Sweden vs. England

by Golden Goal | June 20, 2006 at 07:42 am

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Sweden and England scare off in another chapter of their history as Sweden look to advance to the next round, while England mark the return of Wayne Rooney to the starting line-up. The Manchester United striker has been passed fit to go from the start, and England will win the group and face the Group A runner-up with a point in the match that will also see Gary Neville miss again with the same calf woe.

Golden Goal reporting:

Another Monday starts and
another week of World Cup action kicks off. The tournament is really
heating up as teams are fighting for their the final spots and a shot
at glory. However, there is much to be decided in this final set of
action before the knock out rounds begin.

Over the weekend,

Saturday: Portugal 2 - Iran 0

Czech Republic 0 - Ghana 2

Italy 1 - USA 1

Sunday: Japan 0 - Croatia 0

Brazil 2 - Australia 0

France 1 - South Korea 1

Monday: The first game on Monday witnessed Switzerland
finishing strong with a 2- 0 win over Togo. Togo will be sent home,
but they have played well and should be a bit disappointed, but also
proud of their run at the World Cup this year. While the Swiss will be
moving on to the next round with one game left to play...

The Ukrainians
had had a tough time after losing their opening game by four goals, and
the papers at home were not at all kind to this team, calling them all
kinds of dis-heartening names. So it was not suprising that this team
came out blazing, scoring four goals of their own, showing their
criticsa thing or two about football, and possibly securing a spot in
the next round: Saudi Arabia 0 - Ukraine 4

It had appeared that Tunisia
would be playing the role of the upset kid yesterday. However it was
Spain who returned in the second half to play a complete game. Once
they got the scoring ball rolling it was all over for Tunisia as the
Spanish team was lead by El nino (Torres), and secured the number one
spot in the next Round of 16: Spain 3 - Tunisia 1

Update:

Germany will be filled to the brim with celebration tonight. The
streets will be alive with excitement, which should provide a great party atmosphere as Germany has
secured the number one spot for the round of sixteen. It was a bit
suprising that Ecuador did not really show up after playing so well in
the opening two games. But they will be advancing as well, and they
will need to put this game past them and prepare for the elimination
round where there is no recovery from a 3-0 loss...

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Let the fun begin. Sweden/England!

The English team starts the match without Steven Gerrard and Peter Crouch.

The crowd in Cologne's Rheinenergie Stadion is truly energized .... they loudly cheer as the two teams enter the field ...

The English fans join in to sing their country's national anthem ... the English are definetly one of the loudest crowds ...

12:00 Kick off!!!

12: 01 Owen (#10) is already down ... he is being replaced .... what a dramatic opening ...

12: 02 England's first significant attack ...

12: 03 Owen is carried off the field ... he is being replaced by Peter Crouch ...

12: 04 First corner for the Swedish team ... and ... the strike was blogged by Crouch ...

12: 05 Lampard (#8) almost scored as he had the chance to attack the Swedish goal all by himself ...

12: 08 Foul by Crouch .... Crouch already received a yellow card in the previous game ... he cannot game in England's next match against Germany or Ecuador

12: 10 Attack by Rooney ... but Crouch is offside ...

12: 12 The English fans are celebrating ...

12: 15 England is planning to attack .. the players show a lot of confidence and patience in preparing this attack ... but ... Crouch misses his first chance to score ...

12: 18 Corner for Sweden ... the second time they are in this dangerous position ... but the striker is off target ...

12: 20 A Swedish attack is stopped by the referee ... one of the players is offside ...

12: 21 Free kick for Sweden ... and ... a bad kick by the striker ....

12: 23 free kick for England ... Beckham is striking ... but the ball is fended off by Sweden's defense ...

12: 25 Rooney almost scored ... but his strike is off target ...

12: 26 Free kick for England ... will they finally score??? Almost ... but the Swedish goalie had a successful blog ....

12: 30 Free Kick for Sweden following a foul by J. Cole (#11)

12: 32 Goal!!! Goal!!! Goal!!!

J. Cole (#11) scores for England!!! He bounces the ball of his chest and kicks it right in the goal from about 30 yards away ... what a tremendous goal!!!

England 1 - Sweden 0

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12: 36 The Swedish coach appears to be nervous .... the English fans are singing the national anthem ...

12: 39 Lampard (#15) almost scored with a beautiful long kick ...

12: 41 England continues to attack .... Corner for Engalnd ... the Swedish defense is able to fend off the strike ... but than Rooney almost scores ... however .. the ball is too high ...

12: 44 only a few minutes until halftime ...

12: 45 1 minute additional time ... and yet another Englich attack ... but the Swedish goalie catches the ball ....

12: 46 HALFTIME

England 1 - Sweden 0

1: 00 And we are back for the second half ...

1: 05 England continues to apply a lot of pressure ...

1: 06 Goal!!! Goal!!! Goal!!!

Sweden 1 - England 1

Marcus Allback's (#20)header equalizes the game!!! It is his 24th international goal!

1: 08 The Swedish fans are delighted .... Sweden is a little bit closer to play in the next round ...

1: 10 The Swedish team plays with a lot more confidence ... they start to play a lot more offensive and their number of dangerous attacks is steadily increasing!!!

1: 23 Campbell is replaced by Ferdinand

1: 25 Corner for Sweden ... what a goaling opportunity!!! The striker misses the goal only by milimeters ...

1: 26 Free kick for England ...

1: 26 Rooney, who broke his leg 52 days ago, is being replaced by Steven Gerrard ...

1: 27 Rooney threw off his shoes in protest ... he appears to be very angry ...

1: 28 Sweden almost scored ... Gerrard was able to fend off the attack ...

1: 29 Corner kick for Beckham ... but he strikes way too long ...

1: 30 Marcus Allback (#20) is replaced by Elmander (#17)

1: 32 Yellow Card for Owen Hargreaves (#15) ...

1: 34 Another foul by Hargreaves and a second free kick for Sweden ... but the Swedish team's attack is fended off by England's defense twice ...

1: 37 Free kick to England ... Beckham kicks the ball over the net ...

1: 38 J. Cole is down ... Yellow card for Alexandersson (#7)