There is nothing much to say except that Spain looks to be in spectacular form so far. However, with top spot guaranteed, Luis Aragones is set to relieve his stars and field a 2nd string team to face a depleted Greece side who is heading home after this match.
Villa and Torres are expected to be rested, along with Puyol, Casillas, Ramos and Xavi. However, the replacement players although not household names, do have something to prove. In comes Reina, Alonso, Guiza and Sergio Garcia whom have proven themselves in their club teams and will now try to make a name for themselves for Spain. While staying injury is of upmost importance, Spain will be looking to be the 3rd team to claim maximum points from 3 games and mark themselves as champion favourites for this year's Euro 2008.
Greece is out of the competition, and with it, signals a whole change to the squad to take to the field against Spain. Many changes are expected, with their first team half ruled out due to injuries and suspension. While this is a trying time for the defending champions, Greece is intending to hold back the Spanish, but looking beaten already.
Russia squares off against Sweden in the final group fixture and being favourites to claim 2nd spot is the Scandinavian team in yellow. Veteran Ljurngberg will be returning to the side once again as they only need a draw (goal difference being better than Russia) to qualify for the quarter-finals. That said, Sweden will not be sitting back and look forward to their ace, Zlatan Ibrahimovic to continue his fine form and score yet again for Sweden.
Russia is certainly quiet in its preparations and has not announced to the world how it will approach the game. The Russians are passive players and at times, they look like newcomers to the big scene. However, their football is pretty and we have seen good football in their matches against Spain and Greece. While they are quiet, they will not go down silently and should be prepared to match the Swedes in terms of skill. However, their lapses of concentration sometimes prove them costly. We have seen Spain go on the counter-attack 4 times, and all attempts resulted in goals against Russia. This is not good enough and Sweden may look to capitalise on that.
Kicks 4 Kicks! believes that Spain should dispose of Greece easily, but will only be a slim victory. Russia will try their hardest and with Sweden's defence one of the hardest to penetrate, may lose and Ibrahimovic to work his magic yet again to full effect.
K4K! predicts: Spain 2-0 Greece, Russia 1-2 Sweden
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