Football
Football Union of Russia vs Sweden. European Championships Group D.
7:45pm, Wednesday 18th June 2008.
Tivoli Neu StadiumAttendance: Attendance30,000.
Match ends, Russia 2, Sweden 0.
Second Half ends, Russia 2, Sweden 0.
Denis Kolodin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden).
Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Johan Elmander (Sweden).
Attempt saved. Johan Elmander (Sweden) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcus Allbäck.
Attempt blocked. Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Russia. Vladimir Bystrov replaces Roman Pavlyuchenko.
Corner, Russia. Conceded by Olof Mellberg.
Attempt saved. Andrey Arshavin (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Konstantin Zyryanov with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Johan Elmander (Sweden) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kim Källström with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Ivan Saenko (Russia).
Freddie Ljungberg (Sweden) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Igor Semshov (Russia).
Igor Semshov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Anders Svensson (Sweden).
Foul by Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia).
Anders Svensson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Russia. Conceded by Fredrik Stoor.
Alexandr Anyukov (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Petter Hansson (Sweden).
Attempt missed. Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ivan Saenko.
Attempt saved. Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexandr Anyukov with a cross.
Offside, Russia. Andrey Arshavin is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergey Semak.
Substitution, Sweden. Marcus Allbäck replaces Mikael Nilsson.
Petter Hansson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kim Källström following a set piece situation.
Denis Kolodin (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Denis Kolodin (Russia).
Freddie Ljungberg (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Kim Källström (Sweden) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Olof Mellberg.
Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Henrik Larsson with a cross.
Igor Akinfeev (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Henrik Larsson (Sweden).
Attempt missed. Yuri Zhirkov (Russia) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Russia. Conceded by Mikael Nilsson.
Corner, Russia. Conceded by Andreas Isaksson.
Substitution, Russia. Ivan Saenko replaces Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.
Andrey Arshavin (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Andrey Arshavin (Russia).
Kim Källström (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Anders Svensson (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mikael Nilsson.
Attempt missed. Olof Mellberg (Sweden) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kim Källström with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Yuri Zhirkov.
Yuri Zhirkov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Henrik Larsson (Sweden) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Sergey Semak (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Alexandr Anyukov (Russia).
Substitution, Sweden. Kim Källström replaces Daniel Andersson.
Foul by Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia).
Anders Svensson (Sweden) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Daniel Andersson (Sweden).
Goal! Russia 2, Sweden 0. Andrey Arshavin (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yuri Zhirkov following a fast break.
Johan Elmander (Sweden) is shown the yellow card.
Offside, Sweden. Johan Elmander is caught offside.
Sergey Ignashevich (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second Half begins Russia 1, Sweden 0.
First Half ends, Russia 1, Sweden 0.
Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Igor Akinfeev.
Attempt saved. Mikael Nilsson (Sweden) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Alexandr Anyukov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Freddie Ljungberg (Sweden) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Attempt missed. Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Andrey Arshavin.
Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Konstantin Zyryanov.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Yuri Zhirkov (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Igor Semshov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.
Attempt missed. Alexandr Anyukov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Hand ball by Alexandr Anyukov (Russia).
Attempt saved. Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Russia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roman Pavlyuchenko.
Henrik Larsson (Sweden) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Mikael Nilsson with a cross.
Attempt missed. Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Konstantin Zyryanov.
Andrey Arshavin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Russia 1, Sweden 0. Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexandr Anyukov.
Attempt missed. Yuri Zhirkov (Russia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Konstantin Zyryanov with a cross.
Offside, Sweden. Henrik Larsson is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Yuri Zhirkov (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt blocked. Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrey Arshavin.
Attempt missed. Andrey Arshavin (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Konstantin Zyryanov following a fast break.
Attempt missed. Andrey Arshavin (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Roman Pavlyuchenko with a cross.
Attempt missed. Andrey Arshavin (Russia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alexandr Anyukov with a cross.
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Olof Mellberg (Sweden).
Attempt missed. Johan Elmander (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Daniel Andersson with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Denis Kolodin (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Andreas Isaksson (Sweden) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Yuri Zhirkov (Russia).
Olof Mellberg (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Russia. Conceded by Petter Hansson.
Dangerous play by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden).
Henrik Larsson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.