Sweden v England Match of the Day Live

Good evening. In tournaments gone by we would have started with music

from Elgar, paintings by Constable, a photo of Terry Butcher's bandaged

head and the stirring words of Lord Nelson. But England doesn't expect

like it used to. It's quite refreshing, and, who knows, it

You are England. Forget the past, dare to dream. Dictate the play. Be

the general we know you can be. You'll take crosses, you will stop

shots, you will command your area. You are the waltz that must not be

breached. Beachell man, pit your man. Never give in and never stop.

Take them on, show your talent. Take your chance. Defend until the

England fans are heavily outnumbered by Swedish supporters,

by an anticipated four to one.The Swedes, of course, are based in

Kiev, whereas England have flown in from Poland. A slight away game

feel you suspect. It is Sweden against England. Here with us are

Alan Hansen, Alan Shearer and Lee Dixon. Kick-off has been delayed

and till 8pm because the other crane has been selected to a

weather to play -- too aware that delay after violent electrical

storm. They kicked off just after 6pm and are now in the second half.

We will bring you the goals from that game later in the programme.

England against Sweden, it is a big occasion. I think if England play

well, they win. I think the manager and the players think that. I know

it is not the best England side we have ever seen but I still think we

are better than Sweden. I was disappointed in the first game with

Sweden. Defensively they are very poor. If they can get the right

service to Andy Carroll and Welbeck they will have the joy tonight.

Mixed opinions about England's first performance. The French was

gaping. They can certainly improve. There is a lot of improvement

possible going forward. We had one effort on target last night and two

off-target, which is not good enough. Our wide play was pretty

poor. The boys into Welbeck and Ashley Young were poor. Tonight, it

delivery will be important. We will look at that a bit later.

Defensively, they were not really tasted the other night. -- tested.

England have to improve on the completion rate of their passes.

They have to improve all around. It was a creditable draw against the

French but the optimism has been lifted because Roy Hodgson has

changed the team said there is a different feel about the set-up.

Can we get the balls into the box? Now Ashley Young is playing on the

left-hand side. He has threatened up, which is good. I think we

should be expectant because I think this Swedish team is definitely

beatable. The important thing in the first game is to get a result,

so that is out of the way. Roy Hodgson is renowned for being

cautious, but I would be aggressive here. He has spent 40 years of his

career being quite cautious and now he is throwing in two forwards!

would be expected if it was not Sweden. We have not beaten them

competitively in seven games. But I am delighted to see Ashley Young on

the left-hand side because I think that is his best position. He did

not have his best game the other night for England. He did not get

into the game. I think tonight we will see him get that ball, it move

it on to his right foot and whippet in. It is made for Andy Carroll,

this game. He will do an excellent job in a defensive role at set

pieces, as well. He was in his best form at the end of the season. He

looked stronger, fitter than he was at the start of the season. It is a

very sort of old-fashioned English style. When you look at the likes

of Spain you had 800 passes against the Irish. This is basically saying

we cannot play that way, let us play our style. We cannot play the

way Spain do, not many teams can. We are not good enough to play that

way and keep the ball. Yes, we have to keep the ball at times when it

is necessary and pass it a little bit better. Yes, get the ball out

wide and get it in, because that is where we will cause problems. In

this competition they have been a lot of goals from wide positions.

For Welbeck and Andy Carroll should be rubbing their hands tonight.

What you make of the Swedish starting line-up? They have changed

at centre-back, with Granqvist going out to the right and Jonas

Olsson coming in at centre back. They could not decide in the first

game whether they were going to play deep or higher up and that is

something they need to sort out early on. And that will also effect

the runs from Andy Carroll and Welbeck. Jonas Olsson, West Brom,

average player. Martin Olsson, relegated Blackburn, for pace and

impetuous. Surely you're going to get some joy it goes that a lot! I

thought he looked bemused there for a minute. I always look bemused

when you speak, most of the time! We can hear from the England

manager. Andy Carroll in and Dr Jane blamed

on the bench, tell a shot thinking about that -- Oxlade-Chamberlain.

It is important we get another out and out front player on the field

tonight and I wanted Ashley Oxlade- Chamberlain to go back to his

original position out wide, and also a view towards Wayne Rooney

coming back into the team on Tuesday. He did very well in the

first game, I thought it was a good idea to take him out and give him a

chance from the bench rather than from the start. Andy Carroll is the

most successful aerial combatant in the Premier League, so was then

element of watching the Sweden game against Ukraine and thinking Andy

Carroll would work well? I think she will be useful to us in both

penalty boxes. With a team with the height and strength of Sweden we do

need as much aerial power as we can have, both in their penalty area

and empowers. So there was an element of thinking like that.

Going for the win is vitally important because you do not want

to be chasing a win against Ukraine in the Ukraine in the last game.

Ideally not, but I am sure Sweden will be having the same thoughts,

they do not want to be needing a win against France in the last game

to keep themselves in the tournament. It is a very tough

group and a very even group. I have been watching the first half of the

other game and it is very even. We need to play well tonight to make a

difference. The rain has caused a 15 minute delay here, are you

bothered about that? particularly. I don't fully

understand why it was necessary but no doubt there was a reason for it.

We were here at the Stadium in good time anyway, it just means we have

a bit longer to wait before kick- off. We have been waiting all day

so 50 minutes should not hurt. -- 15 minutes. England have never lost

a game that has been delayed by 15 minutes elsewhere! He seems very

controlled in this role. Absolutely, he is saying the right things at

the right time. If he does not get out of this group he will get

annihilated, but I think he will get out of the group. He has picked

Andy Carroll up front. If you are doing that, you have to get Welbeck

close to him and do not get obsessed with chipping it up into

the air. You need variation in attack because you have to play as

well as using him. And you have to get a box into the ball from

deliveries. That is why because he suffered at Liverpool, when he did

play they did not get balls into the box. And do not forget Ibrahim

pitch at the other end. I have news for you that France have taken the

lead. They have scored two quick goals. The first from Menez and

then another from Cabaye. That takes France above Ukraine. Let us

get a sense of the mood inside the Olympic Stadium in Kiev.

It is a fantastic atmosphere. A bit blue and yellow at the moment.

There are going to be a lot more Swedish fans than English ones.

There certainly are but those English fans will make plenty of

noise. Great news for them that Andy Carroll is coming into the

side. That is sending out a message to the players, let us go and

attack and caused problems to Sweden. Do you think you have this

in his mind all the way, or did the performance last night under way

Shevchenko broke through the Swedish defence affected it?

Without doubt. Andy Carroll is also in the air. It is very call tonight,

we will see a high tempo, English performance. Ibrahimovic is an

awesome player and the outstanding Swedish player. How would you

defend against him? I would have taken an no-nonsense approach. At

times he was like Eric Cantona in that game, he just rises out of the

game. He has an arrogance to his game. They need to get tight and

protect from the midfield. I have seen the players close-up and they

are really up for it. That seven competitive matches would know

victory, D take any stock with that? No, we just have to look

ahead. I am pretty confident. I think we will be fine, we just have

For Roy Hodgson, tonight represents a trip down memory lane. It all

started in Sweden, 25 years ago, taking on a team in transition.

Sound familiar? Of course, he was young. I was all so young at that

time. 1976-1980, two league titles with hushed up. From 1985, Malmo,

five league titles. He is a great teacher and instructor. Swedish

football was changed for ever. 1976 team, despite the fact that it

is 36 years ago, I can still name every player. Is this your first

club ever as a trainer? Yes, full- time. Roy Hodgson arrived at how

much dad a young man from Croydon, recommended by a long-term friend

Bob Houghton. -- at Halmstat. It was the perfect platform for Roy

Hodgson to implement his new ideas. At that time, Halmstat was a team

which played in the Second Division. The next year they got promoted,

then they got relegated again. We were not a really good team. The

Swedish players did not speak English so it was really important

that he could speak Swedish. After two weeks, he could say a lot of

words in Swedish, and after a couple of months, he spoke perfect

Swedish. He changed everything. When we had the training sessions,

he wanted us to train with precision, how to attack, how to

defend. We were talking a lot during the training session. We

were standing still and he was moving us around like chess players.

When it came to the matches, we knew exactly how to play, and we

surprised a lot of teams with the way we were playing. We were

playing like we do today. So, he was 10 years ahead of everybody

He supports the players so much, we felt like we were a big stars, and

that was completely new for us. Suddenly, we could be the stars of

Halmstat. He did a great job, and we were the champions. In 1985,

after a brief, unsuccessful stint back in England at Bristol City,

Roy Hodgson went back to Sweden, to join Malmo, 90 miles down the coast

from Halmstat. He was there for five seasons, a time which still

burns brightly in the memory of everybody at the club. We were a

very, very young side, with no experience, and he made us into a

team which won the Swedish league five times and a very successful

club. He is very passionate, a great instructor, teacher. He is

really good at getting the best out of each player. Cash in some corner

at a foreign stadium will -- which will always be a piece of England,

in this case, "Roy's Corner", at the Malmo Stadium, a testament to

how fondly he is remembered. think a lot of people, including

myself, see him as the man behind Sweden's success in the 1994 World

Cup. The backbone of that team used to play for Roy Hodgson at Malmo.

It was this style which has enshrined why Hodgson in Swedish

footballing folklore. Along with Bob Houghton, he introduced methods

and ideas which are now known in Sweden as the English school, a

school which influenced a whole generation. When Roy Hodgson came,

it was more a German style of playing in Sweden. But he changed

all of that. First of all, we moved to zonal defence, using the offside

all the time on the pitch. That was really a new thing coming to Sweden.

Most of what is basic for me still as a coach I took from that, the

pre-season training, how to organise the team. I also believe

more in being a hands-on coach, like Roy Hodgson. I like to be out

on the pitch, working with the players. The teacher of the English

school taking on the English manager's job will be watched with

interest by everybody in Swedish football. His former pupils are

confident he will get the best results. England will be favourites

this time because Mr Hodgson knows the Scandinavian football, he knows

the Swedish players and so on better than the other coaches.

Hodgson can be really, really good for the English national team. It

is bad when it comes to the Swedish national team. It is nice they have

not totally forgotten me, just as I have not forgotten them. So, now

you know who's to blame for Sweden constantly beating England over all

those years! It is great to see. He is such a passionate coach, one of

those coaches, I think, which the players look to and listen to. If

you have got a coach like that, you're half way there. That is what

he commands. The way he has gone about his job and dealt with the

problems that he has had, and so far in the tournament, it has been

very calm and collected, and that rubs off on the players. A couple

of years ago, we had him in Cape Town for a couple of years, and his

knowledge of the players and the teams from all around the world was

incredible. Tactically, he was so spot on. He would instantly get the

respect of the players. Absolutely, the players can smell within the

first 30 seconds if you know what you're talking about. Like Alan

says, when we were speaking to him in South Africa, his knowledge of

football is unsurpassed. His tactics, whatever he does, he has

always been spot on. He gets the more organised, he has a great

ability to get a together this in the squad, which is half the battle.

The one thing he will no is that he has got two strikers, and they will

need some service. We struggled to get into the opposition half in the

first game, but they need to make the most of having two centre-

forwards. We did not do that the other night at all. Our wide play

was pretty poor. We did not get any service into the box. That will be

key tonight. On this occasion, Milner makes a great run down the

right-hand side. The defender is nine yards away, he has got the

chance to put it into the middle. Ashley Young is waiting in the

middle. But watch what happens. He checks back on his other foot. By

the time he decides to cross it, there are five defenders in the box.

He could have done that three He could have done that three

seconds ago. Exactly the same thing happens here. You need to create a

yard. He could have crossed it, but no, he chooses not to. It makes it

very difficult for the strikers to time their runs. Absolutely. But

this is what happens when you do deliver a good ball. It is into the

right area, and it gives you the chance to attack it, as Lescott did.

If we do that, we will create. Ukraine did it the other night,

with Shevchenko. He is not quick, but he gets half a yard, puts it

into the danger area and says to the forward, go and get on to the

end of it. Shevchenko did that. Shevchenko's not renowned for his

great heading ability. So, if you get the ball into the area, as a

forward, you need to know that when you make that run, the ball will be

coming in. You're not going to check back, you're going to get it

into the middle. Welbeck will be feeling good tonight, because he

will have a bit of support, he will not be up on his own, fighting two

centre-halves, like he was the other night. I think it is a big

game for Welbeck. He was impressive in the first game, but the most

important thing about playing alongside Andy Carroll is to

support him, do not leave him isolated. But I think Welbeck will

do that well. For Manchester United, he has been playing different roles

during the season. I think he has got the football intelligence to

got the football intelligence to play this system. I think he will

get some join off Andy Carroll. They will get the supply. When

Ashley Young cut back on to his right foot, if he is playing on the

left, it is very difficult for the back four to hold a certain line.

As well as Oxlade-Chamberlain did the other night, he did not get any

balls into the box. Yes, he worked his socks off, but tonight, with

Ashley Young on the left-hand side, you will see him checking back onto

the right foot and getting the ball in. England's top scorer against

Sweden in history is Stan Mortensen. He retired in 1958! Alan, what was

he like to play against?! I will tell you what, he was pretty quick!

But like the boys are saying, if you look at the Swedish back four,

the right back as well, he struggled at Wigan. He is playing

against Ashley Young. So, if you get the ball to him quickly, he can

just get it into the box and its in the back of the net. I also think,

when we have seen tall guys in the team, like Peter Crouch, with

England, we have a tendency to kick it long, and we become obsessed

with that. Yes, Andy Carroll can deal with that, but he can also

play on the deck. He has got a great left foot, and a very good

touch. So he also needs the ball delivered into his feet. That's

where Steven Gerrard needs to take control of the situation, make sure

that he is passing 20 yards balls. It is interesting with Steven

Gerrard, he seems to be playing more disciplined than ever. He is

32, he just cannot get from box to box like he used to. He has said

himself, he has got to control his energy, he has got to time his runs.

I don't think you will ever see him making those 50 yard runs any more.

When we're going 4-4-2, and if you're trying to get players in

wide positions, he cannot go cavalier. No, but I think they will

be more cavalier tonight than they were against France. Let's face it,

Sweden have not got the ability which the French have got,

certainly in midfield anyway. He has got Scott Parker to cover him,

so at the right time, and he gets that with experience, he can run

past the centre-forward, as we have seen him do over the years. It will

be interesting to see how England to play. We have been speaking

about Andy Carroll, and not pinging it up to him, but it is the English

mentality. When you have got it in the back four, people like John

Terry, he will think, just check it up in the air. But if they start

doing that, they will be in trouble. Let's get a Swedish perspective on

tonight's match. Jake Humphrey and Martin Keown caught up with former

What are your memories of Sweden- England matches? Do you see it as

an achievement not to have allowed England to be due in all of this

time? Yes, sure. I think we beat you in Stockholm, then we had a lot

of drawers, a new beat us at Wembley. We feel that is not a good

thing, even though it was a friendly! But I loved the games.

They were great occasions. There is something quite nous about taking

somebody on who is a teammate, and then you go back to your club and

talk about it. It does not get forgotten easily. Not when it is

Martin! You were able to have the last laugh in the face of the

English media. Yes, always, before the games, the English media would

be saying, we're going to win easy. What do the Swedish media say

before you play the English? You do not want to know! I suppose the big

concern for the Swedish will be the way you defended in that first

match? Definitely, they struggled on set-pieces. We will be concerned

about that. We know that England are very good at set-pieces. What

would Roy Hodgson have said to the England guys, having watched

Sweden's first match? Certainly their defence is vulnerable.

England need to start believing that they can win a game of

football at this level. It is OK to be organised, but it is the next

step now. This match is massive for Sweden, not just because it is

England, but because they lost the first game. They will be feeling

that if they lose tonight, they will be out. Can they do it?

course, I hope so. You do not believe they can do it, do you?

I believe they can do it, definitely. The Swedish have a big

belief, but it is better to be modest. You should be telling us

you're going to win easy! What is the danger from Sweden, how do you

think they will set up? The other night, Lescott and John Terry did

not have anybody to pick up, which can be a problem. Tonight, they

will have different problems. You have got Ibrahimovic and Elmander

have got Ibrahimovic and Elmander up front. This was against the

French, and you can see the back four, nobody within 10 yards of

them. All in good position, eventually, the French go down the

side, and will have a sudden, Franck Ribery is in the box. The

centre backs, not occupied at all. This time, only one to mark. There

is no runner behind. Lescott can go nice and tight on Benzema. They

have got cover behind, and consequently France are forced to

shoot from distance. Not a problem. Here, again, look at them. The back

four, three in midfield. But when they play tonight, Elmander will be

up front, he will be there. Just in front of him will be Ibrahimovic.

They have got to work out who will be picking who up. This is against

Ukraine the other night. You can see Elmander up front, occupying

the two centre backs. You can see the run from Ibrahimovic. All of a

sudden, the defence has got problems. How do you cope with him?

This was a great shot, created by himself, just by moving into that

space. This time, he sucks the other centre-back in, creating the

We have had numerous conversations over the years about Ibrahimovic.

He has 11 tattoos on his back and one of them says only God can judge

me - well, only Scott and Alan Hansen! There are two camps, or one

that thinks he is terrific and the other that things she is not

convincing. I would still be in the latter. He is good in the air, good

pace, but I think he is a hit-and- miss player. But he hits a lot. His

record stands with the best. Anyone that does not like him, look at his

record, it is fantastic. At international for club level. He

has the style which is lazy at times, but he has a good arrogance

about him and great touch, whether he is just in the hole, but Teddy

Sheringham role, he has a great shot, but it is just that little

bit of Lacey's tell that he has, which means he does not please

everyone. -- lazy style. We are all agreed, he is always a danger!

can bet your bottom dollar he will be mentioned by Roy Hodgson this

week. We can go back to the Olympic When I spoke to you the other night

it you were quietly pleased about the result but a bit disappointed

about the performance. You wanted to see more attack. We you see that

from this line-up? You have Andy Carroll in and he is a target man.

He needs service. I would like to see Ashley Young and James Milner

playing higher up the field. You do not want them on top of the full-

back. From past experience, I know what it is like when you play for

England, you end up playing on top of your full backs. Andy Carroll

need service in the last 25 yards of the pitch, not from the halfway

line. If you play the winners, you need to get round the full-back and

that is where the danger starts. you think we will see Stephen

Gerrard getting further forward? think he will have to be reserved

on his runs. He will have to look at it, he has a lot of

responsibility, but he understands the game very well. Confident?

I think Sweden are a bit dodgy at the back. But they have Ibrahimovic,

who is a very good player and plays just in that hole off the striker.

Just to remind you that the game is a late kick-off. It is now and

8:00pm kick-off because of severe weather delaying the other game

been played this evening, and France are still ahead in that game

by two goals. There are reckoned to be up to 5000 England fans in Kiev

tonight and Dan Walker has caught up with one of them, as familiar

face. Look here you bump into when you

have a wander around here, Noel Gallagher. You are in Kiev with

your band, is this plant or a coincidence? It is a coincidence

that England are here at the same time as me! No, it has been

meticulously planned that we would try and get out here and do as much

as we could win the tournament was on and UEFA have given us some

money to play at the fan park, so it is all good. Are you a fan of

the way England are playing? Will they do well at the tournament?

Doing well, I would think, would be to get out of the group. Hopefully

getting a favourable draw. I think he can be done but I do not think

anybody expects England to set the tournament alight. We have not got

the numbers of great players that you need. I think England will be

fine if it is a draw they are leading, but if they have to chase

the game it will beat off. Manchester City taking over the

world, Joleon Lescott, Joe Hart... We are doing good. It is great to

see that the appeal of Manchester City is spreading around the globe.

It is about time! We have had eight days of football

and 45 goals. If England can still win it. I'm starting to enjoy

Home of football, historic and proud, those three little words.

Determination to start the game with high expectation. You've got

the flair, you've got the best fans behind you. So we believe, all you

got to do no boys is achieve. Three is for inspiration. Think Bobby

Moore for inspiration. Let's paint in news story, come On England!

We can hear from one of the stars of Manchester City, Joe Hart, he

was hoping for a first competitive Perhaps not burdened so much with

that Swedish history. History is history, that's the whole point. It

has been and gone. You do not go into the game with previous results,

it is not an aggregate game. We go in fresh. Samir Nasri said he knew

-- it you knew him so well that he chases technique for the goal.

did not even know it was him that scored! I thought it was Cabaye. He

is a very clever player. I have seen him in training. I have saved

enough balls from been to know what is going on. I want to save

everything, but sometimes it does go in, but you have to move forward

and be positive for the rest of the game and the tournament. When you

were growing up, who was the England goalkeeper they you thought

you wanted to emulate? David Seaman. It is strange because I never

thought I want to be that guy, I want to beat the England goalkeeper.

They did not pass my mind. David Seaman was almost defied by a

tournament. It can happen with goalkeepers that a moment in the

tournament makes them. Are you aware of that? I am aware of it and

I totally understand that there is a lot more to it than that. You

have to take a step back from what the headline says. People will be

more pleased with who you what and do what you do it rather than one

save, one mistake for one thing going your way and one thing not.

have tipped astute about the Pete Green, how much do have a say about

the colours? Nothing for that! As I put it on and were with it, I do

like it, it is different. As long as it fits me, I don't really care

what colour it is. It is a throwback to the old days.

Surely it is mint green! We bow to your superior knowledge on that one.

He is a consistently improving goalkeeper. I think he is a great

goalkeeper. He has all the attributes that you want. He has

now won the title with Man City and I think he has grown in stature and

confidence. It is not easy to go in goal for England at 23 because part

of your job is to be very vocal with your central defenders and

central midfielders. If you're shouting and John Terry and Steven

Gerrard to have to be very confident. Probably in the first

game, where the defence went too deep, it has to come from him. I

was fortunate at Liverpool to play in front of Ray Clemence, who was

to read vocal and he would help you so much. If you got out of position

he would Kochi back into it. first 20 minutes of that game the

other night, Joe Hart looked a bit shaky. But he felt his way into the

game. He got better as the game went on. He is a definite presence

and I think he will of is to get better as he gets older. Some

goalkeepers her presence with a voice, but David Seaman hardly ever

said anything, but you just knew he was there and every so often he

would growl at you. I think he has got it. From the present England

goalkeeper to one of those past, David James is pitch-side in Kiev.

David, you said to me the other day that Joe Hart is the best

goalkeeper in the tournament. Why? If you look at his game, in all the

areas he is very proficient. He is confident with crosses, his

distribution is very good, he is comfortable having the ball played

back to his feet. One thing when I first met in fresh from trees

breach when he signed for Man City was that he exuded confidence --

Shrewsbury. That is different from the arrogance and it is a good

thing. For me, it was slightly annoying because he ended up taking

my place at Man City and again with England. Again, thoroughly deserved.

A word on selection today and what Andy Carroll brings to the side.

This is a side specifically paid to beat Sweden? Definitely. Roy

Hodgson looked at the defence is that Sweden showed against Ukraine.

Andy Carroll is renowned for his presence in the air. I do not think

it means they will go read one, I think with the winners playing that

encourages them to get crosses in and show the weakness that Sweden

have got. Hopefully go for the 2-1 win that I have predicted for the

last 24 hours. There are going to be a lot more Swedish fans. If you

were out there, did you notice that, the fact that English fans will be

trained dead. I think the players will understand why the England

fans have not been here in their usual present. Sweden, three games

in one place, it is easy for them to to come and trouble. I think Roy

Hodgson will have a set that side eight. I think Andy Carroll

suggests that the team knows what they have to be doing. And going

into their game with their new There is the England team, if you

have just tuned in. Just one change made by Roy Hodgson, bringing in

Andy Carroll and no place for Oxlade-Chamberlain in the starting

line-up. John Terry is now playing on the right even though he

normally plays on the left but they seem to play well in the first game.

I do not think it was a problem. The problem is that at times they

were defending too deep. When you do that, it just need a deflection.

Or, as Joe Hart quite rightly said, too many people in front of him and

he is and cited. Apart from that, I thought they were pretty solid.

Terry and Lescott than not given any difficulties but they were not

playing against an out and out striker. It is quite unusual, both

Spain and France played that way in the first game. We said on the

night that they will be quite happy, feeling they were not getting

exposed, but ultimately they end up to do. It forces the midfield deep.

Under thing about the issue with the goalkeeper comes in. As the

centre back when you go do, you really don't know, it is easy to

fall into that trap. This is more of a Premier League style came.

Sweden had more of a presence the other night when Elmander came on

and he did want to run Ian behind and stand on the two centre-backs.

You have looked at the defensive aspect of this. When you're playing

against pace and movement, D defend a high line. But the most important

thing is the sanctuary of the 18 yard line. Stay there. If you start

going back towards the goalkeeper, it just needs a deflection, it

means they are too many bodies in French. You can see how many bodies

are in the box. But progressively, they were just getting deeper and

deeper. Watch this time, it is eight plus a goalkeeper, that's

nearly the whole team, and nobody pressurising the ball. The warning

signs were there. And then, eventually, when it comes out wide

here, it is played to Patrice Evra, and he has got three options, he

can hit it, chip it to the back post, or just go and play. But

there was nobody in this area, so he picked it up and plays it, then

it comes back to Nasri, and it's in the back of the net. The goalkeeper

has got to be the voice that sends has got to be the voice that sends

them out. It is something which clearly Roy Hodgson had spotted,

because they got better at that in the second half. I totally agree.

France, with Benzema, the other night, they played a strange way.

Not once did he run in behind. But Elmander will do that tonight. So

England will have to get their distances right between the

midfield and the back four. Just looking at the team sheets, all

aspects of the team, I think our players are better than theirs. I

think if we can sort out Ibrahimovic, the rest of them will

take care of themselves. But on paper, the last seven games,

England have had a better team than Sweden. What would you do about

Ibrahimovic, what is the secret? It is a perennial problem for English

defenders, isn't it? That's where the communication comes in, not

just from the goalkeeper, but from the midfield players and the centre

halves as well. Sometimes it has got to be one or the other.

Sometimes the centre-back cannot go because he will have somebody, and

Ibrahimovic is just that little bit too far away. Other times, a

midfield player will have to pick him up. Sometimes John Terry will

have to go in and pick him up, but it is all about communication.

about the Swedish defence? We saw Shevchenko get the two goals.

is probably be why Andy Carroll was brought in. Yes, but when they went

up the other end of the pitch, they up the other end of the pitch, they

struggled as well. This was a counter-attack, they are basically

all over the place. Shevchenko just plays one in, and you can see the

back four, hands up in the air, always a sign that you're in

trouble. Shevchenko should have buried that.

LEE DIXON: Sticking your hands up all at once is not bad, it is when

it is at different times that you're in big trouble!

ALAN SHEARER: We have mentioned Andy Carroll a lot tonight, but

Welbeck has got a big role to play tonight. We saw Shevchenko running

in behind the defence, and Welbeck can do that tonight. Mellberg will

can do that tonight. Mellberg will not catch him for pace. In the

delayed game, France have beating Ukraine 2-0. That means that going

into the game tonight, the group So, getting close now to kick-off.

It is delayed, it is 10 minutes away. You look at Andy Carroll and

Danny Welbeck, but for me, Ashley Young, if they can get the ball to

him early, he has got that much talent and ability. He was

anonymous for a huge part of the game in the first game, but he has

got so much talent, two great feat against a poor right back. Get it

to him early, attack the full-back, chip it into the box, and you will

get success. You make it sound so simple. That is his best position,

I would say, on that side of the pitch. He is certainly more lively

on that side. It is very difficult to defend against when you come

back and whippet in with your right foot from that left-hand side.

other thing, in the dressing room, Roy Hodgson will be saying the

right things - don't be complacent, go out and play. The trouble is, he

is not in the dressing room, he is outside with his old friend the

Swedish manager! Far too friendly! Wait till it kicks off. Talking

about the dressing room, I hope Lescott and John Terry and Steven

Gerrard and Scott Parker are talking to each other. That square

will be really important, when Ibrahimovic will be right in the

middle of them. Yes, and it is imperative that he is picked up. If

you can get the danger man back on the halfway line, it is very

difficult to influence the game from now. The one thing which came

out from the other night was how negative England were. Perhaps it

was understandable, first game of the tournament, playing against a

very good team. But tonight, I think certainly they can go and

attack Sweden a lot more, create more chances, and do something with

it. Go for the throat! We're getting very close. We never win

the opening game, we never beat the tournament hosts, and we never beat

Sweden in competitive matches. It is about time that changed. Come on,

COMMENTATOR: England are out of the You are England. Rally the troops.

Dictate the play. Be the general. The engine never stops. Show your

We are almost ready - how do you think it will go, Alan? I honestly

think England will win. After seeing the Swedish team, I think

the back four are really poor. I think England are the better side.

We have seen Germany make a statement in their second game, we

have seen Spain make a statement in their second game, so England have

got to do it tonight. It is an ideal opportunity. They have got to

make things happen. This is it. They do not want to be going into

the Ukraine game needing to win, they need to win tonight. I do not

see England losing tonight. ALAN HANSEN: When you consider what

kind of season Andy Carroll had at Liverpool, up until the last few

weeks, everybody was writing him off, and yet the last few weeks, he

showed his real form. If he shows it here tonight and gets a couple

of goals, he will be a national hero. It could be a battle of the

pony tails. There's one of them. ALAN SHEARER: It could be a big

night for him, but I just hope they get the right service in to him. If

they do, he is unplayable, they will not handle him if the service

is right. Football is at its finest when it is at its most excruciating.

Prepared to suffer for a while. The commentators are Mark Lawrenson and

GUY MOWBRAY: This is England's second game of the tournament, and

they have won their second game at the last three European

Championships they have played in. It started 16 years ago today at

Wembley, with goals from Alan Shearer and Paul Gascoigne against

Scotland. It was only in November when these two last clashed, a 1-0

win for England which proved to be Fabio Capello's farewell. It was

also England's first win against Sweden since 1968. Steven Gerrard

and Zlatan Ibrahimovic Begin the relatively short walk out into the

They will be greeted by a huge wall of noise which will be

predominantly Swedish. This is base camp for the Swedes, and they are

here in great numbers, making Kiev feel almost like a second Stockholm.

Of course, you can never underestimate the vocal abilities

of those who have travelled here to support England, although

support England, although relatively small in number by their

usual standards. But the flags are out, and they are making themselves

# Long live our noble Queen! # God save the Queen!

# God save the Queen! # Send her victorious.

# Happy and glorious. # Long to reign over us.

# Du gamla, Du fria, Du fjallhoga nord.

# Du tysta, Du gladjerika skona! # Jag halsar Dig, vanaste land uppa

jord. # Din sol, Din himmel, Dina angder

grona. # Din sol, Din himmel, Dina angder

during the anthems. Before the defeat to Ukraine, his side had won

every game since losing to England in November. They are experienced,

they are tall and strong, and they have the bulk of the crowd tonight.

Let's take a look at the line-ups, starting with Sweden. The coach

said only five or six players reached the level he wanted against

Ukraine, and he has reacted with three changes tonight, three

players who are all know the referee is 35. He has officiated in

they would be. Oxlade-Chamberlain makes way for Andy Carroll and

Ashley Young plays wide on the left. Andy Carroll has only played a few

minutes of competitive football for England. But it is 96 appearances

Wayne Rooney, it is a full complement of substitutes for

who scored in every one of his country's past four games. Steven

Gerrard has not scored since March when he got a hat-trick in the

started at the impressive Olympic game. It really will be an

indication of just how far both these teams could go in the

tournament. If England win, it will give them such a good chance of

qualification for the quarter- finals. Mark Lawrenson is alongside

me. We have a perfect view and it is perfect playing conditions.

are, and I think quite often your team selection is a statement of

intent, and as far as England are Albion, a player known so well to

misplaced. Roy Hodgson still very much respected back in Sweden. A

dozen years of his coaching career spent in the country, bringing

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success to Halmstad Antti 20 Cole, who was in a very useful

attacking position. Isaksson, the supporters as England pass it

around and work out the best way to in the early stages of the game,

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but that was a risky pass from England. Damir Skomina was the

referee for Kelsey's quarter-final second leg match in Europe --

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playing with a more attacking confidence than he did against

England have to be patient because Sweden are happy to sit in there.

They are told team yet they have this deficiency in keeping out

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past Mellberg and might have been a way until Mellberg got to grips

with the Liverpool striker. Early impressions? I think it is going to

be a long, hard night, in all honesty. Sweden are sitting in two

banks are for, sitting in there. Pushing the wide men for England

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worry about is the issue of temperature tonight. It is a lot

cooler in the Kiev and it has been in Donetsk, by England go again on

between the Ibrahimovic and Rosenberg during the last game. But

then again, Ibrahimovic has fallen out with most members of the Sweden

Ukraine so it may not be as lacking in balance in favour of Sweden as

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safety. We had been warned about the long throw of Rasmus Elm before

Mellberg and stayed there, but it went wide. This was a great ball in,

a fantastic ball in from James Milner. So far, those crosses that

we were told must be delivered are coming mainly from James Milner.

Yes, he has started extremely Welbeck just to tuck in a little

Johnson gets back, importantly so. MARK LAWRENSON: Yes, he made a

vital interception the other night against the French as well.

GUY MOWBRAY: I think already we have seen enough of Zlatan to know

that he will be a threat in the match at some stage. He is a player,

but you have got to keep him thought for character. Like Roy

Hodgson, did not have a particularly distinguished playing

career, indeed, like so many forward from right back. It was a

have done that with it! That was easy for Martin Olsson. Larsson has

come in from the right-hand side. Ibrahimovic lets fly! That was not

easy for Joe Hart. No, but it was a comfortable save. England have got

to be careful not to give Ibrahimovic too much time. You were

saying about keeping him disinterested. But he looks

reasonably up for it. Well, he is relishing this new role, off the

striker. He has normally been the fall would most striker during his

career. -- the most forward striker. He has had 28 goals for Milan this

season, and yet he continues to be try to stay in front of Ibrahimovic,

and struggling all the time. Larsson breaking into the box.

Terry looked like he was running in of Glen Johnson... He said he

wanted his team to show more quality in the final third of the

field. He thought that England were special. He went for Hollywood.

he only found the corner flag. It with James Milner. It is a bit of a

battle between James Milner and Martin Olsson down that side of the

field. Andy Carroll! Steven Gerrard to Andy Carroll! England, 1-0!

an absolutely brilliant ball this was. Great reaction as well by Andy

Carroll. Great reaction from Wayne Rooney! All in this together!

key is the cross. He had a very quick look, Steven Gerrard, and

then he just wrap his right foot around it. And that was a great

finish, goalkeeper no chance. That's Andy Carroll, that's more

like it. Look at that. That is a moment that he will savour for the

rest of his football career. His first appearance at a major

tournament, his first start in a game that really means something

for England, and he has got his first goal. Roy Hodgson is happy.

That's exactly what he has been put in the team for. Right, just don't

sit back now England, just keep this line, it is really good at the

but Lescott will have to be alert, and he is. Three goals in Andy

Carroll's last seven appearances of the season for Liverpool. He

started to look good as the season came to a close. For all of Spain's

passing, and supposedly the right way to play football, England have

just shown another way - hit the Olsson! Blocked by James Milner, an

England just getting paid back now. MARK LAWRENSON: Yes, it happens on

so many occasions when you take the lead, you can get paid back. Just

international in March of last year against Ghana. Now he is up and

running in games that matter. I should think that will be a goal

which will have particularly Scott Parker, but the referee is

the 90 minutes against France. They are having more in this match.

James Milner has got the return from Glen Johnson, and he tried to

pull it back for Johnson. Well done, Johnson, he read that one, keeping

has gone forward, and Granqvist can move into the space on the right.

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It is one of Sweden's best periods by Elm and Olsson. John Terry did

His brother, David, had a little spell at Fulham, under Roy Hodgson,

who will know all about Sweden and the players. And their mentality.

Which he helped to shape, in terms again, just frustrated Sweden, and

nice height for Joe Hart. That came from Parker tried to force the

issue at the other end. He does not need to. The next thing is, England

are having to defend. That was a major bugbear of yours in the first

game against France. We have just had three instances of Sweden,

under a little bit of pressure, and giving England the ball back.

out there, with Ibrahimovic having been struggling with a little bit

from Ashley Cole. And a great tackle from John Terry. A very

important tackle. And Ibrahimovic is hurt. Ashley Cole puts the ball

out of play. A does not need to, it is up to the referee to blow. Well

Ibrahimovic. I think you have to be a great player to play with pink

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corner himself and Welbeck and Andy Carroll asking him why. Gray to

first-time ball from Ashley Cole. Get in the box and take the

defender on! He cannot tackle you. It is frustrating. Ashley Young has

averaged better than I'd goal every other game in his last 11

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but it was always rising. Yes, Joe very big player in the European

against the referee but it was accidental. Good touch, as well,

from the referee. He did well not to show any signs of that stinging.

Probably killing him! Good job it as that of the referee. He left

Bolton won it years ago and promptly won the title in his first

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to Ibrahimovic but England had the England have adapted to the changes

that Roy Hodgson has made? So far, so could. They got themselves the

lead. I keep harping on about keeping the ball a little bit

better. But Sweden are an ordinary team and it is important that

England do not make them look any better than they are. The key is to

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score the second goal. As quickly past. Free-kick given against

Mellberg. Andy Carroll is down. It won't be for long. Locking arms

with Mellberg and almost dragging the Sweden player down himself. He

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has done the job that he was detail instructions coming from Roy

Hodgson. And when he goes back to the bench, one of the other England

Mellberg. It had to beat time to really well. Welbeck did not have

much to do, just five players to beat! But could to see that he had

the confidence to believe he could Elmander but there was cover from

Hart and up from Terry. Just one more minute of the first 45 plus

whatever is added on. Just see it Send the cavalry up, as well, last

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out on that occasion. -- their quite take the ball in his stride.

The other thing was, Ashley Cole played him on instead of stepping

up. But that's half-time. Andy Carroll, brought in to be an aerial

threat, to put the pressure on Sweden, and that's exactly what has

happened. One ball in from Steven Gerrard, one thumping header from

his Liverpool colleague Andy So far, so good. But in three other

major tournaments England have met Sweden, and they have led at half-

time in each of those, and not won any of them! But England have

largely dominated... Yes, obviously Roy Hodgson takes the plaudits for

picking Andy Carroll. It was a fantastic header. Like Alan said,

if you cross it early and put pace on the ball, it is difficult to

defend against. But I think basically we are watching two

average sides. The play has been fragmented. The Swedes are poor. If

England can get it down and play, they could run out convincing

winners. Never mind that average side business, let's get the biased

view out of the way and get on to really neutral England perspective.

Two bits of tremendous qualities summed up the first half. Steven

Gerrard, that was an unbelievable cross. We said it beforehand, if

you get the right ball into the box, Andy Carroll is unplayable. It was

a great cross but an equally good header. But really, that was the

only bit of quality in the first half. Sweden are there for the

taking. They are not a good side. England have to try to keep the

ball a bit more. We have got the goal, now keep the ball. Then we

can hit them on the break. Ashley Young is not playing on the left-

hand side, as we thought he would do, he has got more of a free role.

I think if he was to give us a bit more width on the left-hand side,

we would get more joy from crosses. Lee, your perspective on the first

half? We have known that England are not perhaps the most free-

flowing team in history, but if you're organised and disciplined

and you do what the manager tells you, you can get something out of

it. Yes, there is not a lot of quality in there, apart from Steven

Gerrard's ball, but I don't care. We are doing better than Sweden.

Ibrahimovic is the only one in the Sweden side for me who has got a

brain. The others are not on the same wavelength at all. So, you

keep your concentration at the back. There have been a couple of times

when we have got a bit deep at the back. Ashley Cole, because Ashley

Young is drifting inside, is going a bit too tight for me. If he sits

back a little bit, because a couple of times they have got into that

space behind him, and John Terry has had to come out and Johnson has

had to cover as well. Other than that, I agree with Alan, they are

there for the taking. They just need a bit more composure on the

ball. They have got to get it down and play. The one person that can

get it and play is the captain, Steven Gerrard. He has led by

example, led from the front. And it was a terrific cross, and you were

so excited! Andy Carroll Nos Steven Gerrard's game, and vice versa,

from Liverpool. If there is one guy who can put a ball on a sixpence

like that, it is Steven Gerrard. like that, it is Steven Gerrard.

like that, it is Steven Gerrard. But Andy Carroll, just look what he

does to the full-back. He just nudges the full back to try and get

in front, but he does not let him. He gets him between the centre half

and the full-back, which you should do. We have been saying it for a

long time, the right ball into the box, with pace and power, and he

will do that all day long, that's why he was so good at Newcastle.

think James Milner does really well initially. He forces Martin Olsson

to play it down the line, and from that situation, Steven Gerrard

picked it up. Get in there, Roy! Normally come as a defender, you

would be thinking, cross it all day long. It is the one thing you were

going on about constantly during the game, we have got to get balls

in. Milner had done it sometimes, other times he has not.

ALAN SHEARER: Andy Carroll was excellent in the build up there,

knocks it out wide, and yes, that was a decent ball from James Milner.

But we can do that more, we really can. James Milner has had one or

two opportunities, and he has actually come back on his left foot.

But it is a quality ball into the box. That was a poor header from

Welbeck. When you look at Granqvist, playing at right-back, he is not

aware of the danger. On the goal, he should have been on the other

side of Andy Carroll. As a centre- back, playing full-back, he does

not seem to know where he is. have not been that many chances.

Scott Parker, this was a terrific effort. It was a great effort, and

equally as good a save. He did really well with the chest as well.

From this angle, that was a fantastic save. It just goes behind

Olsson, so the keeper sees it late. This one, Ashley Young should have

done better. ALAN HANSEN: Ashley Young has been

totally disappointing. The first touch was as bad as you will see.

ALAN SHEARER: He has got to take that down the line on his left foot,

have more confidence. As I said before, he is not really playing as

a left-sided player. He is playing more on the inside. It is 1-0 in

the battle of the pony tails, but there is no question that he is a

thorn in our side. He is a threat, no question. We pick up Ashley Cole

here, too far up. Ashley Callus -- Ashley Young loses it, and now the

defence has got to get back. Johnson does brilliantly well to

cover there. But there are just signs of him trying to get into

dangerous areas. Here again, look at Ashley Cole, high up the pitch,

and Ibrahimovic is able to run into the space which Ashley Cole has

vacated. You do not want to leave John Terry exposed like this.

has got that piano on his back, like Shevchenko! To be fair to him,

he does well. Just signs here that England are trying to drop too deep.

They have got to be aware of the Ibrahimovic, you just worry that he

is starting to get into the game. He is a quality player, we have

seen that in the first half. If England can keep him quiet for

another 45 minutes, they will have a great chance. Keep him on the

halfway line, keep him in his own half! Let's have a look at what

happened in the other game, played earlier today. Jonathan Pearce was

the commentator. Frank Ribery, the commentator. Frank Ribery,

using his strength and his pace. 1- 0, France! Menez has had his

chances, and he has finally taken one. He cut in on his left foot.

Such an important goal in these Championships. Good turn from

Benzema, and a chance for your Hulkenberg. -- and a chance for

Yohan Cabaye. And France have doubled their lead! Starting on

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Our next live games are the deciding matches in Group A

tomorrow night. All four teams can still qualify. Back in Kiev, Gabby

is with David James and Martin Keown. First of all, the manager's

decision to pick Andy Carroll, the tactics, worked perfectly. Yes, it

was like Tarzan to the rescue, his power, his strength, a wonderful

cross, just begging to be put into the back of the net. The tactics

are going to plan. The cross was a peach from Stevie Gerrard. It shows

what a difference he can make with a target man like Andy Carroll.

was almost like a Premier League game, wasn't it, at times? But at

the other end, Ibrahimovic has got the same process. You cannot switch

off. Seeing him in the flesh, he is absolutely massive, absolutely huge.

I just feel in possession, we need now wide players to drift in more

centrally, just so we can keep the ball and enjoy being in front. But

what we tend to do as an English team, we only know how to play one

way, and that's getting the ball forward. Just be a bit more patient

and I think it will be a good night for us. I would agree with Martin.

I have been optimistic all the way up to this point. The two banks of

four worked so well against France, but we seem to be a little bit

apart tonight. Sweden have had some opportunities, and with a bit more

cute passing from midfield, we could be in trouble. We know about

their history against Sweden, and we have been ahead in the last

three competitive games, but tonight it is going to be

different...? It certainly is. We do not want John Terry to get

isolated. Listen, Roy has never lost against Sweden! I like that

positivity! Going into the second half, it will be more or less the

same, won't it? We mustn't get overly cautious, must we? I would

say in the dressing room, Roy will be happy, but he will be taking the

players to get it down and play, and they will make chances. Roy

will have told them, you cannot go beyond the 18 yard line. You can

see the two banks of four. John Terry, the leads centre-back,

saying, right, one the ball has gone back towards the Swedish goal,

push them out. But it is absolutely amazing, in the last 10 minutes of

that half, how much deeper and deeper they started to get. It is

just having the confidence and the ability and the belief in yourself

to say, let's stays strong, get the ball, pass it around, don't be

scared. Sweden are not a great team. One man in particular who has done

that, Steven Gerrard. He has been brilliant, Captain's performance in

that first half. He has been driving them on. We will never get

fed up of seeing the ball like this. It is not ordinarily an area you

would be encouraging people to cross from. Like we said before,

pick it up, play it, get it back, move. Talk about leading by example,

His pressure in the middle of the park is key to the back four

staying up and not backing off. Well boy Hartson be saying more of

the same? He will also be Saints keep the ball, happily confidence

to pass it around. We are not used to do that in England, but we can

do that again Sweden because they are not a great side. The frailty

against the French in the last half-hour was to give it away

cheaply. You cannot afford to give it away cheaply. You keep the ball

by getting it wider. Ashley Young, have stayed wider. Gerrard has been

a great example in that first half to everyone, getting the ball and

not being afraid, passing it at the right time. Driving forward,

getting support into the to forward players. Sweden are going to have a

go because they are out of the tournament if it stays like this.

And the man they are looking at, everyone is looking at. I cannot

believe you English, so tense and nervous! England are going to win

this game. History suggests that we always hold on to the lead! It has

Olympic Stadium. Sweden have to really up their game in the second

half off their supporters will be heading back north. England in the

ascendancy, in the lead, though they have been so many times in the

past and it has not quite ended that way. Prayer to tonight,

England had won only six out of 14 European Championship games when

temptation to make any half-time changes. I wonder what the

assessment from the manager would be? You would think he would rip

them up at half time. The first half performance was average at

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attempts to find Elmander. -- too ball and he was caught by Andy

Carroll. It was a desperate Kallstrom spotted the ball up but

Ibrahimovic took it from him. is Larsson country. You would think

so. Nobody had a better strike rate from this distance than the

have lost the lead again. The old man of the team, Mellberg, a

sneaking forward to score. It was the second touch from Ibrahimovic,

where he came in for the volley and it just broke took Mellberg. But it

line trying to keep it out. He nearly did but was unfortunate to

hit the post. There is a bit of fortune there for Sweden. It came

pass that Ashley Cole misjudged. Yes, he let it bounce. England have

been in this position so many times. It is always a roller-coaster

watching England. What will it do for Sweden? What abused for them,

so soon in the second half. -- what start sloppily in the second half.

And that is exactly what has happened. It has got the Swedish

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England 1. England had the lead from Glen Johnson, because Rasmus

Elm was poised to put Sweden in front.

MARK LAWRENSON: Yes, he is really good at that. Larsson missed this

one and he is furious with himself. Sweden have grown in confidence,

they are playing with so much more get away from the attentions of

Ashley Young. Headed away by played by the swings now. That will

be a yellow card. It is his own fault, because he had just knocked

off, the full-back was away. Cannot argue with that one. Now, a chance

for Sweden to get bodies into the of his customary excellent free

kicks. And he does! It is a goal for Olof Mellberg! England have

caved in! And they have been beaten by their own game plan! Balls into

the box. And it is a Swedish defender who spent seven years of

his life playing in England for Aston Villa. Two for Mellberg,

trouble for England. I do not even think there is a challenge here. It

comes in from a long, long way away as well. Completely unmarked,

absolutely free header. Splendid isolation, if you're a Swede.

Tonight, it is getting on for three years since Olof Mellberg last

scored for his country, and he has got two in 10 minutes. Here they

far side of the field. Ashley Young... Welbeck waiting, but he

will not get on to that. Jonas Olsson puts it behind, takes no

chances at all. England are going Granqvist can be treated.

MARK LAWRENSON: I'm afraid it is that same old England. James Milner

is going to go off, Theo Walcott will come on. It will not change

the shape but it might just give a little bit of energy and speed.

long has Walcott been in the squad, six years? That game against

Croatia, that was when he made his name. He has lived off that, time

Ibrahimovic. Johnson stops him. Great challenge, Johnson, yet again.

And England, from their own corner, all of a sudden, they are down the

comes in from Gerrard. Anders Svensson had two or three options

there. I think England need to get this turnaround at the halfway

stage? England had not looked in any particular danger throughout

the first 45 minutes. That is a booking for Mellberg, I think.

Interestingly, they are not giving the first goal to him, because

Johnson played it on to the post and back in. Own goal, Glen Johnson.

Yes, just two poor goals to concede. The cross comes in from Johnson!

What a save from Isaksson! How on earth did he keep that out?! There

was a suspicion of offside, but it is a brilliant save. It was a great

ball in from Johnson. It just hit the Swedish goalkeeper. It doesn't

matter. John Terry thought he had corner, well-defended by Jonas

Olsson. Walcott! What a strike from Theo Walcott! And there's real hope

again for England! Smashed in from distance. He must have been

listening! Very different reaction from the England coach to what we

saw from Sweden's. The goalkeeper just never saw it at all. It is

curling, drifting away from Isaksson. And it really is game on

in Kiev. The second half has been Theo Walcott's contribution since

coming on. Second touch, beautiful. Talk about making an impact.

Granqvist is still struggling. Sweden are going to make a change

and put Lustig on. He started at right back in Sweden's opening game.

He joined Celtic halfway through last season, but barely played,

largely due to a succession of injuries. And it is as you were

again. How positive do you want to be? Just have a go. When I first

saw it, I thought it was deflected, just by the movement of the

goalkeeper. Lovely reaction from Theo Walcott. As if to suggest he

did not know quite how that had happened. I don't think he is

bothered. His fourth International goal, only the second international

Parker! Stevie Gerrard was blocked! But not in the opinion of the

was completely taken up there. Anders Svensson has gone in with

his arm, and just lifted it a little, too. He is berating the 4th

Welbeck? Needs to be spot on... Great tackle, Mellberg. When he

left Aston Villa four years ago, we thought he was about done.

today he looks as strong as ever. The game is getting stretched now.

Kallstrom is starting to have more the ball at the moment. That was

Rasmus Elm finding plenty of room Johnson and Walcott, but look at

the strength shown by the Swedish Johnson.

MARK LAWRENSON: England's best defender, Glen Johnson.

Andy Carroll had to stretch, and then went for goal! Was he entitled

to shoot? He was, he was entitled to shoot. Isaksson looked

get to that one with time to spare. Joe Hart just kept it in - well,

that's the verdict, I'm not sure it was right. There was a referee's

assistant stood right next to it, but did not seem to give anything.

The referee has given it, I think. He must have had a signal from that

gentleman there. It has gone out all right. And he has indicated the

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interested in this. He scored again Sweden in the 2006 World Cup. --

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feels such a waste when you do not the ball but the past did not live

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in. It moved in the air. It almost see his England defenders running

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England in front again. -- Danny Welbeck. What a substitution this

is turning out to be. Brilliant. Danny bowl has got what England

hope will be the winning goal. -- Danny Welbeck. He just makes his

mind at that he is going and he has gone, you will not catch him.

possibly have scored from that. He worked that out in the blink of an

eye. Right, England have been here before in this game. Just play with

Rosenberg is going to come on. What a substitution! Interestingly,

England were just about to make another one just before then. Alex

Oxlade-Chamberlain had got himself ready. Maybe Walcott is one of

those players when you send armed, he does not have to think about it,

it is just natural, nothing to lose. Roy Hodgson has said all the way

through the build up, you will play experience watching England play?!

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Christian Wilhelmsson is to come on. We thought he might start. There

was talk of that from the Swedish press. A player who did not exactly

sparkle for Bolton when he hadn't Bell at the club. But he has done

his job for his country many times promised so much but delivered

nothing. Nothing quite float. -- out after all. Gary Neville is

doing his best to to relax the young man. Theo Walcott's impact on

the game has been short-lived but so telling. If there is any doubt

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about him, taking off. Do not risk It is a natural instinct. It is a

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patiently waiting for the thumbs-up ready. Just standing next to the

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off it for a second. Strong challenge from Joleon Lescott, but

performance has been instrumental, has put in another good ball, but

has come off, hasn't he? Yes, Rasmus Elm has made way for of

Williamson. -- for Wilhelmsson. There will be just a few more

nervous moments before the end of this game for England's supporters.

Ibrahimovic ready to pounce if he gets half a chance. Joe Hart,

commanding, on that occasion. the last three, he has done

Joe Hart has it. John Terry did brilliantly, he knew the striker

could not get on to the end of it I think. Oxlade-Chamberlain has

been waiting patiently. Ashley Young, maybe? He is finally about

to get his chance, having started the touchline, that was a waste as

far as he was concerned. It is Danny Welbeck who's going to go off,

having got his goal, which stands to be the winning goal for England.

It is his second for his country. He scored against Belgium in the

warm-up match, but this one matters so much more. What a finish. As you

rightly said at the time, he could not do anything else, there was no

other way of scoring. He has had a really good game. A really big test

enough, you're old enough. There's a 14-year-old playing in the US

through, but there was a handball think there was a bit of chit-chat.

Seb Larsson is still chuntering. I think it is actually Anders

have to explain to us the thinking behind that. He has just mishit it.

We have played one minute out of four additional minutes. England,

then, three minutes away from a vital victory, the first ever in

competitive international football against the Swedes - if they can

have just gone quiet now. Chance for a breakaway here, with Parker.

Walcott is outside him, and has the pace. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is in

corner. That goes behind for a goal-kick. Isaksson has just kept

his country in Euro 2012. For the chances, Sweden have to go forward

We are into the fourth minute of injury-time here in Kiev. You just

felt at 2-1 Down, this was not going to happen. You just felt,

be able to go to Donetsk next week in a commanding position against

his lips, and England have got the winner that they so desperately-

needed tonight! Goodness me, they made everybody sweat! The effort,

the work, have been rewarded, with two moments of sheer class. Walcott

involved in both the goals that mattered in the second half,

scoring the first from distance, and then making a sublime third for

Danny Welbeck, to win the game for England, who now go to Donetsk in a

really strong position. Kiev tonight was or yellow, but the

tonight was or yellow, but the stars shone for England. Never

believed in bogey teams anyway! Roy Hodgson, terrific substitution,

bringing on Theo Walcott to transform England in that second

half. Joe Hart also made a vital save, an England are now in good

shape, just to draw required in their last game. It was a thrilling

game of football, Alan Hansen. was never in doubt! You say Roy

Hodgson changed the game bringing on Theo Walcott, when England were

struggling, and he did. The first one, I thought Isaksson made a

terrible mistake, but there was no element of luck about the winning

goal. It was fantastic play from Walcott down the right-hand side,

and the finish from Welbeck was absolutely exquisite. Did I hear

anyone saying that watching Roy Hodgson's side would not be

exciting?! It has blown that out of the water, this match, hasn't it?

Well, that most dramatic of victories lifts England above

victories lifts England above Ukraine, and England need only a

point now to secure a place in the quarter-finals. Sweden are

eliminated from the tournament, Well, Lee, it is a win, it makes

the heart beat faster watching England, doesn't it? We were just

saying at half-time, it was not a great game, it was scrappy, but the

second half just exploded. At 2-1 Down, you really feared for England.

They were looking disjointed, they had given two goals away. But to be

fair, the spirit after that was fantastic, Theo Walcott completely

changed the game. He completely pushed the defence of Sweden back.

They got two fabulous goals. A little bit lucky with the first one,

but the second one, the movement, the passing, the keeping of the

ball, which was what we wanted them to do, were also much better.

may not be the most talented group of individuals England have ever

had, but they looked like they have got bags of heart, which is

important. We're going to need it, because we are not good enough at

keeping the football, it is good enough for everybody -- clear

enough for everybody to see. We were just screaming, keep the ball.

Welbeck's goal was the only time in the game when we actually kept the

ball. These guys are international footballers, playing in the best

leader of the world, everybody keeps saying, so they have got to

improve, to get better, and to progress in the tournament, they

will have to pass it a lot better than they have done tonight. Sweden

are an average side, at the most. England had a 20 minute spell in

the second half when they were as bad as you could believe, but it is

to their credit that they were unable to come back. Roy Hodgson

made a substitution, and did it work? Not half. It did, it changed

the game. But keeping the ball like they did after they had gone ahead

for the last time, it is a lot easier to keep the ball when it is

stretched at the end, but we have got to learn to do that in the

early part of the game, when it is tight. But it was a fabulous

comeback. We can hear now from the man who inspired that come back,

Theo Walcott. You scored one, created the winner, you were the

game-changer. It is always nice to come off the bench and show what

you can do. Obviously disappointed I did not start, but I have been

training hard. It is not about the starting line-up, it is the whole

squad, we are a family, we are all together. I think you had had three

touches! I had been doing lots of warming up, but it is always tough

at this level. To silence all of those Sweden fans, the England

supporters have been immense. means a lot to them. To make my

first appearance in such a high- profile arena, it means so much to

me. It has been a long time waiting, and hopefully there will be more to

come. Lots of physicality, the high tempo, it was like a Premier League

game. Desk, it was always going to be like that. We felt from the

first game that we wanted to pick it up a bit more in attack, and we

scored three goals. Congratulations. He turned things around. He not

only played with his usual place, but he showed real intelligence,

which has been questioned at times. What he also gave them was a bit of

energy, which England have been lacking going forward. He gave them

a bit of pace. As a manager, he one the substitute to come on and make

an impact, whether that's defensively or in attack. And

certainly, he did that tonight. He gave them pace and energy going

forward. In James Milner, and Ashley Young, who I thought was

really poor tonight, they did not offer a great deal going forward.

England took the lead in the first England took the lead in the first

England took the lead in the first half, it was a great ball in and

the wonderful header. Yes, Alan was talking before the game about what

he would want as a centre-forward, but any centre-forward in the world

would welcome a ball in like that. He does really well to get in front

of the full-back. He should have been the other side of Andy Carroll

really, he gave him too much room, but what a fabulous ball. As a

centre-forward, that's what you have got to do, you have got to get

in between the centre forward -- the centre half and the full-back.

It was a great header. Great reaction from Roy as well. I don't

know what happened at half-time - Sweden did not look like scoring in

the first half, but it was a couple Johnson is pushed further back. I

am not sure that Ashley Young should be picking up Mellberg, when

we see it from the next angle. He does not even know where Mellberg

is. They are totally disjointed. James Milner follows his man in, he

knows where he has. But Ashley Young, not once does he know where

Mellberg is. The way that the wall is set up, Ashley Cole is on the

edge of the wall and Ashley Young is marking. Swap that around,

police. Get the defender in the police. Get the defender in the

space running back, doing their defensive work. That was a bad one,

but the second one! The ball comes but the second one! The ball comes

40 or 50 yards. Nobody picking up. Should be keeper come for it?

Perhaps. And how deep are we? was the thing. We talked at half-

time about how did they were getting end in the second half,

they come under pressure. But there I do not see any of the England

lads showing leadership to scream of the back four, to get up on the

18 yard line. That is what it is 18 yard line. That is what it is

four, to take your mark. There are only two people that can come from,

John Terry and the goalkeeper. I said before the game that the

goalkeeper before the game was up vocal enough. The can come from

Gerrard as well because he is in there marking. It is usually your

goalkeeper would not lead centre back. At that stage, the team is

flat and struggling, but somehow flat and struggling, but somehow

they found something. The substitution made all the different.

As the ball comes wide of... This is ironic. What a great save.

looks like it is deflected the way the goalkeeper was. And Theo

Walcott's expression suggested he thought he was lucky to score.

have not got one man on the edge of the box to go and close them down.

The goalkeeper, who has just made a fantastic save... And Roy has made

fantastic save... And Roy has made the substitutions and has obviously

delighted with the goal. Then, all of a sudden, we are shaking, hold

it! And what a late do? For the it! And what a late do? For the

first time. For the first time, we get hold of the ball. It is very

simple. Pass, turned pass, keep the ball. It comes out to the right

hand side with another simple little pass. It is basic stuff. And

Theo Walcott, again, the energy, that is an excellent finish and an

excellent run. That is a fantastic finish. Brilliant. I would just

like to see us keep the ball like that in the first half, if we could.

What you have to say about Roy Hodgson is he has changed the