"Of course the pressure is on Argentina -- we've never felt any pressure in these World Cup finals," said striker Henrik Larsson, Sweden's top goalscorer with two goals in as many games. "We've been the underdogs from the start in this group."

That's just fine with the Swedes, who often play at their best when behind. They trailed 1-0 against England in the opener, but came back in the second half to get a 1-1 draw. They also fell behind 1-0 against Nigeria, but rallied to win 2-1 on Larsson's two goals.

With four points and the best goal differential in the group, a draw will be enough for Sweden to make the knockout stage. Argentina probably needs a win because England, which also has four points, completes round-robin play against a likely unmotivated and eliminated Nigerian side.

But will the Swedes go for a defensive game-plan and try for a tie?

"It's very difficult to go out and just play for a draw," said Fredrik Ljungberg, the Arsenal midfield star who set up Larsson's first goal with a brilliant cross. "I think we're going to play our game and of course try to score.

"If Argentina scores in the beginning, it's going to be very, very difficult for us. So we have to see which tactics the coaches want us to play, but I think it's important that we keep the game plan we've been using so far. It's worked very well for us. I think we should have scored one or two more goals against Nigeria. We had a lot of chances, but that's life."

Larsson, Europe's top goalscorer last season with 35 Scottish league goals for Celtic, also believes Sweden should stick to its own game.

"I'm not sure if Argentina will attack furiously from the beginning," Larsson said. "The most important thing for us is to concentrate on our game, but it's meaningless to speculate about the match."

Sweden, with only one loss in its last 21 games, counting friendlies, got off to an impressive start in the World Cup despite missing one of Europe's top central defenders.

Team captain Patrik Andersson -- the only remaining player along with Larsson from the 1994 Swedish bronze-medal winning side _ sustained a left groin strain in training eight days ago. His status for the Argentina game is unclear.

Andersson, whose rare freekick goal helped his former club Bayern Munich win the Bundesliga title a year ago and the Champions League final a few days later, only recently came back after an injury break that lasted nearly three months.

He tore knee ligaments Feb. 16 when Barcelona played Deportivo La Coruna in a Spanish League game and returned May 7 in a cup game for Barca.

All Swedish players had the day off Sunday. Some played golf while others relaxed by the pool or met their wives and girlfriends.

A team meeting was scheduled for the evening with a report on Argentina.

The team will train again in Kobe on Monday morning before flying to Sendai for final preparations before Wednesday's last group match.