Match Replay: Republic of Ireland v Sweden Match of the Day

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Welcome to the opening game for the Republic of Ireland. Sweden and the

great Zlatan Ibrahimovic looking to make a start.

It really is a very important moment. They are all fit, talking

all week of getting a crucial good start, McCarthy and Walters in that

line-up. And wakes but Hendrick to get

forward to make it a diamond on the left-hand side when they do have the

ball. Walters will do a lot of work down the right-hand side. Hoolahan

will add to the hard running front pair. The referee to Ireland defeat

during qualifying. And here come the two captains. They were talking

about Zlatan 's record this season, 55 in 57 for club and country, and

in his career, 760 games, 421 goals. Standing, really. It is so difficult

not to tag Sweden as a one-man team. Marcus Berget the pic alongside him.

Lost Lustig was a scorer beside him. Brilliant for Bentley could this

season, but long could physically intimidate him. And off the bench,

we Ireland C Robbie Keane? I think Ireland will leave nothing

on this pitch. They may lack a little quality, but they will

seriously work so very hard to stop Sweden playing. They are up against

a team of giants who have so many players, six foot two, six foot

three or more, and they will look for those big diagonals to get the

full backs up. Lustig chasing down the right-hand side straightaway.

Bright sunshine in Paris, it has been dreary over the last 24 hours.

Sweden kicking from right to left. Ireland looking for Long

but Lindelof is with him. He almost joined

Middlesbrough in January. Clark was a bit late according

to the Swedish fans. In all the games, the referees have

let it roll, I thought Ireland looking for Long

but Lindelof is with him. He almost joined

Middlesbrough in January. Clark was a bit late according

to the Swedish fans. In all the games, the referees have

let it roll, I thought You know what you will get

with Glenn Whelan, 100% every game. Robbie Brady drew

the challenge. This is one of the reasons

he is in the team. They have a big presence

inside the penalty area. A decent header

away. Just too far for Walters to stretch,

does not want to stretch Remarkable character,

Martin O'Neill. Many of you may have had the

pleasure of meeting him. Incredibly intelligent man

and just so vibrant. He will have ants in his pants down

in that dugout, that is for sure. He was beaten in the semifinals

domestically last season. The three goal-scorers

against Wales in the warm up, that is Kallstrom who had

that spell at Arsenal. Granqvist and Lindelof

are giants, aren't they? He had a little spell in English

football with Wigan. Ibrahimovic, shortly to come

to England, they say. We saw him play many times for PSG

in the last two or three years, he disappears out of games

and suddenly strikes. And the game is won and lost in a

instant. He hasn't been the brightest in the

warm up. He said he still dreams of winning

a medal with Sweden. He says they won't make

it to the round of 16! He says that reality and dreams

are separate things. They are neutral country, anyway,

aren't they? They are developing some good young

talent on the European U21 team. One of their players was in the best

XI for the tournament. This is Olsson, suffered

relegation again. Olsson has time to measure

the cross, Ivanovic far post Good work by the Republic of

Ireland. of the championship so far,

the ball goes out and teams They are going to have to hurry

and harry, especially Footballer of the Year ten times,

winning 14 titles in 16 His manager describes him

as one of the best three Shane Long, he will challenge

all day long for things like this. He would chase a paper bag in the

park, wouldn't he? The abrasive James McCarthy whips

in with those challenges He has been struggling

with a hamstring injury since the end of the domestic

season, missed the warm Tight to the line, beyond McCarthy

and a good run as he goes beyond O'Shea but straight

into the hands of Darren Randolph. He had a good end to

the season with West Ham. They just need a little spell

on the ball, Ireland, Walters attacking the ball and get

it back, crashed away by Lindelof. That move to Middlesbrough

apparently died in the end when Lisandro Lopez was injured back

in Portuguese football. Wes Hoolahan, so important

to how Ireland play. And because of the position,

they have to get him on the ball. Ireland are the oldest squad

at these finals with the average age Ciaran Clark, born

in Harrow but Irish. This is one of the most colourful

stages we have seen in these championships so far

with the yellow and green. Jeff Hendrick, consistent

at the end of qualifying. He gets that shot and that is

what he is capable of. That is something that Ireland

will have worked on the long throw, knocked down to Hendrick

and a decent strike. Relatively fresh, he missed the tail

end of the season with Derby. McCarthy, stumbled

over his first touch. That is a bit of a waste

from the corner. All the way back in their own half

and gave it away to Sweden. When you consider that Ireland

are really good at set pieces. This was the referee that sent off

Pepe at the last World Cup finals. Was he not feigning injury

at the same time? He has seen a fair amount of red

cards over the years. One of the features of the display

in the play-off against Denmark was the amount Ibrahimovic

worked off the ball. That is a lovely ball,

another big diagonal Seamus Coleman was caught a little

bit underneath it but Darren Randolph came out quickly

and was alert to the danger. He had a good end to the season with

Palace I cost. Berg scored 14 in his last 12

games for Panathanaikos. He is in ahead of Guidetti,

apparently there was a bit of a bust up at the training ground last week

with one of the squad members and as a result Sweden have trained

behind closed doors. There was a bump in the middle,

it was Long and Lindelof I don't think the

referee has seen it. This was the chance at the other end

with Berg, but quick thinking There is no doubt that Shane Long

will look to physically impose himself on the 21-year-old

rookie centre-back. Double winner with

Benfica this season He didn't play much football

at the end of the season, Has played just two and a half hours

since the start of April. Martin O'Neill signed a new deal

with his coaching staff through to the next couple of years,

or agreed it, I think he still has

to put his name to it. Space in front of him

but denied by Larsson Good combination on the left,

Hendrick and Brady, they have been They were at a very good club

in Dublin, Saint Kevin's boys club. I was looking at their website

today. They have been together

all of those years, firm friends Larsson goes across but he has

allowed Brady too much room. He will commit people

down the left, Brady, This time the cover cross

was by young Lewicki. This time they have to put this

into the box. It was so crucial for Walters to be

fit and also Lewicki who had O'Shea is trying to run away

from his marker. It nearly came to him,

Ibrahimovic brings him down and O'Shea might have been rolled

to the ground but play on. It is quite a clever foul,

although he will have to be careful There was no shout or

appeal for handball. Calling him God and

legend and so forth. Kallstrom has left a foot

in, it is a free kick. It was good pressure

from Walters initially Big Andreas Isaksson,

the six foot five goalkeeper, he played 20 games for

Manchester City in He steps down after this,

his sixth major finals. At least this time they are

making Sweden defend. Really good young defender,

Lindelof, he played right back in the U21 finals last year

and scored the decisive penalty in the final against Portugal,

who were expected to win. Shane Long was right

behind him as well. He has scored three goals

for his country, but famously away When given this draw in December,

Martin O'Neill said, yes, but hang on, we have come out

of a group that contained The 24-year-old Dubliner

just put his toe on it. If Ireland are to make the diamond

formation work, they need to get At the moment, Marcus Berg

is keeping Seamus Coleman in check. Ireland spent the build-up

for this back at home, they spent a lot of the last

championships in Italy, They had a terrible start four years

ago, when they were beaten by Croatia in Poznan

and thumped by Spain, What a party there was

that night. I remember having a conversation

with somebody in a bar for an hour and a half, and I discovered

the next year that it was a mirror Along he comes, peels the ball away,

over the top. That is what he is in the team for,

that kind of ball and run, Double figures in Premier League

football for the first time A couple of goals in

qualifying for Marcus Berg. He shot to fame in the U21

championships of 2009, He said this morning it's his city,

his stadium, his tournament. Even the great con big

right at all times. Even the great can't be great at all

times. He has been in charge

a long while, Erik Hamren. He has been the Swedish manager

for 83 games now, he took over He said he likes his players to sit

at breakfast and generate His pre-tournament notes

were not too positive! A free kick for the

challenge on Granqvist. Kim Kallstrom only played

four games for Arsenal. I think he picked up

an FA Cup winner's medal. He signed and then said he had

a back injury from A tenacious player. Lustig, good

claim, looking for Randolph. A really good starting position

with reading the play. This is his sixth start

in their last eight games now. Jeff Hendrick played every

minute of their last Ireland have done well

with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, because he Kim Kallstrom now 31,

he was based in France Again, offside flag against Zlatan

Ibrahimovic. The pattern of the game

is there is no pattern. You don't want to lose

the opening game. The strengths and weaknesses

of the Irish side will have been pointed out by one of the backroom

members of the Swedish staff, he has been Leicester City's

performance director, We haven't seen him want to roll

onto his right foot so far. Granqvist.

It is a bit of a sterile game so far.

They know it is their best realistic chance of getting

The big guns to come, Belgium and Italy.

The ball is going to get carried off!

Should Shay Given be called upon today, and Ireland will hope

he isn't in many ways, he will be the oldest player

But the Hungarian goalkeeper is expected to break the record

when they play Austria tomorrow in Bordeaux.

The first time we have seen Seamus Coleman get forward

He went for a swinger, it is a good strike.

Hendrick did well, it was difficult to knock him off

the ball, a nice ball to Robbie Brady.

The interchange between the pair from the boys' club.

People always ask me, what is Martin like in real life

and he is exactly the same as on the telly.

He and Roy Keane, an unlikely pair, you would never have seen it.

The Irish fans starting to stir again.

Ibrahimovic was waiting to pounce on the slightest error.

He was a decent Gaelic footballer in Ireland, Seamus Coleman.

What a bonus he has been in terms of service for Everton.

Sweden edging possession, 52% so far but very tight.

Granqvist challenged by Walters, always

That will have worried Sweden as well.

Looking to get Lustig high up on the far side.

Hoolahan with the touch away, Ibrahimovic challenges and surely

that is a free kick but the referee says no.

He will give it now for the challenge on Clark.

It was loaded for him to hit it straightaway and he has caressed it

He hasn't scored for Ireland, a couple this season for Derby.

It was like Atom Ant against

Forsberg trying to do the organisation.

You just feel Ireland need to score the opening goal.

Sweden thought that was a foul on Forsberg.

He stayed down after the challenge, the man just promoted to Bundesliga

They are definitely letting more challengers go, the referees.

Hendrick is there again, his old pal and Hoolahan has

made a run into the box but that is short.

Ireland have only won three out of 19 games at major finals.

They have lost their last four games at the Euros.

Six goals in European finals football, one behind Alan Shearer.

We said at the start they are a very big side so it will be a testing

There is a percussive banging of seats from the Swedish

He was sent off in one of the qualifiers, against Moldova.

He has one goal for Sweden in six years.

Back in, just touched on by the centre-back.

And under pressure from one of the Irish players.

Working so hard to deny him a chance, two Irish

Ibrahimovic scored 11 in qualifying, the second highest scorer en route

At the other end, Sweden conceded 12 goals in qualifying,

only the Czech Republic conceded more in getting here.

Just at the moment, you get your chances

19 Premier League players, nine from the Championship

Lindelof was pressurised and he is annoyed with himself.

It was his mistake when he was not pressurised at first

when he lashed it up into the air and Shane Long did the rest.

Can Ireland deal a knockout blow here?

Brady will take it, and Lindelof looked a bit hot under

Ibrahimovic back out wide, Brady settled and if it comes

Robbie Brady has seen a lot of the ball and a decent ball in!

It was just edged away by Larsson and Shane Long is looking

at the assistant, claiming he was fouled.

It is a great ball, away from the goalkeeper.

He put the striker under pressure, good defending.

It is a Serbian assistant behind the line and he had

Forsberg, the first time he has got into that sort of position.

He scored against Wales coming in off the left,

Lovely pressure, tenacious from McCarthy.

Kallstrom, who he challenged, looks slow.

McCarthy is Glasgow born but his grandad

Kallstrom is 31 now, in his fifth tournament finals.

Perhaps his best days are behind him.

He did well and held off the challenge of the hefty

That is a foul and I don't think McCarthy will get away

One of the Swedish players has gone down holding his head,

Steve Walford, he has been with Martin O'Neill

Very much Ireland in the ascendancy and have had good opportunities

They have to make sure they get in at half-time at 0-0 and start

They have been the better team, Randolph has not made a save.

It looks like they are going to have to make a change.

Lustig is not going to be able to continue.

But not too many experts in that position.

Granqvist has gone across and played there in the past and they are

already missing a couple of big defenders.

Erik Johansson is going to come on, a very good game against Wales.

But young Victor Lindelof played well at right back

in the U21 Championships last summer and has gone out there.

All of that singing and passion has been replaced by a nervous energy

now and tension around the Stade de France.

The closest we have come to a goal, a terrific effort by Jeff Hendrick

after a lovely interchange with Robbie Brady, it

Ireland kicking from right to left in this second half.

It has been great to see fans of both teams mingling

There is very little segregation in this stadium

You look at the rubbish happening in Marseille, it is Neanderthal.

It takes me back to the first tournament I covered

which was the Euros in 88 and again, the threat of expulsion for England.

I hate to see this threat of expulsion like England

Hendrick has had such a bright game and he might get a shot here!

He makes the goalkeeper make the save.

Lindelof is now at right back after the injury to Lustig.

Great play by Coleman because he had the opportunity to cross

but kept his nerve and went past the defender and got his

head up and had a look and a fantastic finish.

He could have gone left foot but waited and there was the ball

He will be told about that moment for generations to come.

It will only be worthy if they can

The talented Forsberg, back in and dangerously

They say that the first five or ten minutes after you score are the most

Has always been a good deliverer of a free kick.

Brilliant save and a deflection and hammered over by Forsberg!

Outstanding chance, really good save by Randolph because he saw it

Randolph has to take his time a bit here, just slow down.

He has been around a long time since starting back at Charlton.

Spent time at Accrington and Gillingham, Bury and Hereford,

all an apprenticeship for these moments.

McCarthy again, he has to be careful.

Ireland might have to make a change quicker than

He sweeps it in, back in the middle looking for Ibrahimovic

It was a good header from Lewicki, only five foot nine.

Coleman was in a good position in the middle of the box.

Kallstrom again, once more it flies through.

It nearly came to Granqvist but away by Whelan.

You can feel the nerves in that penalty area.

Kallstrom again and this time it came off Walters.

These arcing corners are causing problems.

Good carry and sensibly checking back.

Many people might have wanted him to keep going

Absolutely, he went so fast that nobody was up there so he had

to stop and recycle the ball and now they have a free kick.

Two Norwich boys - desperate disappointment around Carrow Road

They all worked so hard to get back into the top flight.

Brady, like so many players, started at Manchester United,

Hendrick waits but it goes back to Whelan who looks

Hoolahan was behind him but it was well seen

They are going to need something from him to get back

62 goals for his country, Ibrahimovic.

His team are behind.

It is his best position at left-back, I know he can play

left side but there are acres of space to run into and everybody

knows he has such a cultured left foot and he can run all day.

He just played one game for Manchester United,

coming on in a League Cup tie away to Hull.

Good ball round the corner to Hoolahan, well played

Whelan was fouled but play on says the referee.

The official statistics say that Sweden are still dominating

There is not much in it, 52% against 48%.

Olsson switches on to his right foot, and this is dangerous,

Ibrahimovic could not turn, O'Shea and Clark did their jobs.

The problem for Ireland, the game is starting

Kallstrom trying to get it in the box.

Sweden might have to make a change and it could be Kallstrom going off.

Great chase from Long and Hendrick drew the foul.

He knew he was going to get hit and he did.

If you are John O'Shea or one of the midfielders,

it is let's just settle down and slow down the game.

The rhythmic noises we could hear were the Irish fans.

They were banging the boards around the front of the stands

John Guidetti is going to come on for Sweden.

Martin O'Neill unhappy that Ireland have given Sweden

Beyond the goalkeeper, back across the goal,

Coleman has misjudged it, Hoolahan was cool.

Darren Randolph needs to get hold of the ball, push people up,

everybody back in position for the next ten minutes,

John Guidetti will replace him in a minute.

Here he comes, the man once at Manchester City, he had

a terrible time there, on his 20th birthday they he had

a piece of bad chicken which caused a virus that led

to the nerves in his right leg being totally paralysed.

He now plays his football at Celta Vigo.

He had a decent season, 12 goals, in the Europa League next season.

He was asked in an interview to translate his name in Spanish,

his translation was that it means fiesta in the dressing room.

They don't need the brightest, they just need to get a goal.

I wonder if you might drop Jon Walters into midfield

Leaning back, he did well to keep the ball heading

He has had a staggering career, the Swedish icon, 29 trophies,

the major clubs in Europe, Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan,

Barcelona, the domestic title in Sweden with Malmo.

That is going to be a card for Victor Lindelof.

This is the new law, striking the head or face

when not challenging for the ball is a red card,

Sweden will say, how come James McCarthy is

I hope they say, how come we lost 1-0?

Ireland are going to make a substitution,

James McClean will come on, the West Bromwich Albion player.

He came on for one game four years ago, under a quarter

He scored a couple of goals in qualifying in the victories

Martin O'Neill is going mad, the fourth official is trying

The fourth official is having none of it, and the assistant.

Jonathan Walters takes the standing ovation of the masses in green.

He has done well alongside Shane Long.

He has been an international for four years now, James McClean.

I would just leave Shane Long up now.

James McCarthy also needs to keep his head.

The worst thing for Ireland would to go to ten.

Now he sits in, goes towards the middle,

Victor Lindelof only made 40 appearances in his homeland before

They have not created enough for Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

They always knew they were outsiders to qualify.

After this it is Tolouse and Italy, and then Belgium in Nice.

Sweden have virtually pushed three up.

John Guidetti, Ibrahimovic and Emil Forsberg.

They sat in shape a bit, I learned, they look

His father and grandfather both played. He has it again.

More pressure for Granqvist. The result is that the ball up front

could be cleared by oh shave. Ireland just sat in shape, looking a

little more secure. Their next game is Belgium,

and then Italy in Lille. Just couldn't get it out

of his knee and midriff, because the defender would have

had to have fouled him, Sweden have attempted more passes

and with greater accuracy. But those stats mean nothing

if they end up with this The ball was rolling,

he has to take it again. Kim Kallstrom could

have been a golfer. 1-0 to the boys in green,

is the song. It certainly is, a stupid foul

from Sweden's point of view. He was not a favourite

under Trapattoni. That is looking for McClean, who got

through his man. I remember James McClean scoring

against the USA back But that would be next

to nothing compared to this, The movement of Zlatan Ibrahimovic

took it to the dead-ball line. As the cross came in,

it may have gone There has been a range of crosses

into Ireland's penalty area in the last ten minutes,

they always looked It is an own goal,

there is nothing worse. He knew that Sebastian

Larsson was behind him. He has got to deal

with it, obviously. A crucial five minutes

now for Ireland. It was a crucial time after they had

scored else well. I wonder if he had

a look alongside him. Ciaran Clark had a miserable

season with Aston Villa. But that the most miserable moment

of his football career That is a good position

by the referee and Ireland He caught him with the

trailing leg as well. It was a zippy cross back

into the six yard area from him. Just to remind you,

Belgium against Italy is live on BBC One tonight,

the other game in this group and you can see

Ronaldo in our live game Portugal against Iceland,

and we have England Coverage begins at one o'clock on

BBC Two. And there is the app. Every which way you want

to watch on the BBC. The clearance could have gone

anywhere and it is an Irish corner. Brady with the corner,

O'Shea was forward, lose on the edge of the area, James McClean,

took a bit of a bump. It has come loose and the free

kick has been given. We have got a game on here,

15 minutes to go. Ireland are making another change

I think. And it is time for

the record-breaker. But Robbie Keane will have

to wait a little while. Ireland look for Long,

and the goalkeeper thought about coming

and went back. He brings in McCarthy,

but he has to chase out wide. The Swedish fans

thought that was out. Guidetti, the challenge from Whelan

and the referee let that go as well. Ibrahimovic had clattered into him

and things are getting a bit hot Whelan has caught the

Swedish player as well. I'm not sure the referee was looking

at the Whelan incident, I hope people cannot lip-read

as well from Larsson. Leading up to that,

Ibrahimovic fouled him. Here comes the Irish substitution,

Hoolahan is going off He had a calf problem and a knee

operation in March, but came back He scored four goals in eight games

at the beginning of the American Shane Long looks for the foul

but it doesn't come. It seems only a blink ago that

Robbie Keane was making his name in the World Cup finals

in Japan and Korea in 2002. He scored an important goal,

was it against Germany? It was, in the 1-1 and he scored

against Saudi Arabia. Olsson, Ibrahimovic waits and goes

for it and he fouls his man. The final championships

for Ibrahimovic, probably, and probably for some

of the other Swedish players. 13 players were at the Euros four

years ago and have He has been a problem

for Ireland in the second half. He has had acres and acres to run

into, and here he is again. Ibrahimovic has gone

down in the box. He picks himself up,

away by Clark. They have just struggled

with all of the crosses He went down in the box

in the lead-up to that, Sweden have dominated most

of the second half. And they know that McCarthy cannot

really make a challenge out there. Robbie Keane is trying to cover

the right-hand side Granqvist has had a long career,

almost 400 club games. Out wide for Lindelof,

danger signs for the Republic of Ireland with eight

and a half minutes to go. Olsson, it goes in and it went

all the way through. The danger keeps

coming down that side. Ireland have not done

anything about it. He has got the freedom of the park

down the left-hand side, Olsson. They might just have too

park somebody on him. Just so you don't allow

Sweden to play him in. Larsson, good battling by McClean

and it is a Swedish throw. Sweden have never lost

a competitive international I think Ireland are doing something

about the right-hand side. They are going to send

on Aiden McGeady as a I wonder if Roy Keane has

given him a pat on the back! Hendrick is over there covering

at the moment. Sweden sensing their moment

is coming, but not like that. Larsson expansively

waving at Guidetti, Hesitation and a mix-up

between Granqvist and little Tired as you say, a lack

of concentration and heavy legs. Albin Ekdal is going

to come on for Sweden. He was included in the squad

even though there was a nightclub incident not long ago when he fell

over and gashed his back. He said he had not been drinking

and they were OK with it. It raised a few eyebrows

when he came back to Off goes Oscar Lewicki,

23 years of age and he is Swedish protests as

down went Granqvist. Larsson with the challenge

to stop Brady. It is a silly throw,

just push everybody up. Sweden very much look like a winner

if there is one. He just caught him,

accidentally or not, A frustrating year at Sunderland

for Larsson, only four starts Ireland will not want the game

to flow. The second half has gone on, they

look like the oldest squad in town. The referee was content to let

Ireland have possession. Well done, Shane Long,

he knew he would get clattered and he was prepared to take one

for the team make sure he got I just wonder if they can create

a last gasp chance for Three minutes of stoppage

time to play. Aiden McGeady going back

to Goodison Park after his loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday,

he has not caught fire there. Nothing wrong with going back,

you take what you have got. Avoid defeat in the opening

game at all costs. Martin O'Neill will not want them

to be too expansive. Ciaran Clark fouled

by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. No need for him to foul

like that at this late stage. I don't really think

he is concerned about convention. A brilliant mind, Zlatan

Ibrahimovic. On the top of his foot,

towards his ankle. Sweden will have to give possession

back to the Republic of Ireland. Ireland dominated the first half,

the early goal in the second half, and started to sit back

and invited Sweden on. Not the heavyweights in the group,

but they have slugged it The Republic of Ireland's victory

hopes dashed by the own goal by Ciaran Clark 19 minutes from time

after Wes Hoolahan gave them He was one of the players

substituted. Ireland could not get the victory,

but it is a better start Zlatan Ibrahimovic had a hand

in the goal, but a nightmare They have an opening

point at the Stade I acted for France -

because I AM FRANCE!