Tonight, Sweden will face the Czech Republic in the World Cup qualifiers.
Win there and the national team will face Poland in a directly decisive match for a place in the Qatar World Cup later this year.
A special task, stated national team captain Janne Andersson when he was in the Morning Studio, about twelve hours before kick-off.
- This is not an ordinary match we play, but it is a match where everything is at stake.
We are very well aware of this and have also talked about it.
It is important to prepare in the best way.
Since being the national team captain and national team, you don't have that many matches, so most of them mean a lot, he says and adds:
- But of course: It's a little extra today.
"Something that goes wrong"
Janne Andersson was forced to a late change in the squad, when Ludwig Augustinsson threw in the towel due to illness and was replaced by Pierre Bengtsson.
- It is clear that I would have preferred peace and quiet.
But almost every collection has something going wrong, he states.
"Strong at home"
However, he is positive before the match, and finds strength in the at least strong home record the team has since he took over the national team in 2016.
- We are strong at home.
During my time, we have played 14 European Championship and World Cup qualifiers at home and have won eleven and crossed three.
We have never lost, and I really do not hope that the first loss will come today.
We are strong and have a fantastic home crowd and atmosphere when we play at home, it's cool.