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00:00 Of all the teams that have played in the semifinal of the FIFA Women's World Cup, only Sweden
00:05 have played in the final before in the past and now they play again in the semifinal against
00:12 Spain and this is our preview of the game for you.
00:16 My name is Ayomini Soto-Wei and this is the nutmeg on Guardian.
00:19 Of course, any team that makes it to the semifinal of a tournament as the World Cup is definitely
00:29 one of the best in the tournament and that is Spain.
00:32 Quite easily they scored 15 goals in 5 games, they won 4 of those 5 games and they lost
00:37 just once and that was against Japan and that was in the late drama that ensued in the quarter
00:42 finals where it took a late winner because Japan are really an exciting side in this
00:46 tournament.
00:47 It did take a late drama with the winner scored by Salma Parallelo to get through the line
00:53 for Spain.
00:54 But then their opponents Sweden have shown character at World Cup Champions.
00:58 I think they have been the only side that have not lost in this tournament so far.
01:03 They won all of their games, that is 5 games in the tournament.
01:06 Of all the 4 semifinalists, they have been the only one to win all of their games against
01:10 the WAF Con Champions South Africa, against Italy, they absolutely tombed Italy 5-0, against
01:15 Argentina as well and also they eliminated USA and you could make a case for them winning
01:22 this tournament.
01:23 If you can do that, if you can eliminate defending champions and go unbeaten in your
01:28 games then it does mean that there is quality, there is character and there is a will and
01:34 hunger to get through the line.
01:36 And there is no room for complacency for both sides because even after the Japan win, Sweden
01:42 are favourites but then they have to take control of the game, they have to be on the
01:46 front foot because Spain are no pushovers in that game as well.
01:52 My prediction, I do go for Sweden owing to the fact that of all 4, like I said, they
01:57 have been the only ones to play in the semifinals.
02:01 I do go for Sweden, I fancy them to be in the finals and I fancy Spain to make it into
02:08 the third place and probably win the third place match against either Australia or in
02:14 fact England when they both face and when it is decided who plays in the third place
02:18 game.
02:19 So that's my prediction, I think Sweden will nick this one in the pot.
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02:37 Well, my name is Ayomede Shozibu and for this episode, thank you for watching, it's goodbye
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