portuguese last time out and also posing some
threat of their own. The hopes of the nation rest in the most part
on the performance of Zlatan Ibrahimovic up
front, who did little to impose himself on the
game last time out. Portugal

Portugal will hope for a similar game to the
first leg, in which Pepe did well to deal with
Ibrahimovic and restrict him to a solitary shot
and little in the way of influence. However, they won't want to come here to
and sit on their lead, and will hope Cristiano
Ronaldo can produce a goal, with Postiga and
Nani looking unlikely to do so last time out. They could be unchanged from last time out.

Prediction The fact that Portugal won 3 of their 5 away
games in qualifying does not tell the whole
story; their wins came against Luxembourg
(by a 2-1 scoreline after going behind),
Azerbaijan (2-0) and Northern Ireland (4-2
after going 2-1 down). They also drew in Israel after being 3-1 down with 20 minutes
to go, and clearly struggle away from home. Sweden should therefore stand some chance
of turning the tie on its head after losing the
first leg 1-0 thanks to a Cristiano Ronaldo
strike. In front of their own fans, where they
scored 3 goals without star man Zlatan
Ibrahimovic. The home side will attack from the off, and the
game could take shape early on, with the
visitors on the back foot and the Swedes
pushing for that all important goal. If it comes,
the tie will open up, but expect Ronaldo to
save the day once again with a key away goal.

#team Sweden

why did u create a dedicated thread
I thought we had a general thread for the play offs

pickabeau1: why did u create a dedicated thread
I thought we had a general thread for the play offs

The Mods put a separate thread for the Portugal v Sweden game last week, so I decided to create this separate one as well.
Don't worry, the WC Draws thread is still alive.

CFCfan:
The Mods put a separate thread for the Portugal v Sweden game last week, so I decided to create this separate one as well.
Don't worry, the WC Draws thread is still alive.

no wahala

CFCfan: #team Sweden

If I hear!!!

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@ op referee howard webb n fourth official andre mariner... I see why u r smiling.. @ op referee howard webb n fourth official andre mariner... I see why u r smiling..

HI

#teamportugal#

Sai Ronaldo! Sai Portugal!
The ticket is yours, TAKE IT!!!

Sholexyz: @ op referee howard webb n fourth official andre mariner... I see why u r smiling.. @ op referee howard webb n fourth official andre mariner... I see why u r smiling..

Abi oh. They'll add spice to the game.

I would go 4 portugal nd cr7

Why did they have to use an English Referee. The English people have not forgiven Portugal for beating them silly at the Euros. I just hope this is not a pay back time for the English. I'm also concerned that this ref may decide to give a single player 3 yellow cards. Anyways, i leave everything to the man upstairs cos as England dey involved, e don become spiritual matter.

#TeamPortugal

france wil overturn d 2goal deficit in paris 2nit to qualify for brazil 2014...wit goals frm olivier giroud,ribery n valbuena.....upppppp le blues

Team 50/50. It a close contest.

cescdayo: france wil overturn d 2goal deficit in paris 2nit to qualify for brazil 2014...wit goals frm olivier giroud,ribery n valbuena.....upppppp le blues

Lol... Anyway let wait and see.

Howard Webb no go sell this match so

what does this hand shake signify?

iam_idris: #TeamPortugal, abeg make local station show this match o!

No local station go show am o!

please he can I post a thread