Tony Cascarino believes Sweden are ‘there for the taking’

Former Irish international Tony Cascarino believes Sweden are there for the taking in the Republic of Ireland‘s opening Euro 2016 fixture.

Tony Cascarino believes Sweden are ‘there for the taking’
Mon, 11 Jan, 2016 - 00:00
Ger McCarthy

“We need to get something out of that first game and hopefully three points,” commented the former Irish international.

“All three teams in our group have a lot of things in common. Each possesses a strong and mobile centre-forward; Graziano Pelle for Italy, Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Sweden and Romelu Lukaku or Christian Benteke for Belgium.

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