Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts

Saturday, 28 June 2008

Third Place Match: Croatia 2-0 Sweden

Saturday 28th June - CSA EuroCup 08 Third Place Match
Stade de Suisse, Berne, Switzerland

A Mario Dokic double gave Croatia third place in EuroCup 08.

Thursday, 26 June 2008

Semi-Final: Sweden 0-1 Spain (A.E.T.)

Thursday 26th June - CSA EuroCup 08 Semi-Final
Stade de Suisse, Berne, Switzerland

Ernesto Garcia's extra-time goal sent Spain to Sunday's final where they will face England.

Sunday, 22 June 2008

Quarter-Final: Netherlands 0-1 Sweden

Sunday 22nd June - CSA EuroCup 08 Quarter-Final
Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland

A Martijn Beerendonk own goal eliminated the Netherlands from EuroCup 08 gave Sweden a semi-final with Spain.

Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Group C: Turkey 1-1 Sweden

Tuesday 17th June - CSA EuroCup 08 Group C
Stade La Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Sweden secured a EuroCup 08 quarter-final with the Netherlands after drawing 1-1 with Turkey on the final day of Group C.

Friday, 13 June 2008

Group C: Sweden 1-1 France

Friday 13th June - CSA EuroCup 08 Group C
Stade La Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Yann Bourgeois's strike cancelled out Ahmet Haminovic's opener as France drew 1-1 with Sweden.

Monday, 9 June 2008

Group C: Hungary 1-4 Sweden

Monday 9th June - CSA EuroCup 08 Group C
Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland

John Bengtsson, Magnus Andersson, Nils Eriksson and Ahmet Haminovic were on the scoresheet as Sweden beat Hungary 4-1 in Lausanne.

Krisztian Szabics scored the Hungarian consolation.

Sunday, 1 June 2008

Sweden team guide

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How did they get there: Qualified after smacking the likes of Finland and Bulgaria with 6-0 wins.

Manager: Fredrik Stanback. The fourth Swedish manager in eight years.

Captain: John Bengtsson. The tall, gangly 28-year-old has experience with hometown Stockholm Storm and Munich Maniax. Now he plays at Glasgow FC.

Euro highlights: No real highlights. They lost 5-3 to Netherlands in 1996, after being 3-0 up, and four years later they received a real spanking by Germany with a 7-0 defeat.

Euro legend: Markus Nilsson, with his talented ball skills.

Star player: Ahmet Haminovic. The striker from Bosnian origin is deadly.

Strengths: Defence. Bengtsson is a "sick" header of the ball and 6'8" Stefan Andersson is unbelievable in the air. Swedish keeper Jonas Pasmark has a fine reaction.

Weaknesses: Bengtsson is sometimes a buffoon for dissent. If J.B. chews the ref's ear off in this tournament, he's likely to be sent off and that will destroy all of Sweden's chances.

World ranking: 15th.

Our verdict: If Bengtsson and Andersson have a good defensive game against France, they can get to knockout stages.