After three straight losses in the Nations League, it is time for the first return match on Wednesday, with Portugal in Lisbon.

In the first match, Sweden fell 0-2 after Gustav Svensson was sent off at the end of the first half.

Dejan Kulusevski is optimistic, after a nice Swedish second half against Croatia on Sunday.

- We did very well when we met them in the first half when we were eleven men.

So we'll probably build on that and have nothing to lose.

We go there with the belief that we can play well and must play as we did in the second half against Croatia, Kulusevski says to SVT Sport.

Just Kulusevski knows Cristiano Ronaldo well as they are teammates in everyday life at Juventus.

And the match that awaits has come up.

- It's been fun.

We've talked about the match and I've been joking with him a bit.

I've said they'll get it tough.

He was impressed by us in the first meeting, he thought we were very good.

So it will be very fun to meet Portugal and him, now that I know him a little better.

You who train with him every day, how do you stop him?

- It's not easy.

If I had the answer, I would never succeed.

But he succeeds all the time, so obviously there is no answer.

You have to be close to him, but I do not think you have to think too much because there are good players around him as well.

CLIP: Kulusevski's beautiful start in Juventus - painted directly (September 20, 2020)

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