Despite a bitter loss to Spain, Sweden coach Lars Lagerback is still optimistic that Sweden will reach the quarterfinals and they can do so even if they manage a draw with Russia.

However there are different opinions about how long David Villa’s 92^nd minute winner will sting for and how much damage it may do to the morale of the team.

Petter Hansson who was at fault for both the goals said, "Losing a match like that lives with you. The Swedish dream is alive, there is no doubt about that, but I'll be thinking about those final seconds for a long time yet, believe me. We made a really good effort and I think that tells you much about this team. But if Torres and Villa have one chance each and score both of them, then that tells you they are world class. I know we can defeat Russia and although I've not spent too much time analyzing them, I think they are a team which likes to get forward at you, to overlap, but which doesn't have quite as much quality as Spain.

Johan Elmander meanwhile insists that the frustrating loss is no more than an indication that their opposition have evolved massively since qualifying for Euro 2008. Elmander  said “Spain are a little more hard-nosed than when we played them in our qualifier in Stockholm but I don't run around the pitch thinking about them. I'll admit they were the better side over the 90 minutes but we'd earned our draw.”

Sweden won their opening game, but lost their second due to a last-minute Villa goal. But a win or a draw against the Russia would send them sailing into the knockout round.