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Coleman: Defeat a wake-up call
- Updated: June 5, 2016
Wales manager Chris Coleman called his side’s Euro 2016 warm-up defeat to Sweden on Sunday a “slap in the face”.
The Stockholm friendly was Wales’ only warm-up game before their Euros opener against Slovakia in Bordeaux on Saturday.
But it turned into a painful exercise as they were completely outplayed at the Friends Arena and suffered a 3-0 defeat.
Emil Forsberg and Mikael Lustig rewarded Sweden’s superiority either side of the break before substitute John Guidetti rounded off victory three minutes from time.
“We know we can be better than that,” said Coleman.
“We get a bit of success, a bit of expectation, sometimes a little bit of complacency and that can give you a little slap in the face.
“That physical thing, it doesn’t matter if you’re 5ft 4in or 6ft 4in, it’s about your intent.
“We were a little bit naive, which would be my criticism today.
“Normally we do a lot to work on being a bit more streetwise on the pitch, like Sweden were.
“We saw how many times …
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