Sweden players had the worst start to their day ahead of their World Cup quarter-final clash with England as a false fire alarm forced them to leave their hotel rooms in Samara.
The Swedish players were roused from their slumbers and moved out of their rooms at 8:30 local time, but luckily it turned out to be a false alarm and they could go back to recharging their batteries ahead of their first World Cup quarter-final since 1994.
“It was just after half past eight this morning, a false alarm. All the players are feeling fine,” Sweden press officer Staffan Stjernholm told website Fotbollskanalen
According to the hotel management, the alarm went off due someone smoking in their room or someone hitting a fire alarm switch.
The Swedes had plenty of time for a nap before they take on England at 1700 local time (19:30 IST).
Sweden have endured quite a successful campaign so far and would want to repeat it against England.
The highlight of Sweden’s campaign so far was beating Mexico 3-0 to top its group, and Janne Andersson’s side then won a tight contest with Switzerland in the last 16.
Sweden have, of course, enjoyed some memorable World Cup campaigns in the past — reaching the final on home soil in 1958 where they lost to Brazil and then the semi-finals in 1994 where again the South Americans ended their dreams.