“I have played there for four years”.
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“We will now sleep over it and then see how we will approach things for Tuesday or not, but my opinion is that we should not yield to terror”, Rauball told reporters after the team’s arrival in Frankfurt, Germany, yesterday.
The 34-year-old striker, who previously played for Juventus, Inter and AC Milan and Barcelona, made the claim after being asked if he wasn’t slowing down with age.
“I have eleven games in the competition (France’s Ligue 1), nine goals, five assists, I have better statistics than before”, he said.
Sweden’s all-time record scorer shrugged off the fact that he has never scored against the Danes.
However, despite the tie being seemingly beyond them and rarely threatening during the match, Denmark – who had finished behind Portugal and Albania in Group I – produced a late rally with goals from Yussuf Poulsen (81) and Yannik Vestergaard, in stoppage time, but it was Sweden who progressed.
The playoffs could be the last matches in charge for opposing coaches Erik Hamren and Morten Olsen.
Ibrahimovic is desperate to make it to the event and warned his team-mates that any mistakes would be punished by the Danes, with the first leg taking place at home on Saturday.
Ukraine will complete the line-up in France next summer after they drew 1-1 with Slovenia in Maribor, which was enough for a 3-1 aggregate victory.
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Norway failed to automatically qualify when a final-game defeat by Italy allowed Croatia to finish runners-up in Group H but Per-Mathias Hogmo’s side will be confident of overcoming a Hungary team who have not reached a major tournament since the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, when they meet on Sunday.
