Sweden 2-0 France: As It Happened
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Euro 2012: Group D, Kiev Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine
Sweden 2-0 France Full-Time
Goals: 54' Ibrahimovic(SWE) 90+1' Larsson(SWE)
Lineups
Sweden: Isaksson, Mellberg, Granqvist, M Olsson, J Olsson, Larsson, Svensson(Holmen), Källström, Bajrami(Wilhelmsson), Ibrahimović, Toivonen(Wernbloom)
France: Lloris, Debuchy, Rami, Mexès, Clichy, Ribéry, Nasri(Menez), M'Vila(Giroud), Diarra, Ben Arfa(Malouda), Benzema
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Scoreline
Sweden 2-0 France
A great way for Sweden to bow out of the tournament with a win over France
Full-Time
90+3' - Wilhelmsson again
Wilhelmsson was sent through on goal but failed to get the better of Hugo Lloris
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90+1' - Sweden Goal
Another great bit of play from Wilhelmsson sees his cross met by a Swedish attacker who hits the crossbar. Sebastian Larsson makes no mistake on the second effort and smacks the ball into the top of the net
89' - Lively Wilhelmsson
Sweden's Wilhelmsson has been lively since coming on, Getting in on goal on a few occasions and being a general nuisance. He gets fouled by Debuchy
87' - Benzema Shot Blocked
A cross from the left finds its way to Benzema at the back post but his effort is blocked
87' - Kallstrom Shot
With Ibrahimovic again pulling the strings, Sweden get another shot on goal this time through midfielder Kallstrom.
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83' - Giroud Header Just Misses!
Giroud, who was just subbed on, gets his head on the ball at the nears post and just misses scoring
France Substitution
Giroud on,
M'Vila off
France are still going through despite what happens in the next game. On this performance though, they will have a tough time against Spain
78' Substitutions
France - Menez on, Nasri off
Sweden - Wernbloom and Holmen on, Toivonen and Svensson off
76' - Benzema Shot Blocked
France had a good bit of possession in and around the Swedish box but the end result is that Benzema's shot is blocked.
74' -Florent Malouda Shot
Malouda hasn't really done much for France since coming on but he tries an effort from just outside the box.
71'- Powerful Effort from M'Vila
Yann M'Vila takes a shot at goal from outside the 18 and forces Isaakson into a save.
70'- Benzema Shot Blocked
Benzema picks up the ball and makes a run for goal. His shot is eventually blocked.
66'-Ribery Shot
Karim Benzema settles the ball well inside the box and beats his defender to set up Ribery but his shot is blocked
64'- Nasri Effort Goes Just Wide
France take a quick corner and the ball finds its way to Nasri who tries a shot with his weaker foot. It goes wide of the post.
64' - France Corner
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59' - France Substitution
Malouda on
Ben Arfa off
57' - Wilhelmsson Shot
Zlatan Ibrahimovic looks to create even more trouble as he gives Wilhelmsson a great chance which Lloris save. From teh resulting corner Mellberg tries an acrobatic finish and again forces a good save from Lloris
Let's see what France are made of now
54' Sweden Goal!
Ibrahimovic scores one of the best goals of the tournament on a volley after a great cross from Sebastian Larsson.
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54'- Ibrahimovic Goal!
53' - Diarra Shot
Diarra takes the most accurate long-range effort of the game so far but it goes straight to Isaakson
52' - France Corner
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