Thursday, August 13, 2009

Sweden 1-0 Finland 12 August 2009

Sweden warmed up for the crucial world cup qualifiers next month with a good 1-0 win over neighbours Finland in Solna. With Sweden needing wins to have any chance of going to South Africa next June, Sweden warmed up here.
Johan Elmander scored the only goal of the game three minute from the interval and despite Finland chances, Sweden ended up with a morale boosting 1-0 win.

Sweden: Eddie Gustafsson (g.k): Mikael Nilsson, Olof Mellberg, Daniel Majstorovic (C), Behrang Safari, Sebastian Larsson, Kim Kallstrom, Anders Svensson, Samuel Holmén, Marcus Berg, Johan Elmander subs: Andreas Isaksson (g.k), Petter Hansson, Andreas Grandqvist, Oscar Wendt, Christian Wilhelmsson, Mikael Lustig, Daniel Andersson, Tobias Hysén, Pontus Wernbloom, Viktor Elm, Ola Toivonen

Finland: Otto Fredriksson (g.k): Petri Pasanen, Niklas Moisander, Sami Hyypia (C), Roman Eremenko, Mikael Forssell, Jari Litminen, Joonas Kolkka, Veli Lampi, Tim Sparv, Roni Porokara subs: Magnus Bahne (g.k), Tuomo Turunen, Toni Kuivasto, Markus Heikkinen, Berat Sadik, Alexei Eremenko, Daniel Sjolund, Teemu Tainio, Joni Aho

Venue: Rasunda

Time: 20:00 CET

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