Greece has three straight crosses and is under pressure in Sweden's group.
Federal captain John van't Schip is hanging loose and a loss against Sweden in Athens on Wednesday could mean that he has done his part as national team captain.
- The situation is not ideal.
The pressure is great, but it's part of our job and we know it.
With a victory, things change.
We must give everything on the field, he says at a press conference.
Can Sweden take advantage of the Greeks' precarious position?
- They have to win and are maybe a little desperate.
But for us it does not change anything, says Victor Nilsson Lindelöf and continues:
- We are just as desperate to win.
That would help us a lot in the coming matches.
Those who want the most will win the match.
Greece has had a hard time creating goal chances (three goals in three matches) but Sweden expects a tough match with a more even ball possession than in the winning match against Spain.
If Greece is to have a chance to go to the World Cup, the team must break the trend of playing a draw.
Janne Andersson on whether Greece's position can affect the team's way of playing:
- It can certainly affect in some way, but in what way is completely impossible to predict.
We can only influence what we ourselves are doing, then whether they are pressured or not, that's the way it is, I can not influence it one bit.
I can influence what we do and that is what we talk about and focus on, says the league captain.
Sweden lacks Albin Ekdal and Emil Krafth and according to Aftonbladet, the duo will be replaced by Mattias Svanberg and Mattias Johansson respectively.
The newspaper states that Sweden's starting eleven will look like this:
Robin Olsen - Mattias Johansson, Victor Nilsson Lindelöf, Filip Helander, Ludwig Augustinsson - Viktor Claesson, Mattias Svanberg, Kristoffer Olsson, Emil Forsberg - Alexander Isak, Dejan Kulusevski.