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Match No. 750 vs. Argentina Match No. 752 vs. Bulgaria Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 751

Sweden 2 England 1 [2-1]

Saturday, 5 September 1998

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records Sweden Pre-Match England Pre-Match


 

Match Summary
Status: European Championship 2000 Preliminary Group 5 qualification match.
Venue: Råsunda Stadion, Solna, capacity 37,000;
Attendance: 35,394
Goals: England - Alan Shearer, 1st min.
Sweden - Andreas Andersson, 30th min. (deflection off Tony Adams).
Sweden - Johan Mjällby, 32nd min.
Cautions: England - Michael Owen, 7th min.
Sweden - Stefan Schwarz, 24th min.
England - Paul Ince, first half.
England - Paul Ince, 67th min. late take on Larsson.
England - Jamie Redknapp, 82nd min.
Expulsions: England - Paul Ince, 67th min., two cautionable offences--two foul tackles;
Officials:
(black)		 Referee - Pierluigi Collina, 38 (13-Feb-1960), Italy, FIFA-listed 1995;
Assistant Referees - Sergio Zuccolini & Claudio Puglisi, Italy;
Fourth Official - Fiorenzo Treossi, Italy;
Conditions: kickoff 6:00 p.m. local time;
Miscellany: -
Statistics:

Type

Sweden

England
Goal Attempts - -
Attempts on Target - -
Hit Bar/Post - -
Corner Kicks Won - -
Offside Calls Against - -
Fouls Conceded - -
Time of Possession - -
Statistics:

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Sweden Team
Ranking: 31st in FIFA ranking of 19 August 1998; 17th in Elo world ranking before this match and 16th after this match.
Colours: Yellow shirts with blue collar and trim, blue shorts with yellow sides, yellow stockings; made by Adidas.
Coach: Tommy Söderberg, 49, appointed 13 October 1997,
8th match, W 4 - D 2 - L 2 - F 7 - A 6.
Captain: -

Sweden Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Hedman, Magnus C. 19-Mar-1973 25 G Coventry City FC, England - - 1997-2004
2-Nilsson, N. Roland 27-Nov-1963 34 D Coventry City FC, England - - 1986-2000
3-Andersson, Patrik 18-Aug-1971 27 D VfL 1900 Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany - - 1992-2002
4-Björklund, Joachim 15-Mar-1971 27 D Valencia CF, Spain - - 1992-2000
5-Kåmark, Pontus S., sub off  82nd min. 05-Apr-1969 29 D Leicester City FC, England - - 1990-2002
6-Schwarz, Stefan 18-Apr-1969 29 M Valencia CF, Spain - - 1990-2001
7- Andersson, Andreas, sub  off 90th min. 10-Apr-1974 24 F Newcastle United FC, England - - 1996-2003
8- Mjällby, Johan 09-Feb-1971 27 M Allmänna Idrottsklubben Solna - - 1997-2004
9-Ljungberg, K. Fredrik 16-Apr-1977 21 M Halmstads BK - - 1998-active
10-Larsson, Henrik 20-Sep-1971 26 F Glasgow Celtic FC, Scotland - - 1993-active
11-Pettersson, Jörgen 29-Sep-1975 22 M 1.FC Kaiserslautern, Germany - - 1995-2000

Sweden Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
13-Lucic, Teddy, sub off 82nd min. for Kåmark 15-Apr-1973 25 D Bologna FC 1909, Italy - - 1995-active
15-Andersson, Daniel, sub off 90th min. for Andersson, A. 28-Aug-1977 21 M Bari AS, Italy - - 1997-2000
Formation:

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Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Magnus Kihlstedt, 14-Gary Sundgren, 16-Magnus Erlingmark, 17-Magnus Svensson, 18-Pär Zetterberg.

England Team
Ranking: 10th in FIFA ranking of 19 August 1998; 8th in Elo world ranking before this match and 9th after this match.
Colours: Red shadowed striped shirts with navy collar, white shorts with red trim, red stockings.  The 1997 "away" uniform.
Coach: Glenn Hoddle, 40, appointed manager 2 May 1996, effective 30 June 1996;
25th match, W 15 - D 5 - L 5 - F 37 - A 13.
Captain: Alan Shearer, 15th captaincy

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Seaman, David A. 19-Sep-1963 34 G Arsenal FC 45 0 1988-2002
2-Campbell, Sulzeer J., sub off 75th min. 18-Sep-1974 23 D Tottenham Hotspur FC 21 0 1996-active
3-Le Saux, Graeme P. 17-Oct-1968 29 D Chelsea FC 30 1 1994-2000
4-Ince, Paul E.C. 21-Oct-1967 30 M Liverpool FC 44 2 1992-2000
5-Adams, Tony A. 10-Oct-1966 31 D Arsenal FC 56 4 1987-2000
6-Southgate, Gareth 03-Sep-1970 28 D Aston Villa FC 28 0 1995-2004
7-Anderton, Darren R., sub off 42nd min. 03-Mar-1972 26 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 23 6 1994-2001
8-Redknapp, Jamie F. 25-Jun-1973 25 M Liverpool FC 9 0 1995-1999
9- Shearer, Alan 13-Aug-1970 28 F Newcastle United FC 44 21 1992-2000
10-Owen, Michael J. 14-Dec-1979 18 F Liverpool FC 10 3 1998-active
11-Scholes, Paul, sub off 86th
min.		 16-Nov-1974 23 M Manchester United FC 12 4 1997-2004

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
15-Lee, Robert M., 42nd min. for Anderton 01-Feb-1966 32 M Newcastle United FC 19 2 1994-1998
16-Merson, Paul C., 75th min. for Campbell 20-Mar-1968 30 M Middlesbrough FC 20 2 1991-1998
17-Sheringham, Edward P.,  86th min. for Scholes 02-Apr-1966 32 F Manchester United FC 36 9 1993-2002
Formation:

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Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Martin Keown, 13-Nigel Martyn, 14-Andrew Hinchcliffe, 18-Ian Wright.

Match Report

 

Three months after the disappointment of their controversial World Cup exit to Argentina in St-Etienne, there was more sorrow for Glenn Hoddle's England as they began the Euro 2000 qualifying campaign with the worst possible result - a defeat.  England's line-up in the Rasunda was an adventurous one, with an attack-minded midfield that included Anderton and Le Saux as wing-backs, but there needed to be more ball-winners to protect a three-man defence.

England enjoyed a terrific start to the match, Alan Shearer scoring after just two minutes from a free-kick, and they were dominant for the first twenty minutes or so.  Then a lot of the passing started to go awry and the Swedes took advantage by charging forcefully at a hard-pressed English defence.  The frustrating thing for Hoddle was that both Swedish goals were definitely avoidable.  For the first on the half-hour, Seaman spilled a clever Schwarz free-kick and Andre[as] Andersson followed up smartly with a shot that deflected off Adams and wrong-footed his goalkeeper.

Worse was to follow for the visitors as Kaamark's cross eluded Southgate, Seaman failed to advance to meet the danger and the ball bounced conveniently off Scholes for Mjallby to sneak in for a header.  2-1 to Sweden.  England then endured a difficult spell in which there seemed to be minimal contact between midfield and attack.  Clearly the team was struggling, with no obvious prospect of getting that precious equaliser.

Shearer, finally, had a chance with a header from Anderton's corner.  But it came to nothing and when the Tottenham player later limped off, England's shape suffered even more.  Their two central strikers, Owen and Shearer, were forced to head for the wings to try to get the ball.  All in all a bad game for England, with Ince sent off.  But Bulgaria, their next opponents, had gone down 3-0 at home to Poland.  Surely there were points up for grabs at Wembley next month.  - The Official F.A. and England Yearbook 1999-2000.

 

Source Notes

UEFA.com
ATL World Cup Soccer Site

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