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Match
Summary |
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Officials
from Switzerland |
Sweden |
Type |
England |
Referee
(silver)
-
Massimo Busacca
37 (6 February 1969), Bellinzona, FIFA-listed 1998;
Assistant
Referees - Francesco Buragina, 40 (7 January
1966) and Matthias Arnet,
38 (2 June 1968).
Fourth official - Khalil Al Ghamdi, 35 (2 September 1970), Saudi Arabia, FIFA-listed
2002;
Fifth official - Fathi Arabati, 42 (5 February 1964), Jordan. |
6 |
Goal Attempts |
14 |
6 |
Attempts on Target |
8 |
2 |
Hit Bar/Post |
0 |
12 |
Corner Kicks Won |
6 |
0 |
Offside Calls Against |
1 |
18 |
Fouls Conceded |
13 |
45% |
Possession |
55% |
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Sweden
Team |
|
Rank: |
FIFA (17th
May 2006)
16th
EFO ranking
Group 5
ELO rating
13th to 12th |
Colours: |
Made by Umbro -
Yellow crew neck jerseys with large blue narrowing cross on shoulders/trimmed
collar, blue
shorts with yellow narrowing side stripe, yellow socks with blue pinhoops. |
Capt: |
Olof Mellberg |
Manager: |
Lars Lagerbäck, 57 (16 July 1948), appointed as joint-coach in January 2000,
took sole responsibility July 2004; |
Sweden
Lineup |
1 |
Isaksson, Andreas |
24 |
3 October 1981 |
G |
Stade Rennais FC, France |
41 |
0 |
16 |
Källström, Kim |
23 |
24 August 1982 |
CM |
Stade Rennais FC, France |
37 |
4 |
3 |
Mellberg,
E. Olof |
30 |
3 September 1977 |
CD |
Aston Villa FC, England |
67 |
2 |
4 |
Lučić, Teddy
M.S. |
33 |
15 April 1973 |
CD |
BK Häcken |
84 |
0 |
5 |
Edman, Erik K. |
27 |
11 November 1978 |
LB |
Stade Rennais FC, France |
40 |
1 |
6 |
Linderoth, Tobias J.H., off 90+1st min. |
27 |
21 April 1979 |
CM |
FC København, Denmark |
61 |
1 |
7 |
Alexandersson, J. Niclas |
34 |
29 December 1971 |
RB |
IFK Göteborg |
90 |
7 |
Alexandersson cautioned in the 83rd min. for
Unsporting Behaviour; for a foul on Joe Cole. |
18 |
Jonson, Mattias,
off 54th min. |
32 |
16 January 1974 |
RM |
Djurgårdens IF |
56 |
9 |
9 |
Ljungberg,
K. Fredrik |
29 |
16 April 1977 |
LM |
Arsenal FC, England |
60 |
13 |
Ljungberg cautioned in the 87th min. for
Unsporting Behaviour. |
20 |
Allbäck, Marcus C., off 75th min. |
32 |
5 July 1973 |
F |
FC København, Denmark |
59 |
24 |
11 |
Larsson, Henrik
E. |
34 |
20 September 1971 |
F |
FC Barcelona, Spain |
92 |
36 |
Sweden
Substitutes |
scoreline: Sweden 1 England 1 |
21 |
Wilhelmsson, Christian U., on 54th min. for Jonson |
27 |
8 December 1978 |
M |
RSC Anderlecht, Belgium |
32 |
2 |
17 |
Elmander, Johan E.C., on 75th min. for Allbäck |
24 |
27 May 1981 |
F |
Brøndby IF |
20 |
7 |
scoreline: Sweden 2 England 2 |
19 |
Andersson, Daniel J., on 90+1st min., for Linderoth |
30 |
28 August 1977 |
M |
Malmö FF |
48 |
0 |
result: Sweden 2 England 2 |
unused
substitutes: |
2-Mikael Nilsson, 8-Anders Svensson, 12-John
Alvbage, 13-Petter Hansson, 14-Fredrik Stenman, 15-Karl Svensson, 22-Markus
Rosenburg, 23-Rami Shaaban. |
team
notes: |
Marcus Allbäck scored the 2,000th goal in World Cup
history when he netted Sweden's equaliser. Henrik Larsson's goal came
twelve
years after his first in the World Cup in 1994. He joins Pele, Uwe Seeler,
Diego Maradona, Michael Laudrup and Sami Al Jaber who have equalled the
achievemnent. Larsson appeared in the finals for the twelfth time,
becoming Sweden's most capped World Cup player ever. He equalled Kennet
Andersson as Sweden's all-time World Cup top scorer with five goals, and
also became the 19th player to score at three or more of the competition
finals. Tobias Linderoth's father, Anders,
captained
Sweden against England in June 1979.
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4-4-2 |
Isaksson -
Alexandersson, Mellberg, Lucic, Edman -
Jonson (Wilhelmsson), Linderoth (Andersson), Källström, Ljungberg -
Larsson, Allbäck (Elmander). |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
29.5 |
Appearances/Goals |
62.5 |
8.8 |
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England
Team |
|
Rank: |
FIFA (17th
May 2006)
10th
EFO ranking
Group 3
ELO rating
4th |
Colours: |
The 2006 away uniform - Red
crew neck jersey with St. George flag on right shoulder, white shorts with
red triangular shard on hem, red socks. |
Capt: |
David Beckham, 56th captaincy. |
Head Coach: |
Sven-Göran
Eriksson, 58 (5 February 1948), appointed 30 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001,
65th match, W 39 - D 16 - L 10 - F 127 - A 61. |
England
Lineup |
1 |
Robinson,
Paul W. |
26 |
15 October 1979 |
G |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
24 |
14
GA |
15 |
Carragher, James L.D. |
28 |
28 January 1978 |
RB |
Liverpool FC |
27 |
0 |
3 |
Cole,
Ashley |
25 |
20 December 1980 |
LB |
Arsenal
FC |
49 |
0 |
16 |
Hargreaves, Owen
L. |
25 |
20 January 1981
born in Canada |
CM |
FC Bayern München, Germany |
32 |
0 |
Hargreaves cautioned in the 76th min. for
Handball. |
5 |
Ferdinand, Rio
G., injured off 56th min. |
27 |
7 November 1978 |
CD |
Manchester United FC |
50 |
0 |
6 |
Terry,
John G. |
25 |
7 December 1980 |
CD |
Chelsea FC |
27 |
1 |
7 |
Beckham,
David R.J. |
31 |
2 May 1975 |
RM |
Real Madrid CF,
Spain |
92 |
16 |
8 |
Lampard,
Frank J. |
28 |
20 June 1978 |
CM |
Chelsea FC |
43 |
10 |
9 |
Rooney, Wayne M., off 69th min. |
20 |
24 October 1985 |
F |
Manchester United FC |
31 |
10 |
10 |
Owen, Michael J., injured off 4th min. |
25 |
14 December 1979 |
F |
Newcastle United FC |
80 |
37 |
11
|
Cole, Joseph
J. |
24 |
8 November 1981 |
LM |
Chelsea FC |
35 |
6 |
England
Substitutes |
21
|
Crouch, Peter J.,
on 4th min. (3:30) for Owen |
25 |
30 January 1981 |
F |
Liverpool FC |
10 |
6 |
scoreline: Sweden 1 England 1 |
12 |
Campbell, Sulzeer J., on 56 min. for Ferdinand |
31 |
18 September 1974 |
CD |
Arsenal
FC |
69 |
1 |
4 |
Gerrard, Steven G.,
on 69th min. for Rooney |
26 |
30 May 1980 |
M |
Liverpool FC |
45 |
9 |
scoreline: Sweden 2 England 2 |
unused
substitutes: |
13-David James, 14-Wayne
Bridge, 17-Jermaine Jenas,
18-Michael Carrick,
19-
Aaron Lennon, 20-Stewart Downing, 22-Scott Carson, 23-Theo Walcott. |
team
notes: |
Michael Owen was substituted in the fourth minute of the
match, equalling the fastest substitution in World Cup history. Sol
Campbell became the tenth English player to appear in three World Cups. England are still without a victory over Sweden since 22 May 1968.
Steven Gerrard's goal is the fiftieth by a substitute for England.
The third goal by a substitute in Finals play. |
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4-4-1-1 |
Robinson -
Carragher, Ferdinand (Campbell), Terry, A.Cole -
Beckham, Hargreaves, Lampard, J.Cole -
Rooney (Gerrard) -
Owen (Crouch). |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
25.8 |
Appearances/Goals |
44.5 |
7.5 |
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Match Report
(Mike Payne's exclusive report coming shortly) |
England will play Ecuador in the last 16 of the
World Cup after securing a draw with Sweden to top Group B.
England went in front when Joe Cole hit a
sensational lob from 35 yards, only for Marcus Allb�ck to equalise when he
headed home from a right-wing corner. Steven Gerrard headed in Joe
Cole's 85th-minute cross, but Henrik Larsson levelled for Sweden in injury
time. The result was marred by a knee injury to striker Michael
Owen, who was stretchered off in the first minute.
England will now meet Ecuador in the second round
on Sunday at 1600 BST in Stuttgart, while Sweden play Germany in Munich 24
hours earlier. It was an improved display from England, but they
will be concerned by the way they struggled after the break having
dominated the first half. England knew if they could win or draw
they would avoid a knock-out encounter with in-form hosts Germany.
But if Sven-Göran Eriksson was looking for a
bright start from his side, it could barely have been any worse.
With less than a minute on the clock, Owen picked the ball up on the left
and as he tried to pass it, his right knee buckled underneath him.
He immediately crawled to the touchline in agony and received treatment
before being stretchered off, replaced by Peter Crouch.
Owen's team-mates looked shell-shocked at such a
cruel twist of fate and the contest took time to get going as a result.
When it did get going it was England in the ascendancy, as Joe Cole fired
over and Rooney went on a mazy dribble only to see Teddy Lucic block his
goalbound shot. When they went ahead, it was thanks to a goal that
announced Joe Cole on the world stage as one of the stars of this
tournament. The Chelsea midfielder chested down a clearance 35 yards
out and hit the most outrageous, dipping volley that Andreas Isaksson
could only help into the top corner.
In a World Cup already full to the brim of
sensational strikes, this one will remain up there with the very best.
England were buzzing, Joe Cole and Rooney in particular, and Frank Lampard and Rooney shot just over as England tried to double their lead. But
they were hit by a sucker-punch six minutes after the break, as Allb�ck
rose all too easily to glance home a Tobias Linderoth corner. Former
Villa striker Allb�ck nearly made it two from another corner as England
failed to learn their lesson, this time the ball ricocheting off Jamie
Carragher's arm and Paul Robinson brilliantly reacting to tip it onto the
bar.
From being in total control, England were all of
a sudden in disarray. Another corner, another free header - this
time for Lucic - and Olof Mellberg volleyed against Robinson's crossbar.
England still looked shaky at the back and substitute Gerrard had to hack
the ball off the line after Kim Kallstrom fired goalwards, as yet again a
corner caused chaos. Just as England looked like they were on the
rack, Joe Cole crossed for Gerrard to nod in at the far post.
But they were denied a first win over Sweden
since 22 May 1968 when they failed to clear another ball pumped into their
box and Larsson pounced to poke home. - BBC Sport
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Source Notes |
FIFA.com
BBC Sport
Infostrada Sports
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