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Sweden settles with seven other countries for the WC gold.
But now the Swedes are singled out as favorites for the cup.
– Damn! It went quickly, says goalkeeper hero Zecira Musovic.
The Swedish national team was responsible for a feat in the World Cup round of 16 against the world number one USA. Above all, it was the goalkeeper Zecira Musovic who played big in goal and saved time and time again by keeping a clean sheet for 120 minutes.
Sweden favorites
Then the Swedes kept their nerves in check during the penalty shootout and emerged victorious from the drama to advance to the World Cup quarter-finals. Now awaits Japan and another tough match for the blue and yellow ladies on the way to the medals.
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Japan has impressed with clear victories both against Spain and Switzerland in their round of 16, but now Sweden is still singled out as favourites. Yes, even as favorites to go all the way to the final.
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Musovic’s answer
When major nations such as Germany and the USA have gone out, Sweden, together with England, are favorites to win the coveted World Cup gold.
– Sweden are second favourites, just after England. But based on our model, Sweden is actually the best team left in the championship, says Simon Gleavehead of analysis at the statistics company Nielsen’s Gracenote, to SportExpressen.
– However, England theoretically have the easiest quarter-final in front of them against Colombia and they are therefore favorites to win at the moment.
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Sweden is so far undefeated in the World Cup and has only conceded a single goal in four games. When Blågult is now singled out as favourites, it will make many Swedish supporters start to dream – but the players will not let themselves be carried away.
– Damn. It went quickly, says the match hero of the round of 16 Zecira Musovic as an answer.
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They prefer to take one game at a time, but of course the goal is to reach the WC final for the first time in 20 years.
– I do have a vision and dream that we should go as far as possible. And I’m very proud of how we’ve performed and we’ve won games in different ways. I think we can go very far and of course hope we will be there in the final, says Sofia Jakobsson in a statement.
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