Euro 2016 Opponent Watch (Group E - Sweden, Belgium & Italy)

**DeLorean** · 29/05/2016, 11:54 AM

He was actually discussed briefly on the previous page on this thread. Geysir not phased.

**Stuttgart88** · 29/05/2016, 11:55 AM

He's got ice in his veins has Geysir.

**tetsujin1979** · 29/05/2016, 1:49 PM

Carrasco has four caps, the manager seems to prefer Lukaku, Benteke or Origi up front in a 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 formation

**legendz** · 29/05/2016, 7:57 PM

I suppose Italy see Scotland as a good test ahead of playing us in France.

**DeLorean** · 29/05/2016, 8:42 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Carrasco has four caps, the manager seems to prefer Lukaku, Benteke or Origi up front in a 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 formation

He's a winger though, right? His stock is surely higher now than it would have been at the end of qualifying. Can't imagine he'd be too far off the likes of Mertens and Mirallas in the pecking order.

Edit- I see Mirallas didn't even make the squad. I suppose Carrasco still has the likes of Hazard and De Bruyne to compete with.

**DannyInvincible** · 30/05/2016, 5:32 PM

Sweden and Slovenia have just kicked off. 0-0 at the minute with a stream here if anyone's interested: http://crichd.co/update/ch1.php

**SkStu** · 30/05/2016, 8:24 PM

Finished 0-0

**tetsujin1979** · 30/05/2016, 8:45 PM

Lombaerts and Boyata out of the Belgium squad: http://www.the42.ie/belgium-euro-201...96750-May2016/

**Charlie Darwin** · 30/05/2016, 9:04 PM

We have them on the racks, lads.

**DannyInvincible** · 30/05/2016, 9:27 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

Finished 0-0

Was a pretty uneventful game. Ibrahimovic didn't play.

**ifk101** · 31/05/2016, 7:09 AM

Sweden are poor. Take away Zlatan (34 years old btw) and there is little there. The back four doesn't inspire confidence and Isaksson in goals always gives a nervy impression, has a eager tendency to punch and parry catchable balls.

**TheOneWhoKnocks** · 31/05/2016, 6:11 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Lombaerts and Boyata out of the Belgium squad: http://www.the42.ie/belgium-euro-201...96750-May2016/

Vermaelen has barely played all season.

**geysir** · 31/05/2016, 10:26 PM

It was reported that Zlatan didn't play against Slovenia because of concerns over his sore calf.
He was still the star of the night, every time his mug came on the stadium screen ( every 10 minutes or so) the Malmo crowd broke into loud cheers.