Not long now: Referee Edina Alves Batista and her team of match officials lead out the teams, who line up for their national anthems. Once those who have been sung, they’ll assemble around the edge of the centre-circle and have a minute’s silence for Diogo Jota and Andre Silva, the Portuguese footballing brothers who lost their lives in a traffic accident in Spain yesterday.
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Andree Jeglertz: Denmark’s head coach is also heading for the exit door as soon as the nation’s interest in this tournament is over but begins it with a match against his native Sweden. The 53-year-old’s contract with Denmark expires this summer, at which point he will take over as the head coach of Manchester City women, an appointment that was announced yesterday. He will be replaced in the Denmark role by Jakob Michelse.
Peter Gerhardsson: This tournament will mark the end of the Sweden head coach’s eight-year spell in charge of his country, a period in which he led his team to third plac e in two World Cups, an Olympic silver medal and a semi-final place at the Euros. Despite these impressive achievements, he will, however, be best remembered as the bloke who accidentally wandered into a broom cupboard following a press conference at the last World Cup.
As Ella Lindvall pointed out in her team guide to Sweden, it was an error which was immortalised in cartoon form by the legendary David Squires, much to the genuine delight of Gerhardsson. After this tournament, he – Gerhardsson, not Squires – will be replaced by the former Australia head coach Tony Gustavsson.
Tonight’s match officials
Referee: Edina Alves Batista
Assistant referees: Neuza Inês Back and Fabrini Bevilaqua da Costa
Fourth Official: Ivana Martinčić
VAR: Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins
Assistant VAR: Jelena Cvetković
Sweden team guide: Filippa Angeldahl, Stina Blackstenius and Johanna Rytting Kaneryd are among the world-class talents who will spearhead Sweden’s campaign. Words: Ella Lindvall.
Denmark team guide: Pernille Harder will lead from the front but Germany and Sweden are favourites to progress from Group C, writes Sofie Engberg Munch.
Denmark v Sweden line-ups
Denmark (3-5-3): Bay, Faerge, Ballisager, Veje, Thogersen, Karen Holmgaard, Snerle, Sara Holmgaard, Thomsen, Vangsgaard, Harder.
Subs: Larsen, Vingum, Thrige, Obaze, Troelsgaard, Nadim, Kuhl, Hasbo, Bredgaard, Madsen, Bruun, Kramer.
Sweden (4-3-3): Falk, Lundkvist, Bjorn, Sembrant, Andersson, Angeldal, Asllani, Zigiotti Olme, Kaneryd, Blackstenius, Janogy.
Subs: Holmgren, Enblom, Nilden, Eriksson, Hurtig, Jakobsson, Ilestedt, Wangerheim, Rolfo, Bennison, Holmberg, Blomqvist.
Early team news: Sweden’s promising young midfielder Rosa Kafaji will miss the tournament after undergoing surgery on an ankle injury she picked up in April. The 21-year-old has struggled for game time since moving to Arsenal from Hacken but has been earmarked as one for the future by her manager Reneee Slegers.
Barcelona left-back Fridolina Rolfo has travelled with the Sweden squad but there are slight concerns over her fitness after she damaged ligaments in her foot last month. In the extremely likely event that Kosovare Asllani features tonight, she will make her 200th appearance for her country.
Denmark have a comparatively clean bill of health and their manager Andre Jeglertz is likely to set out his stall with three at the back, while a potent looking front three should be comprised of Bayer Munich’s Pernille Harder, Bayer Leverkusen’s Cornelia Kramer and Real Madrid’s Signe Bruun.
Group C: Denmark v Sweden
With a player of the quality of Pernille Harder in their ranks, it’s no surprise our Euro 25 guide to Denmark says they “have the quality to beat anyone”. Unfortunately for the Danes, their most recent match was a month ago against tonight’s opponents in the Nations League and they were battered 6-1. It is an embarrassment they will be hoping to put behind them as they attempt to avoid an unwanted recent hat-trick of consecutive defeats against Sweden.
While Denmark qualified for this tournament by winning top spot in their qualification group ahead of Belgium and the Czech Republic, Sweden were forced to enter through the back door after finishing third in their group. They went on to score 20 goals without reply across playoff ties against Luxembourg and Serbia, and have since beaten Norway in a warm-up game. They go into tonight’s match at the Stade de Geneve on a 12-match unbeaten streak. Kick-off in Switzerland is at 5pm (BST) but stay tuned in the meantime for team news and build-up.
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