About This Match
This is PRECISION versus POWER on the grandest stage of them all! The Blue Samurai arrive carrying the scalps of Germany and Spain, swarming in packs and slicing through defenses with surgical, lightning-quick passing — but standing in their path are the Swedes, an immovable wall of physicality and set-piece menace, the most reliable machine in international football. One side wants to dance through you; the other wants to grind you into the turf and bury you from a corner. When the relentless storm meets the unbreakable fortress, SOMETHING has to give!
Human Rights & Country Data
Japan
Freedom House
Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)
Reporters Without Borders
Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)
UN Human Development Index
Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)
Transparency International
Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner
ILGA World
Legal status of same-sex relationships
Sweden
Freedom House
Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)
Reporters Without Borders
Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)
UN Human Development Index
Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)
Transparency International
Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner
ILGA World
Legal status of same-sex relationships