The journey of Sweden in Euro 2012 came to an end after their second successive loss, the latest one being the 3-2 loss against England yesterday.
England now joins France on the top of the table with 4 points, and with the return of Rooney in the next match, they look even stronger.
England now joins France on the top of the table with 4 points, and with the return of Rooney in the next match, they look even stronger.
Andy Carroll put England in front in the 24th minute. The Liverpool forward powered an unstoppable header of the floating pass received from Gerrand.
But the joy was short lived for Hodgson, as in the 49th minute English defender Johnson scored an own goal to equalize for the Swedish side. English keeper Joe Hart palmed the shot from Mellberg, but it hit the body of the defender and went into the net, despite his desperate attempt to stop it.
Pressure increased further on England when Mellberg doubled the score just after the start of the final half in the 59th minute.
Two minutes later England substituted Milner with Walcott, which proved lucky for Hodgson as the later went on to score in the 64th minute to bring England back into the game. Walcott netted the ball well out of the box, after the English corner was cleared of the edge of the box.
The victory for England was sealed in the 78th minute as Welbeck guided the ball into the corner with a glorious spinning back heel.
Though there was a late attempt from Sweden in the stoppage time, but Olsson missed the target, clearing the road for England.
Unlucky Swedish coach Erik Hamren was surely disappointed by the teams exit from the tournament as he said, "I'm really disappointed. So far we have played two really good halves, one OK half, and one bad one, and we're here with zero points."
However on an optimistic note he added, "It was a good game, we played well and I'm really proud of the players, we showed the mentality, the attitude I wanted to see. And we had the courage to play our way."
Hodgson on the other side seemed very happy as he said, "I am delighted to be going into the last game knowing a positive result will see us through and if we do that I will be more than satisfied because it was a very difficult group.
But the joy was short lived for Hodgson, as in the 49th minute English defender Johnson scored an own goal to equalize for the Swedish side. English keeper Joe Hart palmed the shot from Mellberg, but it hit the body of the defender and went into the net, despite his desperate attempt to stop it.
Pressure increased further on England when Mellberg doubled the score just after the start of the final half in the 59th minute.
Two minutes later England substituted Milner with Walcott, which proved lucky for Hodgson as the later went on to score in the 64th minute to bring England back into the game. Walcott netted the ball well out of the box, after the English corner was cleared of the edge of the box.
The victory for England was sealed in the 78th minute as Welbeck guided the ball into the corner with a glorious spinning back heel.
Though there was a late attempt from Sweden in the stoppage time, but Olsson missed the target, clearing the road for England.
Unlucky Swedish coach Erik Hamren was surely disappointed by the teams exit from the tournament as he said, "I'm really disappointed. So far we have played two really good halves, one OK half, and one bad one, and we're here with zero points."
However on an optimistic note he added, "It was a good game, we played well and I'm really proud of the players, we showed the mentality, the attitude I wanted to see. And we had the courage to play our way."
Hodgson on the other side seemed very happy as he said, "I am delighted to be going into the last game knowing a positive result will see us through and if we do that I will be more than satisfied because it was a very difficult group.
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