Euro 2012

Only 3 days left until the UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine finally begins!

Normally I really don't like soccer, but I love the international tournaments. And every time I have one favourite team. Guess which one it is! Yeah, of course it's Sweden! :)

So I now want to give you a short preview of the Swedish nationalteam - also called Blåguld or Tre Kronor

Sweden, which will play in Group D against Ukraine, France and England, certainly has the opportunities to annoy the two favourites England and France in the group stage if they are in good form on the day and then even give a chance at the quarterfinals. The team of coach Erik Hamrén is however dependent on a motivated Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is obviously the star of the Swedish national team. But there are more good players around Ibrakadabra playing for Blåguld: Marcus Berg, Sebastian Larsson, Kim Källström and routinier Olof Mellberg.

In the past, Blåguld wasn't that good at major tournaments. It's greatest success, the Olympic gold medal in 1948 and Vice World Champion title in 1958 are really dated back and at the last World and European Championships they sadly lost in the semi-final latestly.

on top: Olof Mellberg, Johan Wiland, Ola Toivonen, Daniel Majstorović, Kim Källström, Zlatan Ibrahimović;
bottom: Mikael Lustig, Pontus Wernbloom, Sebastian Larsson, Behrang Safari, Emir Bajrami

The results of all matches against their opponents (W/D/L)

• England
  21 matches - 6/9/6
• France
  17 matches - 4/8/5
• Ukraine
  3 matches - 1/1/1

That's enough of statistics :)

Now it's time to let the Euro 2012 begin! Heja Sverige!