The Brazilian Football Confederation has confirmed that Brazil will take on Sweden in Stockholm
on 15thAugust 2012. The game will be the final fixture in the Råsunda stadium – the venue
where Brazil won their first World Cup after beating the hosts in 1958. After the fixture with
Brazil, the stadium will be torn down and a new arena put up.
Djurgården is a sports club in Sweden. Their fans seem to have undergone a long period of
transition, after its most active group organizing tifo displays, Ultras STHLM, fell apart. But new
groups have taken on the mantle, including Ultra Caos Stockholm, who produced the trailer for the
DVD featured above.
According to reports on Insidefutbol.com, Liverpool are in pole position to sign exciting Swedish
teenager William Sheriff.
The 15-year-old AIK Solna player has been hailed as a future star by the club and it is thought
scouts from around Europe have flocked to Stockholm to watch him in action.
Italian giants AC Milan and Inter Milan are also both thought to be interested, but Liverpool is
the player's preferred move should he leave AIK.
So after a terrible game in Finland where we were lucky enough to escape with three points, its
time to move on to the last official game of the Euro 2012 qualifiers. Oh, sure, there is still a
play-off coming up, but there is one last chance that we might just be able to avoid that and
wouldn´t that be nice?
I would hate to be in Helsinki this coming Friday. Its already enough that the cruise ships that
trawl back and forth between Stockholm and the Finish capital bring their fair share of completely
loaded weekend alcoholics. It's another thing when you mix this with a football game. Come Friday
night, Helsinki is going to be packed with Sweden supporters singing loud and obnoxiously while
downing beer after beer.
Wherever he goes, Maradona makes sure to put his very special touches.
The video is self explanatory,
In another funny incident in South America, in a game between Nacional and Universidad de Chile was
abandoned after Milciades Saldivar was struck by what Uruguayan media have suggested was a cash
register roll.
Swedishhhhh football Swedish rivals AIK and Djurgardens spent the first 10 minutes of the Stockholm
derby in silence in protest at the state of modern football. The main point of the period of quiet
was to demonstrate the importance of fans. To demonstrate this further, all the fans went
absolutely mental as soon as 10 [.
Swedishhhhh football Swedish rivals AIK and Djurgardens spent the first 10 minutes of the Stockholm
derby in silence in protest at the state of modern football. The main point of the period of quiet
was to demonstrate the importance of fans. To demonstrate this further, all the fans went
absolutely mental as soon as 10 [.
Good morning from a wild and windy Dublin. I think summer, such as it was, is now well and truly
gone.
There's gloomy news to start with this morning involving Thomas Vermaelen. The Belgian is set to
miss two months having undergone ankle surgery in Stockholm early this week. He picked up a knock
away to Udinese and although Arsene Wenger was hopeful he might play against United at Old Trafford
things have taken a very obvious turn for the worse.
The Mirror is reporting that Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen underwent surgery in Stockholm on
his left Achilles Momday and as a result could be out for two months.
Huge blow to the Gunners especially with the news yesterday that Jack Wilshere could be out for
up to three months also.
Thomas Vermaelen faces a lengthy period on the sidelines amidst reports tonight that he needs
surgery on his dodgy ankle. Arsenal defender Vermaelen spent most of last season in the treatment
room and it seems he is destined to sit out once more for a period with the news being broken on
Twitter.
On this coming Friday, the second of September, the Swedish National Football Team has a date
with destiny. Over a period of ninety minutes, interrupted only by a 15 minute half-time break, our
to be or not to be at next years European Championship will be decided. We will be meeting a very
game and up for the fight Hungary who also have to win to have any real chance of making it to the
summer party.
Writing a blog about football means having to admit that you are wrong more often than not. In
this latest instance, it was my idea about whom Hamren was going to select for the friendly against
the Ukraine tomorrow. I was wrong about Mellberg (vacation), Ibrahimovic (vacation), Martin Olsson
(who knows why?
After a fantastic International break with two great games for Sweden the Allsvenskan returned
to its more average and everyday existence and yet the drama was just around the corner and waiting
for the right game to have it released...
The struggling kings of Sweden Malmö FF have finally ended their trainer speculations by
hiring Rikard Norling (formerly of Assyriska and AIK).
Starting things of on Friday the 15th of April it was the clash of the titans, or maybe one
titan and a has-been titan? Djurgårdens IF played hosts to reigning champions Malmö FF at the old
Olympic Stadium in Stockholm. Djurgården used to be one of the top teams in Sweden and I don't
think it's a stretch to imagine that in the near future they could reach such heights again.
On Tuesday, in a press conference in Stockholm, Swedish national coach Erik Hamren released the
squad for the Euro qualifier against Moldova. Of all the squads he's had to pick so far this was
probably the most difficult. There are several reasons for this.
The first reason is Olof Mellberg's red card against San Marino when we were already up 2-0 or
something unreachable like that.
