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Harry Awurumibe, Live in France
England players celebrating a goal in a previous game. Will they dance like this on Saturday against Sweden. Time will tell.
Pre-competition favourites to win the trophy, England and European giants- Sweden will unfortunately be confronting each other in the Third-place match of the 8th FIFA Women’s World cup in France.
The grudge encounter billed for Allianze Riviera, Nice on Saturday, July 6 will see both teams fighting to win the match to pick the Bronze medal on offer for the Third Best Team of the tournament.
England’s 1-2 loss to United States of America (USA) in Lyon on Tuesday condemned the English team to settle for the clash against Sweden who themselves suffered a cruel 0-1 losss to Netherlands last night also in Lyon.
With both teams out of the title race, the desire to finish the competition on a high note will be a enough motivation for both countries.
But on current form England has an edge over Sweden if the performance of the team is anything to rely upon with the Three Lionesses having in their fold a deadly goal poacher in Ellen White.
New England ‘Golden Girl’ has scored five goals so far and is primed to increase the tally on Saturday and if she does she will be the second person after USA Carli Lloyd who scored in six consecutive appearances. England finished third in 2015 in Canada.
Sweden on their own can have won two previous third-place ties against Germany in 1991 and France in 2011 respectively.