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Originally Posted by Rilagor

The prices on Spain has dropped quite a bit since monday, and laying Spain would normally seem like a good idea, but. Sweden is IMO no longer the force they used to be, every team has to go through a transitional period every now and then and I believe Sweden is having one right now. The national diva Zlatan Ibrahimovich (Inter) refuses to play after a conflict over a curfew violation and Larsson has retired. Swedens number one striker for this match is the veteran Markus Allbäck (remember him, played for Villa) who maybe out injured. Olof Mellberg is also a doubt, but I´ll reckon he´ll play, if he does not don´t lay Spain. Their number one goalie, Isaksson (Manchester City), is also injured so Rami Shabaan will play, I rate Isaksson so that is a minus.

On paper Sweden is fielding a Championship side sprinkled with top players (Mellberg, Ljungberg, Källström) but Sweden is Sweden and they always perform better than they should. In comparison Spain has all the talent in the world but underperform. Being a finn I might be biased, but I hope the smug swedes will be found out by a spanish side that plays to it´s potential.

I also hope Finland will beat Armenia, but Finland is not value at 1.6 and I will not back Armenia. Maybe a small bet on 0-1.

Agree with you about Sweden being a shadow of their former selfs there. Good analysis and welcome to TDP too