Wednesday, June 21, 2006

SWEDEN 2-2 ENGLAND

Posted on 4:54 AM by [XY]

By Alastair Himmer

COLOGNE, June 20 (Reuters) - Highlights of the World Cup Group B match between Sweden and England at Rhein-Energie-Stadion on Tuesday.

90 GOAL - SWEDEN 2 ENGLAND 2

A long throw from Mellberg is touched in by Larsson for a last-minute dramatic equaliser.

87 YELLOW CARD - Ljungberg is book for a nasty lunge on Joe Cole.

85 GOAL - SWEDEN 1 ENGLAND 2

Gerrard heads perfectly from a Joe Cole cross to the far post and Andreas Isaksson is powerless to stop it.

83 YELLOW CARD - Niclas Alexandersson is booked for a late tackle on Joe Cole.

76 YELLOW CARD - Owen Hargreaves booked for deliberate handball.

74 SUBSTITUTE - (Sweden) Scorer Allback makes way for Johan Elmander.

72 ACTION - Gerrard's first job is to clear a stinging drive from Kim Kallstrom off his goalline.

69 SUBSTITUTE - (Sweden) A tiring Rooney is replaced by Steven Gerrard.

62 ACTION - Campbell makes a desperate and decisive block from Larsson as Sweden threaten on the break.

59 ACTION - Sweden captain Olof Mellberg hooks on to the top of the bar after a Linderoth corner causes a flutter of panic in the English defence again.

56 SUBSTITUTE - (Sweden) Sol Campbell comes on to replace a limping Rio Ferdinand at the back as England's injury worries mount.

55 ACTION - England keeper Paul Robinson pushes Ljunberg's bullet header against the crossbar after a Kim Kallstrom corner.

54 SUBSTITUTE - (Sweden) Mattias Jonson makes way for Christian Wilhelmsson on the right.

51 GOAL - Sweden 1 England 1

Sweden equalise from a corner on their left, Marcus Allback leaping to head a Tobias Linderoth delivery past Cole on the goalline. It is the 2,000th goal scored in World Cup finals.

45+1 HALFTIME - Sweden 0 England 1

45 ACTION - Lampard tries to chip the keeper from inside the area but it is easily caught.

39 ACTION - A superb last-ditch tackle by Rio Ferdinand halts a marauding run into the England penalty box by Freddie Ljungberg.

35 ACTION - Mattias Jonson blasts wide moments after England's goal after a clever lay-off from Henrik Larsson as Sweden push for an immediate response.

34 GOAL - SWEDEN 0 ENGLAND 1

Joe Cole scores an extraordinary goal, chesting the ball down from over 30 metres out and volleying perfectly into the top right corner.

29 ACTION - Ashley Cole's tenacity wins England a free kick on the left side of the penalty box which David Beckham fires direct for goal and it is punched out for a corner.

25 ACTION - Rooney again gets behind the Swedish defence but his shot is brilliantly blocked by Teddy Lucic.

12 ACTION - Lampard, yet again, gets on the end of an England attack, Wayne Rooney feeding him in the box but his header flies well wide.

4 SUBSTITUTE - Owen is taken down the tunnel on a stretcher and Peter Crouch, who is on a yellow card, takes over up front.

3 ACTION - Frank Lampard fires just wide from outside the area with a speculative effort for England.

2 ACTION - Michael Owen of England goes down clutching his right knee and looks set to be substituted.

0 KICKOFF - Sweden kick off.

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