Eden declares Sweden ready for Canada final
BySportsbeat
Published 09/04/2017 at 11:21 GMT
Niklas Eden insists Sweden's confidence is growing game-by-game after they set-up a World Curling Championship final clash with hosts Canada by beating Switzerland 6-5 in Edmonton.
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Switzerland had led 2-1 before skip Eden played a draw shot with his second stone to score two points and turn the game on its head.
A double take-out shortly later extended their advantage, although Switzerland battled back to make it 5-5 with Benoit Schwarz particularly influential.
But with the last stone of the extra end, Eden was on the mark to ensure his side face unbeaten Canada for the gold medal.
"I think we deserve to be there," he said.
"We've fought hard all week, we haven't played at our best yet, but all we've wanted was a shot at that gold and now we've got it.
"We're going to try to do everything we can from here to try to beat [Canadian skip, Brad] Gushue in the final.
"We didn't feel ready after the round-robin but we feel better now, and the ice is better too, so we're ready for the final now.
"It's now up to each person individually to decide what they want to do to be ready."
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