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90+2 |
The referee's whistle goes and England have won Group B and will now face Ecuador in the last 16. |
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90+1 |
What a body blow for England. Still, they are on course to win the group... |
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90+1 |
Andersson comes on for Tobias Linderoth. |
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90 |
Goal! Sweden 2-2 England
A long throw into the area is allowed to bounce and falls for Larsson and Mellberg. A flicked effort from the veteran Larsson somehow evades Campbell, Terry, Cole and Robinson and creeps into the corner. |
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87' Freddie Ljungberg is booked |
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86 |
A goal against the run of play but England won't care - it was a great goal from the Liverpool midfielder in a typically advanced position. |
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85 |
Goal! Sweden 1-2 England
Steven Gerrard sends a bullet header past Isaksson after his great run to the back post was picked out by Joe Cole's perfect cross. |
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84 |
England are starting to pass the ball a little better having packed the midfield. |
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83' Niclas Alexandersson goes right through the back of Joe Cole and is booked. |
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82 |
Beckham's ball into the area sails over everyone and goes over the bar to safety for Sweden. |
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80 |
Elmander fouls Ashley Cole and England will use the free kick to try to come out of their own half. |
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79 |
Edman's cross is again excellent but Joe Cole clears the ball. |
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78 |
Beckham's delivery from the right finds the head of Peter Crouch but Isaksson gathers with relative ease. |
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77 |
Gerrard seeks out Beckham but Edman heads the ball away for a corner. |
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76' Owen Hargreaves goes in the referee's notebook |
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73 |
Edman concedes a free-kick after going through Beckham but again England can't get anything going in the final third. |
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74' Johan Elmander comes on for Marcus Allback. |
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73 |
Edman concedes a free-kick after going through Beckham but again England can't get anything going in the final third. |
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72 |
Joe Cole again tries to get England going but Beckham can't quite reach his cross. |
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71 |
Again England are caught out at a corner with Kallstrom's shot from 22 yards cleared off the line by Steven Gerrard. |
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70 |
England now have Hargreaves sitting deep with Beckham, Gerrard, Cole and Lampard in midfield with Crouch upfront on his own. |
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69' Steven Gerrard comes on for Wayne Rooney. |
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67 |
Crouch collects Carragher's throw and passes out to Ashley Cole but the cross is again cleared. |
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65 |
Hargreaves does well on the right and as England try to work the ball through to the strikers, Joe Cole's ball is cut out. |
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64 |
England win a much-wanted corner but Crouch heads high and wide. |
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62 |
Again Joe Cole is the outlet for England but this time even he can't create anything but some encouraging signs. |
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61 |
What a tackle from big Sol Campbell - he snatches the ball away from Larsson just as the Swedish veteran was about to shoot. |
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60 |
Since the goal England have lost a bit of shape, especially in midfield and that is putting pressure on the defence. |
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59 |
Joe Cole asks too much of Ashley Cole as England try to relieve some pressure. |
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58 |
Linderoth's corner finds Larsson at the back post and his header is volleyed onto the top of the crossbar - England living dangerously. |
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56' Sol Campbell comes on for Rio Ferdinand who may have picked up a slight injury. |
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55 |
Henrik Larsson heads against the crossbar from another brilliant inswinging Linderoth corner - looks like Robinson made a very smart save... |
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54' Jonson is replaced by Christian Wilhelmsson. |
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53 |
England try to come out of defence and the move ends with Crouch shooting at Isaksson, who saves easily. |
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52 |
That goal was the 2000th in World Cup Finals and it was a well-worked, simple goal which caught England napping. |
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51 |
Goal! Sweden 1-1 England
Marcus Allback jumps above Beckham at the near post and heads past Robinson! Brilliant delivery from Linderoth and what a well-directed header. |
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49 |
Ljungberg comes of the right flank and gets away a low shot which is cleared by Terry for a corner. |
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48 |
Lampard's floated pass over the defence finds Cole and though his cross is put out for a corner, the move comes to nothing. |
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47 |
Another Cole cross is headed away just ahead of the attentions of Crouch. |
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46 |
Joe Cole again charges in from his left position, causing havoc in the defence only to lay the ball back for a Hargreaves shot. |
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So here we go for the second half with no further changes to the personnel on display. |
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45+2 |
The referee blows for half-time. An impressive showing from England sees them go in a goal up thanks to Joe Cole's wondrous finish. |
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45+1 |
Lampard and Cole exchange a sharp one-two but Lampard doesn't quite get enough purchase on his shot, which is easily gathered by Isaksson. |
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45 |
Cole's shot-cum-cross is cleared by Lucic just as Crouch looked to turn it goalwards. |
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42 |
Beckham's right-wing cross finds Joe Cole on the left and his calm lay-off finds Rooney whose shot is just a little high. |
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40 |
Rooney again marauding forward but the ball wouldn't quite come down for him as he looked to get his shot away. |
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39 |
Lampard shoots from distance again and Isaksson was worried as it started to dip but it fell just over the crossbar. |
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38 |
Ferdinand throws himself to the ground to take the ball from under the feet of Freddie Ljungberg - brilliant tackle from Rio. |
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37 |
Hargreaves again showing what he can do in the centre of the pitch and his destructive tendency is allowing Lampard roam forward. |
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36 |
Cole has looked good all night and that was probably his best goal in an England shirt and maybe the best of this World Cup. |
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34 |
Goal! Sweden 0-1 England
Unbelievable goal from Joe Cole. The Swedish clearance finds the Chelsea man 30 yards out and he chests the ball up before volleying a fierce, dipping shot over Isaksson into the top right corner. Fantastic stuff! |
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33 |
A good run from Carragher allows Beckham to cross in from the right and Crouch tries to get on the end of it. |
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31 |
England going through a good passage of play... |
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30 |
Beckham is penalised for a foul on Lucic just as England looked as though they had won some space in the final third. |
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29 |
Joe Cole jinks his way in from the left flank and passes to Rooney in the inside-right channel. His 30-yard shot is charged down by Teddy Lucic. |
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27 |
Isaksson has to punch away a Beckham free-kick from the left. |
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26 |
Hargreaves again showing his class in a congested midfield, stopping Sweden breaking on England. |
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25 |
Brilliant skill from Rooney, controlling a floated Beckham pass with his right foot before touching it past Mellberg only for the Swedish centre-back to deflect the subsequent shot away from goal. |
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24 |
Beckham's ball into the area is cleared although Crouch gets on the end of a second ball even if he can't quite get his header on target. |
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24 |
Brilliant skill from Joe Cole, his marvellous flick through a Swedish defender's legs releasing his namesake Ashley who is brought down. |
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23 |
A free-kick in a good position is wasted by Kallstrom who floats his cross over his waiting teammates out for a goalkick. |
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21 |
Joe Cole cuts in from the left and, though his first shot is charged down, he rifles a second just over Isaksson's bar. |
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20 |
Hargreaves is playing very tidily in the middle of the park, breaking up play and feeding balls through to Cole, Crouch and Rooney. |
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19 |
A left-footed corner from Kallstrom goes over everyone to go out for a goalkick. |
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17 |
Good pressure from the Swedes but Rio Ferdinand sweeps up a through ball and sees it go through to Robinson. |
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16 |
Sweden are coming out of their shell a little and it takes smart goalkeeping from Paul Robinson to punch away a long throw from the left wing. |
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15 |
Joe and Ashley Cole combine really brightly and the Chelsea man's inswinging cross is just a little too high for Crouch at the back post. |
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14 |
Jonson gets free on the Swedish right flank but Kallstrom can't quite direct his header on goal. |
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13 |
Again it's Rooney as he crosses in to Lampard who heads wide - both Rooney and Lampard looking very sharp. |
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12 |
Rooney has his first shot on goal but it's charged down. |
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11 |
Nice control from Crouch releases Cole but his cross from the left is charged down as Sweden look to break. |
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9 |
Joe Cole plays a smart ball through to Wayne Rooney but the United forward is judged to be marginally offside. |
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8 |
England recycling possession well here as they look to get the result they need to top the group. |
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6 |
A good tackle by Hargreaves on Kallstrom sets up Lampard for a shot at goal but Isaksson saves comfortably. |
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4 |
Sweden come forward for the first corner of the match but England clear the ball away to safety. |
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3' Peter Crouch comes on for Michael Owen. |
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3 |
Frank Lampard fires the first shot of the match wide of Isaksson's right-hand post. The injury to Owen looks serious. |
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2 |
Michael Owen has fallen awkwardly and England physio Gary Lewin has called for there to be a substitution. |
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1 |
The sides exchange possession as both sides look to settle. |
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England have got the game started and are going from right to left and are wearing their change home kit of red, white, red. |