The England team are back on the pitch tonight, hoping to fare a little better than their 1-all draw over France in the first game. They've had haircuts and everything, so they're bound to be a lot better this time. However, the stats are against them. England haven't beaten Sweden for the previous seven meetings, and they've also found the 15th June unlucky - they've lost on this day on two separate Euro championship occasions. Meanwhile, Sweden will put most of their hopes on super striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic who has scored in the last four matches for his country.
Sweden vs England (Group D)
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While nothing's happening, watch exclusive footage of the Swedish team talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1KSaUEu_T4
I was hoping it would be a link to this.
I try not to disappoint. :)
:)
If Roy has to tell them to go out and play, then we are in trouble.
Looks like its practically an away game... https://twitter.com/danwalkerbbc/status/213705898491781120
PETER CROUCH GOOD TOUCH FOR A BIG MAN KLAXON. (on the radio)
Why have the England fans not travelled?
Probably something to do with the media telling them they'll all be killed if they went to Ukraine.
A manager that knows our anthem - not had one of those for a long while.
I would be amazed if anyone believed anything the media said. I lived in the wilds of Ukraine for 6 months 20 years ago. 20 of us were there and there was only ever one incident. One of the French guys got way too friendly with the girlfriend of one of the locals.
It's a bit of a reverse having to protect England fans from the locals
I dread to think how much booing we'll hear if it is so one-sided.
I can't wait to read your memoirs.
I have a bad feeling about this.
IT'S A TRAP!
Why are we in weirdo blue, I thought we had white with red or red with white.
It was very hot when I arrived and freezing when I left. Not much more happened except it took an hour to explain darts to some frenchmen even with darts and a board. They just couldn't get their heads round doubles at the end. They wanted to score 501 then throw a double. May be related to none of them speaking a word of English and my French being very dodgy.
It was dull
Rubbish camera angle time.
The pics i saw said the change kit was red
White must be too similar to yellow
The Swedes having Elmander up front, we've nothing to worry about. Barn doors and shotguns come to mind.
This is the first Euro 2012 match I have watched. Thought I'd join in with you guys :)
come on [team], I hope [famous name] does the thing. In the goal.
YAY!
right. settled in. sofa, ipad, football. missing beer, but i'll cope.
i have a magners. it's the next best thing but im not sure it'll make it to rockall in time.
With England playing? I'm not sure many would.
c'mon tim!
Sweden shouldn't be allowed to have a player called Larsson and it not be Henrik larsson. It's just wrong!
Should be Pimms then.
Evening, I went to the shop and accidentally missed the start even though it was late
impressed by the passing. hey pat.
Need a final ball - that is the next step please
actually, i tell a lie. I have seen something at euro 2012 - pirlo's free kick for italy. it was amazing.
there's method in your magners.
We delayed it as long as we could for you :)
england have started well.
:)
Back from lunch and I have brought goals for England!
appreciated
I went to the shop because I had no beer.
Thanks :)
The thing doesn't work though, someone should've scored.
#BlameCarrol
Their goalie is 6,6? How will we get anything past him?
target. no power. phew.
General idea is tall keepers are less agile, compared to us small ones.
how tall is ours?
I see.
Wikipedia says 6'5
bugger :)
Not too different! Who knew?
This is why neville southall was aweosme back in the day for wales; because he was basically a short fat bloke.
hehehehe!
with a mustache.
explains rooney.
but does he have a mustahce? i think not!!
Ooooo more of that please
liked the idea. damn.
Milner in doing something at international-standard, shock.
That's awesome.
Ok, I tried willing on England with my ukulele but it didn't do anything that I could tell.
Don't think I've ever seen a defender do his job properly like that before.
not for england, nope.
Swedish manager looks like Paul O'Grady
Does it look like England have their pyjamas on?
:)
run terry run
carroll and ibrahimovic are the same person.
w-hey!
I think you'll find 40 yard volleys are David Bentley's speciality, Cole.
he looks like a lawyer.
Playing in a major tournament in dark blue shirts always leads to the team going out at the group stage but able to claim some kind of minor moral victory like Scotland going out of the 1974 world cup undefeated or playing really well in the first game of the 1998 world cup against Brazil.
GOOOOOOAL
GOAL #BlameCarrol
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah
Carroll!
GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL!
Can't believe that tactic worked
Good goal though
Nicely done.
Do we sing now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T1pXsJp_go
who crossed that?
Good touch for a big man
That's a mega high jump.
"that's andy carroll"
#informativecommentating
Can't believe people ever doubted him......
Gerrard I think
Oh you have missed some gems over the days.
Long high diagonal ball into the box is very 1950s
perfect placement
Mark lawrenson is absolutely terrible. Haven't watched much football over the last year but I haven't missed him
His free kick against FRA
That's why they weren't expecting it
england ponytail 1 sweden ponytail 0
we seem to have made the bees angry.
Maybe they should try the old 1-0-9 formation. No-one has seen that in over a hundred years
Probably because the last time we did Scotland beat us 7-1?
This is why I don't play football manager these days, apparently it doesnt work
Where does the hair they implant on people's heads come from? Presumably someone else doesn't have their pulled out by the roots
Messerschmidts?
The only time I knew it was used was in the first ever international. Scotland - England somewhere in Glasgow in 1873? Both teams left one player to defend while everyone else played up front
I think all these countries should count themselves lucky Wales were too busy to qualify for the euros
That is pressing football :)
It's nice that England are wearing Scotland's uniforms. :p
:)
Lots of firepower I suppose and quick
England used it for a few years, when they realised it didn't work they used the W-M formation and lost to Hungary 7-3 at Wembley, nicked their tactics and won the World Cup.
The closest our current shower will get to a tournament
no sitting on the ball?
2-3-5 was used for decades after W-M.
W-M is effectively 3-4-3 which is becoming popular in some places now
If you want to do that, get a spacehopper!
Half an hour gone already. Doesn't seem anything like that long
There should be more incentive to score goals in football, like if you score a hat trick it brings more balls onto the pitch, like pinball.
Elm is from a footballing family - his roots go right back.
That would be awesome.
Good save keep.
One point per goal.
There was a TV ad on that a few years ago. Extra time multi-ball. All the ads at the side of the pitch opened up and balls shot out of them
Mum: "The goalscorer is wearing a wig"
#propercommentary
Bit of a collision there.
:) Phew - a keeper with good hands
:)
dangerous. they only have one guy who can shoot. why not close him down?
Almost.
Better.
Too tactically unsophisticated to be fashionable now. Of course it would work but that is not always enough
Svensson just got the ball. I hope he knows his dad is not England manager anymore.
I still refuse to celebrate a good tackle by John Terry.
They are getting rare now
Seems Terry is going to injure him instead.
That's what all their wives say.
Poor shot.
Pft.
i guess that's solution.
Great through ball.
That pretty much sums that up.
Good use of the DRS from Young
Should've pinged the ball across the 6-yard box
:)
Is the 18 yard box is the activ line?
And I've thought of my idea for the day.
Whew.
Good shot at the ref.
Glen Johnson sleeping. I can't believe he ever played for England after the world cup. England were bad and he was by a mile their wosrst player
Oh ref!
caroll tried to kill to ref
Bit of a ref hug there! After the beating.
Better than being pushed over by one
Incredible pass by the Swedish defender under pressure
The ref hasn't even done anything wrong yet.
Heh heh.
Always get your retaliation in first
Good poke away!
Well, that worked for Simeone.
I like the graphics. They're very purple.
like this keeper
Joe Hart used all his KERS to get there first
He came sliding in there like a superhero.
That was gutsy.
He kicked him in the ponytail!
Good beard!
That would've been a hell of a jump to get that
To high
England need a plan B. Everything goes to the head of Carroll. Sweden seem to have figured that out and how to deal with it
Repay shoulder.
Excellent tackle
Here he is
Great tackle
big fan of the back heel.
Defend and hope it finishes 1-0?
Our commentators called it a crunchy tackle.
What are you taking about - that is plan A
More of a Twix tackle to me
playing well. impressed.
+1
I mean, one extra minute, not agreeing with Mr C.
HT ref!
what is this, google plus :)
L'oreal. Because he's worth it.
I was very confused at you two agreeing
really enjoyed that half.
heh.
+1
England have played Sweden in 3 other tournaments. Have always led at half time and ended with a draw
England looks a lot sharper than they did against France.
:)
bring on shearer!
Sweden are their for the taking - Shearer
Cobblers - me
And Gary.
They tend to take a game or two to warm up. Mind you I think so do France.
infact this subs bench is very well dressed
he's full of eddie jordan.
I'd feel more confident at 2-0
Look
at the shirt!
I think both teams could easily lose two goals in the second half
tyhat camera angle is great. it's like fifa 96 on the megadrive!
it is!
love roy's air header :)
Sensible Soccer on the Amiga!
half time is a good time to share my favourite football gif.
magic!
It looks like later FIFA games with those circles around the players, I had that on the N64 :)
Hahah
heeeeeh
:D
How does he do that!?!
Hah!
Rafa for Spurs...
oooh, wimbledon!
http://www.miniclip.com/games/world-soccer-champion/en/
i always loved how on the megadrive one when you scored you could run around forever mashing buttons going GOOOOALGOGOGOGOGGOOOAALL and running around the ref
Hah could do that on N64 too, and cheering too, it was brilliant :)
Does David James realises where the camera is?
don't think he realises where he is.
Did he ever?
The more hair Ronney gets the less Shearer has
I had a game on I think it was the Amstrad, it would let you run around all of the opposition players and literally walk it in
best of both worlds with bbc presenting - studio and pitch side. wonder if they'd ever take that route with f1?
They key with the BBC studio is that it is in Manchester.
I don't see the point of the pitch side presenters. It's almost like they've got all these presenters and pundits and don't know that the best solution is simply not to use Colin Murray anymore.
have given up hope. if sky try it they'll bugger it up. this is a masterclass in coverage, except for the pundits,
It doesn't quite work like it does with F1.
although when they go to jake I'm half expecting an engine to start revving on the pitch for no apparent reason. Or christian horner to give his analysis on the performance so far.
anyone listening to chris moyles' aternate coverage?
Snow ploughs gritting in Aberdeen. We are a week from the longest day?
green flag
No
I'd rather chop my ears off. Although that is also a common thought when listening to Mark Lawrensen/Alan Green/anyone off ITV.
Saw Frankie Boyle tweet about it. He reckons that it is a scam to determine who is unsuitable to vote :)
hehe
Has to be a card for that
Lets go D!
Carroll - hero & villain?
That was more of an American football cheer.
GOOOOOOOOAL
bugger
:(
ooh dear
Boo.
the beard scored
what a mess
Scrappy goal.
Sweden are their for the taking - Shearer
What a plonker
England was scored on by a viking.
i thougt sweden were there for the taking...
Goals like that are so rubbish.
Geln Johson helped it it :S
mark lawrenson is honestly the most negative commentator ive ever heard.
They are pants!
Did I use that correctly?
Glen Johnson helped it in
I know he's injured, but that would be a throw in if Kyle Walker was playing.
bring on david seaman!
Hell yes!
The thing about rollercoasters, once they go up, you know they are going to come down!
I have been trying to think who Ibrahimovic's stare reminds me of
http://media.photobucket.com/image/ming%20the%20merciless/godzillavsdracula/flashgordon5.jpg
unless you have entered my park on rollercoaster tycoon.
And then they can either go through a dip and head upwards again or smash into the ground at high speed and end up in a million pieces
I'm surprised that guy got up so quickly.
oooh that was well done
Incredible vision to pick that pass out
england are looking all over the place now
For some reason it feels like we are losing
totllay lost confidence
THis is almost what it feels like when watching the United States play.
if i was roy, I'd make a change right about now. I'd press start and restart the match,
But you have Klinsmann as manager...
Don't think I ever really had it to start with.
Football is good at teaching you that what you feel is not always a great guide to reality. England feel down, Sweden feel up and in reality both are back where they started in identical situations
not me. them :)
ohhhh mmyyyyy
erm
Ah
Well, this is spectacular.
:'(
Everyone said this would happen. So weird.
Did anyone tell Sweden they were there for the taking. I bet they forgot to tell them
Exactly what it feels like to watch the USMNT>
shockinf defending
Taxis for England
;)
Totally unmarked
if anyone's interested, we have plenty of space in wales to come and join us. We never qualify for anything anyways so it'd be perfect!
Needs more Beckham.
England are in trouble and they send for Walcott? That is like your house being on fire and sending for a petrol tanker
Oil flag
Is the crowd singing the White Stripes?
Mark Lawrenson has now given up on life
:D
Did you see Obamas comments to Bekham when the Galaxy went to the White House?
:)
The stadium seems to be playing it after every goal.. and at half time
No?
great save!
Constantly pumping high balls into the box is never going to work.
Brian Clough said
If the game was meant to be played in the air the sky would be green
OH!!
flip!
Second best piece of goalkeeping.
WHAT A GOAL
I thought you said he was bad :) :)
walcotttttttttttty
SOmeone was saying?
I can't believe I've just celebrated an Arsenal player scoring.
Petrol tanker puts out fire shock horror
call him up roy, call him up!
oh
yeoww
Miles away! Wowsers.
**inspired substitution
heheheh!!
was that his second touch of the ball?
great matrix impression from the keeper, but not the right time for it my friend
The sonic boom of that shot knocked the keeper over when it went past.
Wallcot didnt even know how he did it.
That was like a Beckham shot. Christine called it right.
Walcott looks baffled by what happened
@Christine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYA73CuS_fw
WHen you have time. It's a couple of minutes.
for 4,000 fans we make a lot of noise.
oww.
Huh, in Beckham's talk with kids at the white house he says "soccer." Do you all allow him back into the country after that?
ive decided ibrahimovic won't score because my friend always plays as ac milan on fifa 12 and he always plays rubbish
On the same logic, filipo inzaghi will be scoring 3 goals a game for italy this tournament.
despite his retirement.
It was called soccer here decades ago. He is simply targetting his audience. Nothing wrong with that. Even for an Englishman
Walcott is defending too. The guy is everywhere!
I still think he should be sent to the Tower.
Right. Association Football. When football was anything not played on a horse.
mum commentary: "roy looks like he's lost his bus pass"
Zlatan is just so strong - are you sure he's not a IKEA-made football-robot?
Surely that was a corner
Way out.
That's why goalkeepers aren't outfielders.
Goalie not to be trusted with his feet.
Right, Carroll off, speedy striker please.
Thank you ref.
Swedish defense number 4!
bring on ian wirght wright wright
Is that man or zone?
Way too high!
Those poor stewards at the top. Someone's played a clever prank with their seats.
terrible defence
Glen Johnson is hopeless
Lawton called him England's best defender a minute or two ago.
Actually that purple wall does look very exciting
He has made a few good tackles, but he was out of position thus needing the good tackle.
That's not exactly hard.
If England are going to make a tactical change to win it has to be now
save!
What a shot
Keeping!
wow, nice save
Did someone get that with a camera? #showoff
Nice punch.
:O
GOAL
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!
Welbeck!!!!
AMAZING FLICK
what game.
How the..
Who assisted that one?
what a game
did he mean to dothat?
What were you saying about backheels?!
Best one yet
It worked!
I think he did. I doubt he could make it look that good by accident.
Don't know how he did that.
Just shows that playing the ball on the ground sometimes works better than an aimless punt into the box
But thats the English way!
How can he have meant to do that on purpose?
Keep david beckham off, you guys are fiiiine
Accidentally.
love them.
Ohh yes. Either your guys gets a foot or a def. gives you an OG
"This is good, this is what you want"
Mark lawrenson on why winning a match is quite important
His name is rasmus! *hums in the shadows*
Careful, SWE now have nothing to lose!!!
Fantastic conversion by parker
#rugby
who fluffed that?
Parker
Gary neville shouting at roy, asking to bring him on for walcott
It failed because of Wellbeck's bad pass
Uh oh.
ahh ok
Theo doesn't look good in that 'stache.
Walcott was only on for 20 minutes and did more than the rest of the team combined.
Sweden have resorted to high balls now
Highballs are good for FUF.
#GnT
Man coverage now
I can hear swearing.
I heard that come though. Any ideas who?
im sure mr C's comments at lawrenson are justified
:)
someone screaming Ashley Cole too.
heheheh
We want 4 !!
It'll be a great combination for england fans tonight, a win against sweden and finished in time for episodes at 10
First win for England against Sweden in competition?
Waste
class.
Way high.
4 minutes? Really?
Great save
decide who's gonna shoot!
OHH
alrthough it was a good save
ooooh
Both went to the ball. Bad tactics
oooooh
Oh..so close.
Would have been easier to let AOC shoot.
Its looking like England is on the power play now.
Can we breathe yet?
I think so.
ENGLAND WIN THE WORLD CUP
Phew.
and breathe
heheheheh
Yeah for England!
*drinks a lot of beer*
never in doubt my arse. what were they watching
Thanks again all!
I don't like the sad people already. I wasn't expecting that until later in the competition.
Better, good job at the end, could've been 4 if they'd not been silly choosing which of the 3 would shoot..
When each team only plays three group games some teams go out after their second game
cheers for the comments all. much enjoyed that one.
Mum is a completely mad newport county fan, and has questioned why no newport county players are in the england squad. Her justification was they made the non-league fa trophy cup final. she makes a point ;)
To be fair, only Ireland and Sweden are out so far. Then 2 more tomorrow...
I don't see how you can argue with her unless they are all Welsh
Didn't they get relegated?
Nope, they finished in the mighty heights of 17th
Ahh, I sorta got distracted with Gateshead doing well for a change.
No team is definitely through yet.
time for episodes. catch ya tomorrow for more of the same and le mans!
byeee! been good fun :)
Bye
Cheers
Thanks guys.