Ibrahimovic and Larsson could strike gold for Swedes

Bill George

Winner of a Championship with Germany in 1980, Briegel rates Sweden so highly that he identified them as potential winners. But he feels the tournament is so open that any one of half-a-dozen teams, including England, are capable of lifting the trophy.

Now manager of Albania, Briegel played 72 times for Germany and is uniquely qualified to assess the relative merits of the contestants, having played and managed with success in Italy, Turkey as well as his native Germany.