Welcome to Sports Mole's live text coverage of the World Cup group-stage clash between Sweden and South Korea at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.
These two sides have been given added incentive to get off to a positive start today following Group F favourites Germany's shock 1-0 loss to Mexico on Sunday afternoon.
Sweden are competing in the finals for the first time since 2006, while their opponents are here for a ninth time in a row and a 10th time overall.
Follow all of the action as it unfolds with our extensive updates below.
STARTING XI: Olsen; Lustig, Granqvist, Jansson, Augustinsson; Larsson, Ekdal, Forsberg, Claesson; Berg, Toivonen
SUBS: Johnsson, Nordfeldt, Lindelof, Olsson, Helander, Krafth, Svensson, Hiljemark, Rohden, Durmaz, Guidetti, Thelin
STARTING XI: Kim; Lee, Park, G Kim, Jang Hyun-Soo; W Kim, Koo Ja-Cheol, Lee, Ki, Kim Min-Woo; Son, Hwang Hee-Chan
SUBS: S.G Kim, Jin-H Kim, S-H Jung, Ban-Suk Oh, Young-Sun Yun, Min-woo Kim, Chul Hong, Yo-Han Go, Se-Jong Ju, W-YJung, S.M Moon, Seung-Woo Lee
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Janne Andersson: "We are looking forward to this match against a tough opponent. We know they have technical skills, are a very fast team and we need to keep good order in everything we do. We are very happy with our performance so far in preparation. We have been working more on our attacking game over the last few days."
Shin Tae-yong: "We do not know each other that well, but we are really ready for the game tomorrow and we have to win. Some people are saying the [Korean] fans are showing us the cold shoulder but we are doing everything we can to win. The fans in Korea are sending us their support."
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SWEDEN SUBS: Johnsson, Nordfeldt, Lindelof, Olsson, Helander, Krafth, Svensson, Hiljemark, Rohden, Durmaz, Guidetti, Thelin
SOUTH KOREA SUBS: S.G Kim, Jin-H Kim, S-H Jung, Ban-Suk Oh, Young-Sun Yun, Min-woo Kim, Chul Hong, Yo-Han Go, Se-Jong Ju, W-YJung, S.M Moon, Seung-Woo Lee
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