Japan v Sweden: World Cup 2026 – live
The Guardian Football ·
Key events Ecuador have qualified as one of the best third-place teams and will face either Mexico, Portugal or Colombia in the last 32. …
Key events Ecuador have qualified as one of the best third-place teams and will face either Mexico, Portugal or Colombia in the last 32. For some reason I thought there was a chance of them playing England, but I appear to have pulled that from an unreliable fundament. The two matches in Group E are about to finish. Ecuador lead Germany 2-1, which is bad news for Scotland among other things, and Cote d’Ivoire are 2-0 up on Curacao. Ecuador could play England in the last 32, which has the potential to be a popcorn job. They’re a handy side. Both head coaches make three changes. Japan bring in Yukinari Sugawara , Ayumu Seko and the human gegenpress, Daizen Maeda , for Takehiro Tomiyasu, Kaishu Sano and Junya Ito. The Sweden keeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt, who conceded five against the Netherlands, is replaced by Jacob Widell Zetterstrom . Elliot Stroud and Anthony Elanga also come into the side in place of Benjamin Nygren and Jesper Karlstrom. Japan (3-4-2-1) Z Suzuki; Sugawara, Itakura, H Ito; Doan, Seko, Tanaka, Nakamura; Kamada, Maeda; Ueda. Subs: Osako, Hayakawa, Taniguchi, Nagatomo, Watanabe, Tomiyasu, J Suzuki, J Ito, Y Suzuki, Sano, Machino, Goto, Ogawa, Shiogai. Sweden (poss 3-5-2) Widell Zetterstrom; Lagerbielke, Hlen, Lindelof; Elanga, Bernhardsson, Stroud, Ayari, Gudmundsson; Ayari; Gyokeres, Isak. Subs: V Johansson, Nordfeldt, H Johansson, Svensson, Ekdal, Starfelt, Smith, Bergvall, Nygren, Sema, Karlstrom, Svanberg, Zeneli, Nilsson, Ali. …
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