England is in Group B. England is strong and is the seed team in the group. The other three teams are Paraguay, Trinidad, Tobago and Sweden.

Group B format is not that harsh for England.

Although Paraguay and Sweden are not easy to match, as long as you win one of the opponents and the other draws, England will appear steadily. This goal is not too difficult for England.

However, there are still a lot of news about Group B, especially between England and Sweden.

I believe that all the fans of England will sigh when they hear Sweden. After all, for the "Crusade", the "Virgins" seem to have become a corner that they can never step into.

There is no need to elaborate on the 38-year grudges and entanglements. Even if the England team has the most luxurious lineup since 1966, if you want to solve the 40-year championship itch, you must first overcome the psychological difficulty of not defeating Sweden for 38 years.

If the 1960s were the glorious era of the English, no one would deny it. After all, they held up the coveted Remitt Cup in that 10 years.

Of course, there is another thing that England fans cannot forget in those 10 years. In a friendly match in 1968, England defeated Sweden 3-1 at home. Fans who have experienced that victory will definitely remember it as "the pride of shame", because this scene has never happened again until today.

After 1968, England played against the Swedes 11 times in total, with only 7 draws and 4 losses. Of course, this included 5 friendly matches, but even in the official competition, the English record was not much better, with 4 draws and 2 losses. This is the embarrassing answer given by the England team to fans of the British Isles.

Looking back at the history of the first six confrontations, a strange rule came out on paper. "2 draws, 2 losses, 2 draws" Since 1968, England has played against Sweden for the first time in the late 1980s. In the two home and away World Cup qualifiers, England drew 0:0 with the opponent; in the subsequent 1992 European Cup and 2000 European Cup qualifiers, England lost to the Nordics with the same 1:2; including the 1:1 game in the 2002 World Cup. England then shook hands with the Swedes twice.

According to the rules, it is time to fail again?

Sweden has almost become the archenemy of England. Even facing the world's strongest teams, such as Italy, Germany, and Brazil, England has no such embarrassing battle history. Although England has performed poorly in recent years, Sweden is indeed a thorn in the heart of England.

Now the two teams are divided into a group in the World Cup in Germany.

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Head coach Eriksen is a Swedish himself.

When Eriksen was drawn in the World Cup group, he stood with Swedish head coach Ragbak. When he heard "Sweden" being assigned to Group B, he shook his head, then lowered his head, and smiled. He was helpless, a little happy, and even a little embarrassed. Finally, he sighed at fate.

At that time, Swedish head coach Ragbak said, "This is simply an old love story."

Eriksen and Ragbuck's "feelings" have been tested. In June 2002, the two successfully broke through from the Death Group. Four years later, they were divided into the same group.

This time, it may be called the "Survival Group".

There is no pressure on qualifying, England and Sweden, but when it comes to group first, Eriksen obviously cares more than Lagbuck.

Only by winning the first place in Group B will it be most likely to avoid host Germany in the 1/8 finals.

"We were talking before, don't meet each other, but we still got together," Eriksen said. "But I'm quite satisfied with this result. It's already ideal without Netherlands or Australia. Then you have Sweden, it's like it's destined."

Ragbuck said: "England has had a great impact on Swedish football over the past few years. We also have a lot of players playing in England. This may be the reason why we can always maintain good results with them." Ragbuck not long ago also claimed that he believed that Ibrahimovic and Larson's forward partner was stronger than Zhang Tiehan and Irving.

Erikson did not express his opinion on this.

Before the group stage started, the two head coaches did not talk about the issues of England and Sweden. At this time, England was not interested in Sweden, because the German World Cup was about to come, and England was about to play on the first day of the game. In addition to the opening match of the host Germany team, the match between England and Paraguay was arranged in the second game. This was also considered to be the opening match for England. After all, the other teams had not yet played, and England had to play the game, which would be a little pressure.

Before the opening ceremony, Eriksen tried his best to help the players relieve the pressure.

Facing the World Cup, let alone those rookies, even old men in teams like Gerald and Beckham will be under a lot of pressure. The best team in the team is Zhang Tiehan. Before the opening ceremony, Zhang Tiehan kept smiling.

He had long been looking forward to playing in the World Cup.

World Cup!

This is the arena that many players dream of. In such a field, countless fans watch every game, and every game is like the Champions League final.
Chapter completed!