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[caption id="attachment_16110" align="alignnone" width="580"] Italy players training ahead of Sweden tie. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: Italy can seal their place in the knockout stages of Euro 2016 if they beat Sweden in their second Group E game in Toulouse on Friday. The Azzurri put in a solid performance to see off group seeds Belgium on Monday, with Emanuele Giaccherini and Southampton striker Graziano Pelle scoring in the 2-0 victory. Another three points against the Swedes this week would be job done at the group stages for Antonio Conte's men and the Chelsea manager-in-waiting is urging his side to achieve the "extraordinary". Sweden snatched a draw against the Republic of Ireland in their opening fixture, with a 71st minute own goal from Ciaran Clark seeing them take a point from the Stade de France. "I think I've got a very intelligent group of players at my disposal. All of whom are aware we've achieved something significant, because we've put ourselves in a good position to go through the group stage," Conte told UEFA.com. "They know we have to work and give 100 per cent, because if we're simply content to produce the ordinary, that's not good enough. We have to do something extraordinary to make people proud of us." The attention will once again be on their charismatic captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic - who is aiming to become the first player to score in four successive European Championships ahead of Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo - after a lacklusture display against the Irish. But Sweden coach Erik Hamren has dismissed criticism of his star man, and is calling on the squad to put in maximum effort to keep in the hunt for the knockout rounds. "To be a forward, you need support. Our attacking play wasn't very good. In the first 50 minutes our forwards didn't have much to work with," he said after the draw. "As a team we got better after and they had some opportunities. He (Ibrahimovic) was involved in the goal we scored. We have to give 300 percent in the next games if we are going to go through."