At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on March 30, the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers Euro zone play-off Group B final: Poland vs Sweden, the winner will enter Qatar.
Russia was suspended and Poland won the final without a fight. Sweden fought the Czech Republic for 120 minutes, winning a small victory in extra time to advance. Poland is idle, the Swedish division veterans are tired, who can win the "life and death war"?
Polish football was once known as the "Polish Iron Army", and won the third place in the 1974 and 1982 World Cups. However, it has since declined rapidly, especially after entering the 21st century, and has been qualified for the World Cup three times, all of which have returned home after the group stage.
Nicknamed "Vikings", Swedish football is a traditional Nordic hero, and its results are far more dazzling than those of Poland, with third place in the 1950 and 1994 World Cups and runners-up in the 1958 World Cup. Like Poland, it entered the 21st century, and only qualified for the World Cup three times, twice in the round of 16 and once in the round of 8.
In the history of football, Ronaldo is the best goalscorer, and in the past three years, Levan is the world's top scorer, has won the European Golden Boot for two consecutive seasons, and this season's current league goals are also far ahead of the five major leagues, and there is basically no suspense in winning the European Golden Boot.
But in Poland, which owns Levan, the results of the competition are quite dismal. In the 2018 World Cup, Levan did not score a goal, and Poland was out of the bottom of the group with 1 win and 2 losses, becoming the worst seeded team. In the 2020 European Championship, Poland was in the same group as Sweden, Spain and Slovakia, Levan scored 3 goals, but to no avail, and finally Sweden advanced first in the group, Spain advanced second in the group, and Poland was out of the bottom with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Ibrahimovic is also one of the toughest centre-forwards of this era, with a career spanning Serie A, La Liga, Ligue 1, Premier League, MLB, two Serie A Golden Boots and three Ligue 1 Golden Boots. But Ibrahimovic is 40 years old, older than the managers of many big clubs, such as Bayern coach Nagelsman and Arsenal manager Arteta, who are younger than Levan.
In this duel, the two powerful centers PK, Poland has to rely on Levan, and Ibrahimovic's role in Sweden may be mainly on the spiritual level. Neither of them played in the previous semi-finals, with Levan advancing directly to the tournament because Poland won without a fight, and Ibrahimovic was suspended and did not enter the tournament list.
Poland is currently ranked 28th in the world by FIFA and 17th in the world by Sweden. Poland has won 5, drawn 3 and lost 2 of its last 10 matches in all competitions. Sweden have won 5, drawn 2 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches in all competitions. The two sides have met nearly 4 times, and Poland has lost four consecutive games at an absolute disadvantage.
Levan still feels pain in his knee, but the Polish team doctor thinks he can play in Sweden.
Before the match, Sweden coach Anderson said: "Ibrahimovic is an important weapon, but unfortunately he was not able to be on the pitch for the whole game. ”
In this game, the author is more optimistic about Sweden winning and advancing to the 2022 World Cup.