What: Spain – Finland.
Kick-off: 18.00.
Where: Stadium MK in Milton Keynes.
Tv / radio: TV4 / C More / SR P4 Radiosporten.
+ This is how it went in the European Championships 2017:
Spain: Quarterfinals.
Finland: Did not qualify.
+ Best European Championship results:
Spain: Semifinal 1997.
Finland: Semifinal 2005.
+ World ranking: Spain is seventh. Finland is in 29th place.
+ Keep an eye on:
Spain: Aitana Bonmati. The Barcelona player will try to shoulder the mantle of superstar Alexia Putella, and if she succeeds, Spain will be one of the gold favorites. As Putellas, and Jennifer Hermoso, are missing from the squad due to injuries, there are a couple of question marks regarding Spain’s attacking power and creativity.
Finland: Linda Sällström. The striker led Finland in the qualifiers and will not give up the European Championship dream lightly. Sällström is Finland’s best goal scorer ever with 50 goals, but she has not played a championship since the European Championships in 2009. Is this her time to shine on the national team stage?
+ League captains:
Spain: Jorge Vilda, 41, has been part of Spain’s national team apparatus for more than ten years. Vilda was named the national team captain for the A national team in 2015, since then he has led his team to victory in both the Algarve Cup and the Cyprus Cup. At junior level, Vilda is well qualified: three European Championship golds, one European Championship silver, one European Championship bronze, one World Cup silver and one World Cup bronze.
Finland: Anna Signeul, 61 years old. The Swede was named Finnish national team captain in 2017. Prior to that, she was Scotland’s national team captain for twelve years. Led Finland to the European Championships after a good qualifier, where the team took nine victories out of ten possible. Signeul’s main merits are a bronze in the U18 European Championships with Sweden and having taken both Scotland and Finland to the European Championship finals.
What: Germany – Denmark.
Kick-off: 21.00.
Where: Brentford Community Stadium in London.
TV / radio: SVT1 / SVT Play / SR P4 Radiosporten.
+ This is how it went in the European Championships 2017:
Germany: Quarterfinals.
Denmark: Final.
+ Best European Championship results:
Germany: European Championship gold 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013.
Denmark: EC-silver 2017.
+ World ranking: Germany is ranked fifth. Denmark is found in 15th place.
+ Keep an eye on:
Germany: Lea Schüller. The 24-year-old striker is part of Germany’s new national team generation. In addition, she is the Bundesliga’s best goal scorer and scores a goal in more than every other match for the national team. If she gets air under her wings, it can carry really far for Germany.
Denmark: Sofie Svava. Ytterbacken accounted for eight goal-scoring assists in the qualifiers and is one of the best in the world in his position. If Denmark succeeds in involving the hyper-offensive full-back from Real Madrid, the finalists from 2017 can go a long way.
+ League captains:
Germany: Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, 54, had a successful playing career. Among other things, she won four European Championship gold medals. Named German national team captain in 2019, before that she led Switzerland for six years. As a coach, however, it has only been a Champions League title and it has two German cup titles so far. Eight victories, out of eight possible, 46 goals scored and only one goal conceded in the qualifiers, however, indicate that the Champions League and cup dents can be joined after the European Championships.
Denmark: Lars Søndergaard, 63, has led Red Bull Salzburg, Austria Vienna and Aalborg in men’s football. Named Denmark’s national team captain in December 2017. In the European Championship qualifiers, the balance for Søndergaard’s gang was nine wins and a draw, with a goal difference of 48-1. Denmark’s 48 qualifying goals were shared the most, along with the Netherlands and Spain.
+ Sweden does today:
Sweden has a press conference before the match against the Netherlands at 17.00 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. 17.45 the team trains at the premiere arena.