Sven Eriksson Against Quotations

I had hoped to avoid Sweden. Here in England everyone is counting on a win, despite not having won against Sweden since 1968.

He showed he is important even if he starts on the bench. He was involved in a lot of things when he came on as he was against Argentina in November.

I think Michael Owen will play against Northern Ireland, although he hasn't played much football this season, so we will see on Monday and Tuesday in practice.

We have to try and win the ball early even the weather is a little bit against it. We have to be as motivated and concentrated as we were against France for 93 minutes if we want to beat Switzerland. It's not going to be easy at all, absolutely not.

We have a lot of options -- Hargreaves is one and came on very well against France. You could put in Nicky Butt and change the midfield around a little bit, so we will see.

We still have a very important match against Poland on Wednesday and we will now be focusing all our efforts on winning that match and finishing top of the group. But of course it is a lovely feeling to know that nothing can change the fact that we are going to be there next year.

We are meeting one of the best teams in the world. It's important for our confidence that we do well in this game and important for the England fans as well. If they see we can play good football against Argentina it gives us more hope for next summer.

I'm delighted that we have been able to finalize these fixtures quickly and am very pleased with our opponents. These games will allow us to test ourselves against teams with very different styles of play, which is critical ahead of a World Cup.

It will be vital preparation, only a short time before our two away games, against Austria and Poland in September.

It's almost impossible to defend against him if the right ball comes in.