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Tuesday, 15/11/2011

Kick off 20:00 GMT at Wembley Stadium

International Match

England - Barry 23'

8	W	7
7	L	8
9	D	9

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FULL TIME

90'Pontus Wernbloom.

90'Christian Wilhelmson misses a great chance to level in injury time, but blazes a volley high and wide from Emir Bajrami's ball into the area.

87'Off, Rasmus Elm. On, Emir Bajrami.

81'Larsson at the other end comes to Sweden's rescue heading away a brilliant James Milner cross from the right. Darren Bent was arriving hoping to connect and make it 2-0.

78'Seb Larsson has Scott Carson scrambling backwards after sending in a deep cross-shot from the left. It looks to be sneaking under the bar but the Bursaspor keeper palms to safety

76'Again Liverpool winger Downing intercepts a misguided Sweden pass, and attacks. The ball eventually comes back to Downing via Bent and Barry, but his 20 yard effort is over the bar.

70'Off, Kim Kallstrom. On, Anders Svensson.

70'Off, Bobby Zamora. On, Darren Bent.

66'Downing again in the thick of things, picking up a loose Ola Toivonen pass on the halfway line and running at the Swedish defence. He shoots low at goal, but Isaksson is down well to save.

64'Stewart Downing breaks down the left and crosses for Bobby Zamora but his first-time shot is deflected away for a corner.

58'Off, Theo Walcott. On, Daniel Sturridge. Daniel Sturridge comes on for his England debut.

58'Off, Jack Rodwell. On, James Milner.

56'Sub Christian Wilhelmsson introduces some pace into the Sweden attack and a run sees him tee up Wernbloom from 20 yards but he fires way off target.

55'Off, Mikael Lustig. On, Christian Wilhelmsson.

46'Off, Joe Hart. On, Scott Carson.

46'Off, Olof Mellberg. On, Jonas Olsson.

46'Off, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. On, Ola Toivonen.

HALF TIME

44'Rodwell is not far away again, rising to meet Downing's cross. The ball hits the wrong side of the post though, and goes out for a goalkick.

42'Pontus Wernbloom has a header ruled out for offside.

41'Phil Jones disposses Pontus Wernbloom on the half-way line and bursts forward into Sweden's box. His flick goalwards has Isaksson beaten but also misses the upright

37'Jack Rodwell not far from opening his England account as he hooks a left-foot volley goalwards after Everton team mate Leighton Baines crosses from the left. Andreas Isaksson scrambles round the post.

36'Johan Elmander. Johan Elmander booked for foul on Rodwell

34'Johan Elmander is near to levelling for Sweden. The former Bolton striker nods goalwards after Kim Kallstom's near-post header, but fortunately for England it goes just wide of the woodwork.

23'Gareth Barry. That's 1-0 to England as Gareth Barry scores the Three Lions' 2000th goal of all time. A neat inter-change between Baines and Downing on the left and the Liverpool man clips in a teasing cross towards Barry six yards out. He rises to glance a header just inside the far post.

18'Bobby Zamora has England's best chance of the game so far. Linking well with Walcott he works an opening inside the area, but can only find the side netting.

15'Great run from Theo Walcott into the Sweden box. He tries to pull back for Gareth Barry but the visitors clear for a corner

13'Sunderland's Seb Larsson wastes a great free-kick opportunity from 20 yards, hitting the ball straight at the wall. Zlatan Imbrahimovic then blazes high into the crowd

04'Stewart Downing almost connects with a Kyle Walker cross from the right inside the six-yard box, but Sweden clear.

KOSweden kick off. They're wearing a navy blue shirt with yellow sash, yellow shorts, navy socks. England in white, blue, white

00'England starting eleven: England 1 Joe Hart 2 Kyle Walker 3 Leighton Baines 4 Phil Jones 5 Gary Cahill 6 John Terry (c) 7 Theo Walcott 8 Jack Rodwell 9 Bobby Zamora 10 Gareth Barry 11 Stewart Downing...Substitutes: 12 Scott Carson 13 Glen Johnson 14 Ashley Cole 15 Joleon Lescott 16 Scott Parker 17 Frank Lampard 18 James Milner 19 Adam Johnson 20 Daniel Sturridge 21 Darren Bent 22 David Stockdale

00'Sweden starting eleven: 1 Andreas Isaksson 2 Mikael Lustig 3 Olof Mellberg 4 Daniel Majstorovic 5 Martin Olsson 7 Sebastian Larsson 9 Kim Kallstrom 10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (c) 11 Johan Elmander 16 Pontus Wernbloom 22 Rasmus Elm... Substitutes: 12 Johan Wiland (Gk) 6 Emir Bajrami 8 Anders Svensson 13 Andreas Granqvist 14 Behrang Safari 15 Alexander Gerndt 17 Mikael Almeback 18 Samuel Holmen 19 Jonas Olsson 20 Ola Toivonen 21 Christian Wilhelmsson

VIDEO: England end 43-year hoodoo

Tuesday, 15 November, 2011

2,000th goal ends long run without a win over Sweden.

By Nicholas Veevers at Wembley

Watch the official match highlights here on FATV

England beat Sweden for the first time in 43 years and it was the 2,000th goal in their history that sealed a second win in four days for Fabio Capello’s team.

The last victory over the Scandinavians came in 1968, also at Wembley, but that hoodoo was ended with a first-half goal which appeared to come off the head of defender Daniel Majstorovic although Gareth Barry will claim it after directing the initial header goalwards inside the area.

That debate will no doubt be settled soon, but Capello will also be pleased with his team's display after making eight changes from the side which beat World Champions Spain in the previous game.

There were some encouraging individual performances too, with Kyle Walker impressing on his full debut at right-back, whilst Leighton Baines and Stewart Downing were a constant thorn down the left in the first half before the Liverpool man switched sides in the second period.

After a tentative opening, the first real chance of the game fell to England in the 18th minute when Theo Walcott picked up the ball and broke into the Swedish box. Trading a pass with Bobby Zamora, the ball fell back to the Fulham striker, but his shot on the stretch hit the side-netting rather than force Andreas Isaksson into a save. It would have been a great way to celebrate his first start had Zamora squeezed the effort in.

England didn’t have to wait much longer than that before breaking the deadlock, as Baines and Downing linked well on the left allowing the Reds winger to clip a delightful cross towards the penalty spot for Barry to climb highest and win a header . The ball was taken past Isaksson and into the corner of the net via a deflection off the head of Majstorovic.

Joe Hart was called into his first real action of the evening with the half-hour mark approaching, when Seb Larsson’s whipped cross from the left had him scampering back across his line to just palm the ball away to safety.

Jack Rodwell, also in his first senior start, then came close in the 37th minute when Baines’ centre picked him out in the area but his left-footed volley went narrowly wide as Isaksson scrambled around the post.

With five minutes to go in the first half, Phil Jones came agonisingly near to adding a second when he nicked the ball off Pontus Wornbloom just over the half-way line before bursting through the defence and into the area. With Isaksson quickly out to close him down, Jones tried to slip it past him only to send it inches wide of the post.

If that was a good chance, then the one two minutes later was even better as Downing skipped past Mikael Rustig on the left before chipping a fine cross to the far post for Rodwell. The Everton midfielder looked odds-on to score his first goal for England, but his header clipped the outside of the post and wide.

Both teams made changes at the break, with Hart replaced in goal by Scott Carson whilst the Swedes replaced their largely quiet captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Isaksson and the experienced defender Olof Mellberg.

Another debutant soon followed for England, with Daniel Sturridge on for Walcott, and he almost made an instant impact when looking to beat Jonas Olsson just inside the area before eventually being crowded out.

England continued to look for a second goal and they were gifted a chance in the 66th minute when sub Ola Toivonen’s pass went straight to the feet of Downing. He advanced forward and cut inside only to see his fierce low shot well saved by Johan Wiland.

Downing tried his luck again with 15 minutes remaining when Darren Bent teed him up, but this time his shot was well over the bar.

Carson had to be alert in the 79th minute, when Larsson again hit a testing cross-shot from distance which was travelling goalwards until the ‘keeper got back to just keep it out.

James Milner then dug out a fine cross from the right which was destined for the head of Bent, only for Larsson to thwart England again with a last ditch clearance in front of goal.

Sweden subsitute Christian Wilhelmson had one last chance for the visitors in injury time, but his volley from fellow replacement Emir Bajrami's cross skewed high and wide and landed amongst the travelling support behind the goal.

England wrapped up in 2011 with another win and high hopes for what could be in store next year.