In my opinion Sweden have really good chances to avoid loss in today's match up.

Sweden never lost against Spain. I believe they have all required tools to continue this streak today. Last time both teams played each other in 2022, match finished with draw 1:1.

Spain have enormous squad problem because their best player Alexia Putellas from Barcelona still is very doubtful, in last match she played only 20 minutes.

Sweden have bigger experience on this stage, played already 4 matches in last 4 of World Cup. On the other hand Spain today will play first semis in their history in this competition.

Atmosphere in Spain team before World Cup wasn't good at all, many players against the coach. Obviously, result is great, but for me this situation still looks tricky. On the other hand Sweden looks very united.

For me Sweden looks better in this tournament so far. 9 points in group stage and they knocked two strong teams - title defenders USA and Japan. Japan in group stage completely destroyed Spain 4:0! Spain in last round needed extra time to beat Netherlands so freshness should be on Swedish side.

Sweden also have one ace in the hole - set pieces. Looks really amazing in this department and that can really make huge difference. Coach Gerhardsson said: "One of our strengths are the set pieces in the offense and defence. We practice a lot. It's part of the game and you can work a lot on structure at set pieces. We are not scoring all goals directly from set pieces. It is second balls, too. When old fruit in trees are falling down, you have to pick them up. That's what we did in the last game - it's falling fruit." It's huge weapon - central defender Ilestedt have already 4 goals - all of them from set pieces.

All in all, I don't see Sweden as a underdog here.

在我看来，瑞典队在今天的比赛中有很好的机会避免失利。

瑞典从未输给西班牙。我相信他们都有必要的工具来延续今天的连胜。两队上一次交手是在2022年，比赛以1:1结束。

西班牙队有很大的阵容问题，因为他们最好的球员来自巴塞罗那的亚历克西亚·普特拉斯仍然非常可疑，她在上一场比赛中只打了20分钟。

瑞典在这个舞台上有更丰富的经验，在世界杯四强中已经打了4场比赛。另一方面，西班牙今天将在这项赛事的历史上第一次进入半决赛。

西班牙队在世界杯前的气氛一点都不好，很多球员都反对教练。显然，结果很好，但对我来说，这种情况看起来仍然很棘手。另一方面，瑞典看起来非常团结。

在我看来，到目前为止，瑞典队在本届比赛中表现更好。小组赛9分，他们击败了两支强队——卫冕冠军美国队和日本队。日本队在小组赛中以4:0彻底击败了西班牙!西班牙队在上一轮比赛中需要加时赛才能击败荷兰队，所以瑞典队应该充满了新鲜感。

瑞典也有一张王牌——定位球。在这个部门看起来真的很了不起，这真的会有很大的不同。格哈德森教练说:“我们的优势之一是进攻和防守中的定位球。我们经常练习。这是比赛的一部分，你可以在定位球的结构上花很多功夫。我们并不是所有的进球都直接来自定位球。这也是第二个球。当树上的老果子掉下来时，你必须把它们捡起来。这就是我们在上一场比赛中所做的——它正在落下果实。”这是一个巨大的武器——中卫伊尔斯特已经进了4个球——都是定位球。

总而言之，我不认为瑞典在这方面处于劣势。