Svenska 🇸🇪 gegen Deutschland 🇩🇪 Gruppe F matchdag två av tre

The Sweden national football team or Svenska fotbollslandslaget take on the mighty Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft or Die Mannschaft (stop it) in the splendid Fisht (I've told you once) Olympic Stadium in Sochi located on the banks of the Black Sea in the very south western corner of Russia just above Turkey 🇹🇷.

The 40,000 seater stadium is in the Sochi Olympic Park and named after nearby Mount Fisht , constructed for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, where it served as the venue for their opening and closing ceremonies. Designed by the British design consultancy 🇬🇧BuroHappold, the stadium was designed to give the roof the appearance of snowy peaks. The bowl opens to the north, allowing a direct view of the Krasnaya Polyana Mountains, and the upper deck is open to the south, allowing a view of the Black Sea.

So we know where we are now but, how did we all get here? Well, the Germans positively storm trooped their way through the qualifiers trouncing everyone in their path whomping in a mighty 43 goals and shipping a mere three so it was a bit of a shock to the nation when they lost their opening world cup match up by a single golazzo to the Mexicans who largely overran them in the midfield so tonight is really a “must win” game for them. Coach and serial gooley huffer Jorgi Löw, already under scrutiny for omitting Premier Liga young player of the season and Man City Wunderkind Leroy Sane, will need to sort out his midfield to progress towards the holy grail of back to back world cup winds for the Die Mannschaft.

The Germans were undone by the aye carrumba speedy gonzales counter attacking Mexicanos so it might be a more comfortable night tonight against the more steadfast meatball scoffing Swedes so expect a comfortable two nil ritual culling Clive unless the Swedes dig deep and draw on the deep Nordic noir well that saw them scrape into the finals via the play-offs dumping out the Italians by the narrowest of margins winning 1-0 at home and then bore draw bruceying them right off in Milan.

Failure to qualify for the Germans will be one of the greatest shocks of any world cup let alone this one so place your bets accordingly kids not that I want to condone gamberling.

Head 2 Head:

Closer than I thought with the Germans coming out on top in 15 match ups and Sweden victorious in 13 with 8 draws along the way, last time out was a dull old 5-3 in favour of the Germans in 2013.

Ones to watch:

Svenska: No Zlatan to draw the eye this campaign so keep your peepers on 21 year old Werder Bremen Left Back Ludwig Augustinsson who has turned the heads of many of Europe’s big clubs and will need to be on top of his game tonight to keep the redoubtable Germans at bay. Apparently a big Man Utd fan so expect him to end up there one day no doubt.

Germany: 21 year old habitual Zwiebeltasche botherer Timo Werner is the one that has the Germans salivating over their saurerkraut but keep an eye on veteran Real Madridder and totes beautiful footballerist Tony Kroos, he’s the feller that really makes the Germans tick.

The scene is set, get your lederhosen on and your meatballs out, tonight promises to be a tantalising old school Europaeisch Battle Royale between two teams who both expect to progress to the next round.

FACT corner

Around 2,000 years ago, the Svear people gave Sweden its name. In their language, svear meant “us” and rike meant “kingdom.” So, Sverige, the modern Swedish name of the country, means “Our Kingdom.”

Historically, Germany was known as the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Weimar Republic.

The pacemaker, ultrasound, safety match, astronomical lens, marine propeller, refrigerator, and computer mouse are all famous items that were invented in Sweden or by Swedes

The first Oktoberfest was a wedding celebration for mad Prince Ludwig of Bavaria

The Swedish term lagom doesn’t have an English equivalent. It is not just a word, it is a concept that means “just right” or “adequate” and it can be used for just about anything and every situation

Hugo Boss designed the official uniforms for the Nazi Party and Hitler Youth.

Wasps kill more people directly than any other animal in Sweden, about one per year

Germany has over 400 zoos, the most in the world

Sweden has the highest number of McDonald’s restaurants per capita in Europe, with 227 restaurants. Only the United States has more McDonald’s per capita in the world. An average of 1,836,000 meatballs are eaten daily in all of Ikea’s 313 stores worldwide.

Berlin is nine (9) times bigger than Paris

In 2006, IKEA opened its northernmost store in the world in Swedish Haparanda. The IKEA name is likely a combination of founder Ingvar Kamprad’s initials and the farm and village where he grew up. IKEA was first registered in 1943 and now has stores in 40 countries, including Australia (1975), Saudi Arabia (1983), the United States (1985), Great Britain (1987), China (1998), and Russia (2000).

The longest word published in the German language is Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft it means “pencil”. No it doesn’t it means; The Danube Steamboat nuclear power plant construction substation.

Jetz geht los!

Posted By: Tombs, Jun 23, 18:04:39