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Why Kenyans root for Sweden in Russia 2018

John Guidetti grew up in Nairobi. [Photo/Courtesy]

When Sweden take on England on Saturday in Samara in the third quarterfinal a section of Kenyans will be rooting for two Swedish players they consider their own.

John Guidetti, who spent five years of his formative ages kicking about the ball with kids from the slums of Nairobi and Martin Tony Waikwa Olsson, will be close to the hearts of a few Kenyans who know them.

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