FIFA World Cup 2018: Each Quarter-Finalist's Major Weakness

Sweden: Lack of Attacking Talent

At first glance, this does not seem like a problem for the Swedish team. They have scored six goals in four games. But at the quarter-finals of the World Cup, that is not good enough- every other team left in the competition has scored more. Out of the six goals, only two did not come due to a penalty or a deflection. Moreover, Sweden haven’t been creating high-quality chances at the same rate as most of the competition’s other remaining teams. This is mainly due to the fact that they do not have the same sort of attacking talent as those teams. Sweden’s best-attacking player is Emil Forsberg, who only made 15 starts for RB Leipzig last season.

Sweden are a very underrated team. In qualification, they managed to finish above the Netherlands and defeat Italy in a playoff. At the actual tournament, they have already beaten a doughty South Korea side, thrashed Mexico before scraping past Switzerland. However, against England, the paucity of attacking talent in the Sweden side may cost them.