JOHANSSON: It was almost not fun – but now the road is straighter against a Swedish … – Dalarna Tidningar

Possession in football is often seen as a tool to win games. “As long as we have the ball, the opponent does not score goals,” says somewhat simplified the ball proponents as Pep Guardiola and Arsène Wenger.

Would the football philosophers have seen Sweden’s match against Denmark in the JVM (which seems highly unlikely), they would have stood up and applauded. The sixty-minute game. For it was because it looked, from start to finish.

Sweden were better, rapper, tighter and a bit sharper in everything (except a part in the others). Just as it should be. Sweden must beat Denmark 9.89 times out of 10.

Felix Sandström got to keep clean sheet in his first JVM match. Quite right by Rikard Grönborg to rest Linus Soderstrom for giant game against the United States. I disagree with Niklas Wikegård and Sanny Lindstrom of Linus Soderstrom would have stood against Denmark. I can even go so far as to think that Felix Sandstrom, who beforehand was regarded as Sweden’s first goalkeeper, will be the last group match against Canada. Since Sweden has two goalkeepers in time for the playoffs. So learn it was not to be. Soderstrom’s probably back to Canada.

Other impressions Sweden-Denmark, which was played before a half-empty stadium in the north of Helsinki, is the Junior crown first line Adrian Kempe, Axel Holmstrom and Oscar Lindblom finally showed that they can lead this team. Against our red neighbors trio were the best on the ice, especially Adrian Kempe who opened the scoring after 13 seconds, and showed a completely different like against Denmark than the United States and the minutes he played against Switzerland before being taken off. Important for the upcoming playoffs that Sweden’s leading chain starts to produce and show itself from its best side. At the same time, it is not right to complain about Junior crowns when after three games played scored the most goals (14), conceding at least (3) and has the most points (9) of any team in the tournament.

Now wait probably Slovakia in the quarter-finals when Sweden secured the first place in the group. A team Junior crowns should beat, even though they went on ironing against them last year in the bronze match. But there are two new teams with totally different grades against each other now. Slovakia with a slightly weaker cohort, Sweden with one of their best in a very, very long time.

So good that it almost smells a little Swedish gold in Helsinki.