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Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of Sweden versus Poland in the final day in an intriguing Group E. Sweden are the surprise leaders in the group and results on Monday sealed their place in the last-16. Now they just need a win to secure top spot. After their 1-1 draw with Spain, Poland require all three points to reach the knockout stages of the competition. It's set up to be an entertaining affair in St Petersburg so let's grab the team news as kick-off is now just an hour away!

Euro 2024 / Group Stage
Gazprom Arena / 23.06.2021
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Tim Hobbs

Updated 23/06/2021 at 17:58 GMT


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GOAL! Sweden 1-0 Poland (Emil Forsberg): It's a nightmare start for Poland as Forsberg rifles home the opening goal to give Sweden the lead! Isak is involved - of course he is - as he holds the ball up, Forsberg takes control and he takes full advantage of some slack defending to find the bottom corner for his second goal of the tournament.
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Kick-off! Sweden get us underway! The onus is on Poland to win this game, can Lewandowski and co produce the result they need?
16:55
There are just FIVE minutes until kick-off here in St Petersburg. It's now time for the national anthems...
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Almost time for kick-off!
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Stat: Poland have a great record in the competition, and are undefeated in 18 of their last 20 matches.
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Did you know? Sweden have kept a clean sheet in their last four matches in the European Championship.
Their football won't win any awards for excitement but their pragmatic approach is certainly paying off so far.
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Paulo Sousa (per UEFA.com): "It is true that from a statistical point of view, Sweden have a better record in games against Poland but if we look to the past, we won't move forward. We are only focused on what is now. Sweden are a perfect team. They press very well, they are good in set-pieces, they know how to play such games. There is huge diversity in their play, depending on the situation. And for us is like a final. We have worked hard since the first day of the training camp and we also get a lot of energy from the fans. We have not felt we have played away at the EURO finals, as the fans always supported us. It is a big honour for me to represent them."
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Janne Andersson (per UEFA.com): "We want to win the group; it would give us more rest ahead of the next match. We’re up against a physically strong, highly motivated Poland side. They run a lot, they tackle and battle – not unlike ourselves. They also have Robert Lewandowski up front. We need to handle their initial pressing better than we did against Spain, to give us spaces to exploit."
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16:25
Lewandowski scored his 67th international goal to keep Poland's hopes of reaching the last-16 alive...
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Young forward Alexander Isak starred once again as Sweden's pragmatic approach paid dividends in the shape of a 1-0 victory over Slovakia...
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Paulo Sousa also makes one alteration to his Poland side. With Jakub Moder missing out with a knee injury, Gregorz Krychowiak replaces him in midfield. Their star man? Robert Lewandowski has 10 goals in his last 12 starts for his country and has assisted another four. It's his time to shine.
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One change to the Sweden side that edged past Slovakia 1-0 on Friday as striker Robin Quaison comes in for Marcus Berg. Janne Andersson sticks with the 4-4-2 system that has earned his side four points without conceding a goal.
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TEAM NEWS - Sweden XI: Olsen; Lustig, Lindelof, Danielson, Augustinsson; Ekdal, Olsson, S Larsson, Forsberg; Quaison, Isak.. subs: Johnsson, Nordfeldt, Bengtsson, Berg, Svensson, Helander, Sema, Krafth, Claesson, Jansson, Kuluvsevski, Cajuste /// Poland XI: Szcznesy; Bednarek, Glik, Bereszynski; Klich, Krychowiak; Puchacz, Zielinski, Swiderski, Jozwiak; Lewandowski.. subs: Skorupski, Fabianski, Dawidowicz, Kedziora, Kozlowski, Linetty, Rybus, Placheta, Frankowski, Kownacki, Swierczok, Helik