Date: 14-06-2008
Stage: first round
Place: INNSBRUCK
Running time: 108 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: **
Notes: Torres, Villa, Ibrahimovic
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 18:00
Tivoli Neu Stadion, Innsbruck
Attendance: 30,000
Meteo: Light rain showers, cool, 17°C
SPAIN
Iker Casillas (c)
Capdevila
Marchena
Puyol
Sergio Ramos
David Silva
Iniesta
Marcos Senna
Xavi
David Villa
Fernando Torres
Coach: Luis Aragonés (ESP)
54′ Marchena
24′ ↓Puyol ↑Raúl Albiol
58′ ↓Xavi ↑Cesc Fàbregas
59′ ↓Iniesta ↑Santi Cazorla
SWEDEN
Andreas Isaksson
Daniel Andersson
Petter Hansson
Olof Mellberg
Fredrik Stoor
Freddie Ljungberg (c)
Mikael Nilsson
Anders Svensson
Johann Elmander
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Henrik Larsson
Coach: Lars Lagerbäck (SWE)
55′ Anders Svensson
46′ ↓Zlatan Ibrahimović ↑Markus Rosenberg
79′ ↓Johann Elmander ↑Sebastian Larsson
87′ ↓Henrik Larsson ↑Kim Källström
Referee: Pieter Vink (NED)
Goals:
15′ Fernando Torres ESP
34′ Zlatan Ibrahimović SWE
90+2′ David Villa ESP
Match overview
Spain beat Sweden 2-1 in Innsbruck to secure Group D victory. Torres’s early strike was cancelled by Ibrahimović’s header, but Villa’s stoppage-time winner ensured Spain topped the section with a game to spare. Sweden must now beat Greece to stay in contention.
Trivia
David Villa’s late winner completed his fourth goal of the tournament, making him the first player to score in all three opening matches. The match was played on a chill, rain-sprinkled evening in the Alps, adding to the dramatic finale.
