Euro 2012: Sweden vs. Ukraine
Sweden vs. Ukraine. It’s not the most riveting matchup of the tournament, but there could be goals. So there’s that.
Yes, Ukraine is weak. They are a side limited to defense and counterattacks. They don’t defend that well. They have home advantage (lost 4/8 at home), though that did not help them avoid a food poisoning outbreak. The man to watch Andriy Yarmalenko, who Andriy Shevchenko termed the “future of Ukranian football.” This is Ukraine’s first competitive match since losing the 2010 qualification playoff in the fall of 2009.
Sweden has departed from its cautious play under Lars Lagerbäck. It’s their first tournament match without him since the 1994 World Cup. The Swedes have Ibrahimovic. They have some talented technical players in midfield with Kallstrom, Svensson and Larsson. The back four and goalkeeper are weaker.
[Photo via Getty]
Previously: Euro 2012 Group D Preview: Sweden
Previously: Euro 2012 Group D Preview: Ukraine
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June 11th, 2012 at 2:33 PM
Best Ibrahimovic goal.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Definitely a nice goal ms621
June 11th, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Lars Lagerbäck
I want a Swedish name.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:38 PM
Go team with yellow!
June 11th, 2012 at 2:39 PM
I want a Swedish name.
Here you go KC. Or should I call you Lennart Sten.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Tie breaker for these teams is their female fans make-out fight. True story. Slavutich is a class beer. Where is the wuss bet window I want to gamble that both teams have a good time.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
So everytime someone clicks on that link I just included, it throws out a new,random Swedish name. That should provide minutes of fun.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
I love hearing other anthems, especially when it comes to the host country. Soccer crowds are fantastic.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Come on Duffy, you couldn’t have picked a better picture than that?
June 11th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
ooo…Asbjörn Ola.
i really wanted weedlord bonerhitler tho.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Per Jonas. Garbage.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Otto Axel. Excellent.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
“Ludvig Matthias”. I accept.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Roger Ralf and Lukas Mattias
June 11th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
My new Swedish name is Rolf Inge.
I would have preferred Fozzie Inge, but eh.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
ikea meatballs? the fuck kind of swedish name is that?
June 11th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
I got $20 that says Ibra slaps someone at some point….
- Caj Sture
June 11th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Would Bing Hitler suffice?
/ Ferguson’d
June 11th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
Josef Alexander.
Damn, I sound like someone in a Bergman movie.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Ludde Alf.
I would have preferred Lute Fisk.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Where can I get Ukrainian vodka filled binoculars?
Maybe he just painted this set.
It was patiently explained to me by a drunk Ukrainian to not trust those east Ukrainian animals.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:49 PM
This is too addictive. I’m done.
– Mikkel Maximilian
June 11th, 2012 at 2:51 PM
Being sick in the summertime is the worst….except for the whole delaying yard work thing
June 11th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
How the hell did that happen?
June 11th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
Njord Fridtjof. I’ve never been happier.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
Alf Daniel is drinking, his wounds are almost healed. Tonight Alf Daniel will smoke le drugs to ward off devil sleeps.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:55 PM
Vlad, food poisoning…past two days were the worst. Today is the day your body just aches. I assume its the same way one feels after puking from drinking too much
June 11th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Vlad, food poisoning…past two days were the worst. Today is the day your body just aches. I assume its the same way one feels after puking from drinking too much
Except hangovers don’t last two days.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
Well i figured that much.
/never been hungover
//lightweight
June 11th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Here you go KC. Or should I call you Lennart Sten. MS
Caspar isn’t quite as cool.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
So you move to Canada and send money back to your Urkanian girlfriend. She is now balling in Kiev. Eventually you send so much money she flies to Canada only to leave you because you are a poor construction worker. For some reason every time Ukrainians get drunk (redundant) this is their only story. Looks like this.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
“Except hangovers don’t last two days.”
speak for yourself lol
/43 going on 50′d
June 11th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
It’s odd, given soccer number conventions, that Kim Kallstrom is wearing #9 while playing in the midfield.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
I’m still laughing at ‘weedlord bonerhitler’. So much packed into only two words.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
awesome.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Link?
June 11th, 2012 at 3:00 PM
I got food poisoning over the winter. Ass on the toilet, face in the trash can. Fun way to spend my saturday night.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Except hangovers don’t last two days.
Link?
Sure I’ve had a couple in my life linger into the next day, where I still feel ‘off’, but never anything like I do the morning after. And I’ve been so hungover before that I couldn’t even stand up in a shower.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:02 PM
the ol’ high-low blow…legend.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Also, Ibrahimovic is Sweden’s captain? He doesn’t have the personality for that.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
At least these two teams are aggressive. That france-england game was some slow, passive bullshit
June 11th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
“At least these two teams are aggressive. That france-england game was some slow, passive bullshit”
They both know they need 3 points out of this match….
June 11th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
For those following the USMNNT, Terrence Boyd has found a club — Rapid Vienna in the Austrian Bundesliga. Rapid are playing in Europa League next season so this is a pretty good move for him.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Many’s the time I’ve woken up in a shower. I think it’s the time you spend drinking plus %150. If you get drunk for 72 hours you going to be in rough shape for 4 and a half days.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
“Also, Ibrahimovic is Sweden’s captain? He doesn’t have the personality for that.”
He does have the personality to be a cancer in the team if he isn’t placated though….
June 11th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Thore Leif
I win
June 11th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Fair point.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Many’s the time I’ve woken up in a shower. I think it’s the time you spend drinking plus %150. If you get drunk for 72 hours you going to be in rough shape for 4 and a half days.
I guess this is where our experiences diverge. The longest I’ve ever been able to drink continuously is about 16 hours.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Another brilliant Ibra goal from Euro 2004 (hard to believe it’s been 8 years).
June 11th, 2012 at 3:23 PM
The trick to saving goals is having a knee.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:25 PM
Ukraine knocking on the door.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
Love the switching the field of play by Ukraine
June 11th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
btw, Im making all my comments in a foreign accent so Americans will think I know what I’m talking about. Any foreign accent will do. Except Canadian.
Also, I’ve had enough Lalas to last me a lifetime….
June 11th, 2012 at 3:50 PM
Eh, Ballack is 100 times worse, probably because it’s his second language. He taught me that Mario Gomez is a particularly sensitive person. He must have said “sensitive” thirty times in that segment on Saturday.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:50 PM
Not so much of an accent, more of a guttural drone of an autistic child trapped in a phone booth.
June 11th, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Hmmmm.
Magic spray time!
June 11th, 2012 at 3:57 PM
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…..OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!
June 11th, 2012 at 3:57 PM
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!
June 11th, 2012 at 3:58 PM
Ibra strikes. 1-0 Sweden.
June 11th, 2012 at 4:00 PM
AND SHEVCHENKO ANSWERS RIGHT BACK!! 1-1!
June 11th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
Yarmolenko immediately atones for his mistake at the other end.
June 11th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
“…a goal that energizes an entire country…” Impressive response from Ukraine.
June 11th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
SUPERSHEVCHENKO!
June 11th, 2012 at 4:06 PM
That look on Sheva’s face was priceless. Guy probably would have retired 5 years ago if he knew he wouldn’t have been playing this tournament on home soil.
June 11th, 2012 at 4:06 PM
SHEVCHENKO AGAIN ON THE NEAR POST CROSS OFF A CORNER!! SuperShev indeed!
June 11th, 2012 at 4:06 PM
what a great goal on the corner. Ukraine!
June 11th, 2012 at 4:06 PM
Wow.
June 11th, 2012 at 4:07 PM
thoughts? was the Sweden goal unsportsmanlike? they passed it right past a guy on the ground
June 11th, 2012 at 4:07 PM
That should never have gone in if the guy on the near post for Sweden does his job and STAYS on the post.
June 11th, 2012 at 4:07 PM
UKRAINE! Sheeeeeiit. Lovely country, perogies in mushroom sauce for all!
June 11th, 2012 at 4:09 PM
Also, nothing like when they hype a match for its two stars and they’re spot on
June 11th, 2012 at 4:10 PM
yeah, on the replay it looked like he flinched just enough for the ball to get by him. Sucks to be him.
June 11th, 2012 at 4:11 PM
ikea meatballs
fantastic
June 11th, 2012 at 4:13 PM
The random name generator gave me a gay name and I’m not gay!
Oskar Joel
/translated: Oskar Joel = Coop
June 11th, 2012 at 4:14 PM
Yes, Ukraine is weak.
Uh…Ukraine NOT weak, friendo.
/veal
June 11th, 2012 at 4:19 PM
From Wikitravel:
I love Ukraine.
June 11th, 2012 at 4:20 PM
Ukraine’s coach is so stereotypically Eastern European in appearance, it’s incredible.
June 11th, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Kid looks like a mushroom with this bowl cut
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/cute-gif-little-ukraine-boy-celebrating-andriy-shevchenko-second-goal-v-sweden/
June 11th, 2012 at 4:31 PM
Well my Ireland over Sweden knockout stage pick is looking super duper.
June 11th, 2012 at 4:41 PM
Good for the home team. A cool moment, seeing the fans celebrate. This is why we love sport, right?
June 11th, 2012 at 4:56 PM
For fuck their guy.
/Drunk posting pictures of my dog
//You owe me a beer
///If you are reading this kill the queen