Sweden make San Marino pay for their defensive mistakes by gaining a 5-0 win – EURO 2012 Qualification
Sweden netted an impressive five goal win over their qualification rivals San Marino by putting the minnows defence to the sword in a highly entertaining encounter at the Stadio Olimpico. Sweden put out a strong looking line up
with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 striker was aided by the creative forces of Elmander and Kallstrom in the midfield department with Toivonen and Elm on the wings. At the back, Sweden benefitted from the presence of Olsson and Lustig
in wing back positions.
Sweden started the match off strongly despite playing as the away team and soon their technical superiority was evident right from the first ten minutes of the encounter. It took Sweden just 6 minutes to put the ball into the
San Marino net as Ibrahimovic latched onto a through ball and provided an immaculate finish but the linesman on the far side disallowed the goal as the A.C Milan striker was in an offside position when he was played in. Despite having plenty of chances in
the first half, Sweden failed to open the scoring in the opening 45 minutes but their hopes of gaining a win were given a strong upwards lift when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Davide-c10638 Simoncini was sent off by the referee for his second yellow card of the match.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/San-Marino-c2998 down to ten men, Sweden stepped up the tempo of the match and the flood gates opened. In the 64th minute, Kallstrom netted their first goal of the encounter as he smashed a low finish into the bottom
right hand corner of the net. In the 70th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martin-Olsson-c24423 who produced a fine finish after
being played in by Ibrahimovic.
In the 89th minute, Tobias Hysen made it 4-0 when he got in on the action off the bench with a calm finish from inside the San Marino penalty area. Wilhelmsson’s second and Sweden’s fifth goal proved to be the cherry
on top of the cake for the Scandinavian nation as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 completed a 5-0 rout of San Marino.
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