Second Elimination

Sweden is out, too.

But are they even worse than the Irish?

Yes and no.
On the one hand, Sweden cannot even finish in third place anymore. The only team they could still reach, in terms of points gained, has the direct-result tie-breaker over the Swedes. This must really stick in their craw.
(At least, Ireland could theoretically beat Italy and still finish third in their group.)
But, on the other hand, Sweden left the competition much more honourably, playing two great matches, in both of which they led at some point but were unfortunate enough to lose all points in the end.

After England led, at half-time, through Carroll's cool header strike (in minute 24), Sweden did wonderfully to gain the lead. Four minutes after the re-start, Mellberg sort of forced Glen Johnson to put the ball into his own net, and it was again he, ten minutes later, who made it 2-1 for Sweden.

At this point, Roy Hodgson was very inspired to introduce Theo Walcott. The youngster scored just minutes after coming on (64), and helped set up Wellbeck's cheeky winner (78).

The Swedes had 12 minutes plus extra injury time to conjure up an equalizer but fell short. Not even Ibrahimovic could inspire them on this day.

England's looking good, knowing they will have a quarter-final spot assured with a draw in their last match, while Ukraine now must beat the British team to advance (which will not be an easy task, as the Swedish players have already seen).

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