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Match No. 839 vs. Trinidad & Tobago Match No. 841 vs. Ecuador Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 840

Sweden 2 England 2  [0-1]

Tuesday, 20 June 2006

Match Summary and Report

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

 

Match Summary
Status: World Cup 2006 Final Tournament Group B, First Phase, Game Five/Six.
Venue: Rhein-Energie-Stadion, Köln, Germany, capacity 46,120 [35,926 seats];
Attendance: 45,000
Goals: England - Joe Cole, 34th min.,
Sweden - Marcus Allbäck, 51st min.,
England - Steven Gerrard, 85th min.,
Sweden - Henrik Larsson, 90th min.
Cautions: England - Owen Hargreaves, 76th min., handball;
Sweden - Niclas Alexandersson, 83rd min., unsporting behaviour;
Sweden - Fredrik Ljungberg, 87th min., unsporting behaviour;
Expulsions: None
Officials:
(charcoal)		 Referee - Massimo Busacca, 37 (06-Feb-1969), Switzerland, FIFA-listed 1998;
Assistant referees - Francesco Buragina, 40 (07-Jan-1966), & Matthias Arnet, 38 (02-Jun-1968), Switzerland;
Fourth official - Khalil Al Ghamdi, 35 (02-Sep-1970), Saudi Arabia, FIFA-listed 2002;
Fifth official - Fathi Arabati, 42 (05-Feb-1964), Jordan;
Conditions: Kickoff 9.00 p.m. local time, 8.00 p.m. BST;
Miscellany: Marcus Allbäck's 51st minute goal was the World Cup Finals 2000th goal scored.
Statistics:

Type

Sweden

England
Goal Attempts 6 14
Attempts on Target 6 8
Hit Bar/Post 2 0
Corner Kicks Won 12 6
Offside Calls Against 0 1
Fouls Conceded 18 13
Possession 45% 55%

Sweden Team
Ranking:

16th in FIFA ranking of May 2006; 13th in Elo world ranking before this match and 12th after this match.

Colours: Yellow shirts with blue trim, blue shorts, yellow stockings; made by Umbro.
Coach: Lars Lagerbäck, appointed as joint-coach in January 2000, took sole responsibility July 2004;
Captain: Olof Mellberg

Sweden Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Isaksson, Andreas 03-Oct-1981 24 G Stade Rennais FC, France 41 0 2002-active
7-Alexandersson, Niclas 29-Dec-1971 34 M IFK Göteburg 90 7 1993-active
3-Mellberg, E. Olof 03-Sep-1977 30 D Aston Villa FC, England 67 2 2000-active
4-Lucic, Teddy 15-Apr-1973 33 D BK Häcken 84 0 1995-active
5-Edman, Erik 11-Nov-1978 27 D Stade Rennais FC, France 40 1 2001-active
6-Linderoth, Tobias, sub off 91st+ min. 21-Apr-1979 27 M FC København, Denmark 61 1 1999-active
16-Källström, Kim 24-Aug-1982 23 M Stade Rennais FC, France 37 4 2001-active
18-Jonson, Mattias, sub off 54th min. 16-Jan-1974 32 M/F Djurgårdens IF 56 9 1996-active
9-Ljungberg, K. Fredrik 16-Apr-1977 29 M Arsenal FC, England 60 13 1998-active
20-Allbäck, Marcus, sub off 75th min. 05-Jul-1973 32 F FC København, Denmark 59 24 1999-active
11-Larsson, Henrik 20-Sep-1971 34 F FC Barcelona, Spain 92 36 1993-active

Sweden Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
21-Wilhelmsson, Christian, sub on 54th min. for Jonson 09-Dec-1978 27 M RSC Anderlecht, Belgium 32 2 2001-active
17-Elmander, Johan, sub on 75th min. for Allbäck 27-May-1981 24 F Brøndby IF 20 7 2002-active
19-Andersson, Daniel, sub on 91st+ min., for Linderoth 28-Aug-1977 30 M Malmö FF 48 0 1997-active
Formation:

4-4-2

Isaksson -
Alexandersson, Mellberg, Lucic, Edman -
Jonson (Wilhelmsson), Linderoth (Andersson), Källström, Ljungberg -
 Larsson, Allbäck (Elmander).
Substitutes
Not Used:		 2-Mikael Nilsson, 8-Anders Svensson, 12-John Alvbage, 13-Petter Hansson, 14-Fredrik Stenman, 15-Karl Svensson, 22-Markus Rosenburg, 23-Rami Shaaban.

England Team
Ranking:

10th in FIFA ranking of May 2006; 4th in Elo world ranking before this match and 4th after this match.

Colours: Red shirts, white shorts, red stockings - The 2006 "away" uniform.
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson, 58, appointed 31 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001, 
65th match, W 39 - D 16 - L 10 - F 127 - A 61.
Captain: David Beckham, 56th captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Robinson, Paul W. 15-Oct-1979 26 G Tottenham Hotspur FC 24 0 2003-active
15-Carragher, James L.D. 28-Jan-1978 28 D Liverpool FC 27 0 1999-active
3-Cole, Ashley 20-Dec-1980 25 D Arsenal FC 49 0 2001-active
16-Hargreaves, Owen L. 20-Jan-1981 25 M

FC Bayern München AG, Germany

 32 0 2001-active
5-Ferdinand, Rio G., sub off 56th min. 07-Nov-1978 27 D Manchester United FC 50 1 1997-active
6-Terry, John G. 07-Dec-1980 25 D Chelsea FC 27 1 2003-active
7-Beckham, David R.J. 02-May-1975 31 M Real Madrid CF, Spain 92 16 1996-active
8-Lampard, Frank J. 20-Jun-1978 28 M

Chelsea FC

 43 11 1999-active
9-Rooney, Wayne M., sub off 69th min. 24-Oct-1985 20 F Manchester United FC 31 11 2003-active
10-Owen, Michael J., sub off 4th min. 14-Dec-1979 25 F Newcastle United FC 80 36 1998-active
11-Cole, Joseph J. 08-Nov-1981 24 M Chelsea FC 35 6 2001-active

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
21-Crouch, Peter J., sub on 4th min. for Owen 30-Jan-1981 25 F

Liverpool FC

 10 6 2005-active
12-Campbell, Sulzeer J., sub on 56 min. for Ferdinand 18-Sep-1974 31 D

Arsenal FC

 69 1 1996-active
4-Gerrard, Steven G., sub on 69th min. for Rooney 30-May-1980 26 M Liverpool FC 45 9 2000-active
Formation:

4-4-1-1

Robinson -
Carragher, Ferdinand (Campbell), Terry, A Cole -
Beckham, Hargreaves, Lampard, J Cole -
 Rooney (Gerrard) -
Owen (Crouch).
Substitutes
Not Used:		 13-David James, 14-Wayne Bridge, 17-Jermaine Jenas, 18-Michael Carrick, 19-Aaron Lennon, 20-Stewart Downing, 22-Scott Carson, 23-Theo Walcott.

Match Report

 

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 Allback 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-Goran 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 Allback rose all too easily to glance home a Tobias Linderoth corner.  Former Villa striker Allback 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.

Source Notes

Sources

FIFA.com
BBC Sport

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