Lars Lagerback Good Quotations

It's an important game for us, the first time all the professional players are called. Ireland has a good side with a new manager and will give us a great game. They will play a strong game and it's vital to us to have a good performance. The result is of secondary importance.

I think we had a very good game, playing on this level equal with the Dutch team. It was a really good match and it could have gone either way.

This year we want to have both matches at home and avoid long journeys. It is good that we have got the Finland game sorted out and now we have to decide who will be the opponent for the other match.

Of course I am very satisfied - to win seven games and lose one is rather good isn't it.

Psychologically, it was important that we scored the goal. Then the players could relax but try to control the match. England also missed some good players.

They are good opponents with a style of play like (our World Cup opponents) Trinidad & Tobago and Paraguay. It will be extra fun to give the crowd a completely new opponent, since we've never ever faced them before.