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Zlatan or Ronaldo? One superstar will miss out on World Cup
IN the end it will become a story of the superstar who does not make the World Cup: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo or Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
And as Sweden visit Lisbon tonight in the first leg of their play-off to reach the finals in Brazil, they know exactly what they must do.
Sweden defender Andreas Granqvist insisted his team have to hold their nerve when they face Ronaldo.
Granqvist said: “It’s about not giving him too much space, too much time on the ball.
“If we can defend as a team and stay tight we can succeed. A key to our defence will be to have the nerve to get tight on him, maybe double up so that he doesn’t get much time.”
In the other play-off first-leg matches, Iceland host Croatia, France meet Ukraine and Greece play Romania.