Thanks to the confluence of many factors, the Ukrainian national team managed to qualify through the group stage as one of the four best third-placed outfits. Curiously, it was Sweden who unwittingly helped Ukraine into the last 16. But, obviously, on the eve of the face-to-face meeting, Ukrainians should forget about this story. As the second half of the match against North Macedonia and the clash against Austria showed, Shevchenko's men have many problems. However, Ukrainians have the luxury of extra days of rest. The Swedes have never lost in the group stage and won their group. The team scored four goals (one from the penalty spot and three against Poland), but one can hardly expect many goals in the upcoming match. Sweden is an extremely defensive team. However, Ukraine has a good record against Sweden, with only one loss in five matches. Everything suggests a tight encounter. Andrey Shevchenko will probably rely on long-range shots, and his team has no problems with that. Tsygankov, Yarmolenko and Malinovsky can cause problems for Olsen. If Ukraine can learn from their mistakes on the group stage, then it may do well against Sweden on an equal footing.