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New selector Andresson set up Sweden in a great way, they are perhaps the mos pleasant surprise here. Since he took over, they have only 1 defeat, to Denmark, when Landin made 23 saves, but Sweden was even with them until the end. They won all other games, and results by halftime were: Montenegro 14-9, Slovakia 15-8, Norway 20-14 and 15-13, Chile 18-10, Bahrein 17-5, Argentina 16-11, Qatar 19-12, Egypt 15-9. So only Norway were down by 2, in all other games Sweden were in the lead by 5 or over at halftime, and we should especially point out the first game against Norway, Qatar and Egypt.
Belarus defeated rather indifferent Hungary in the last game under rather strange circumstances. Another minus is the first half against Germany when they scored 16 goals. When Germany got more serious in the second half, they were quickly in the lead by 6. Croatia covered this handicap without Duvnjak in the first 40 minutes, and in the other two games, Belarus lost to Chile and struggled against Saudi Arabia. Before the championship, they lost their chances against Russia three times, lost to Latvia, and defeated Egypt, but Sweden were in the lead by 12 in the 40th minute against Egypt.
If we look at the match-up, Swedish defense seems impressive and I doubt Belarus will get much chances. On the other side, Belarus are soft, in the first half they conceded over 15 goals, only 12 in the first game. Sweden scored at least 33 in all their wins here, they were limited to 25 against Denmark. This is the knock-out stage and Sweden will give their max. It all depends on them here, if they continue playing like they did so far, Belarus cannot compete against that, so there should be no dilemma in my opinion.