Date: 18-06-2008
Stage: first round
Place: INNSBRUCK
Running time: 104 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Arshavyn
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 20:45
Tivoli Neu Stadion, Innsbruck
Attendance: 30,772
Meteo: Mild, partly cloudy, 19°C
RUSSIA
Igor Akinfeev
Alexander Anyukov
Sergei Ignashevich
Yuri Zhirkov
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Denis Kolodin
Sergei Semak (c)
Igor Semshov
Konstantin Zyryanov
Andrei Arshavin
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Coach: Guus Hiddink (RUS)
57′ Sergei Semak
66′ Andrei Arshavin
76′ Denis Kolodin
66′ ↓Diniyar Bilyaletdinov ↑Ivan Saenko
90′ ↓Roman Pavlyuchenko ↑Vladimir Bystrov
SWEDEN
Andreas Isaksson
Daniel Andersson
Petter Hansson
Olof Mellberg
Fredrik Stoor
Freddie Ljungberg (c)
Mikael Nilsson
Anders Svensson
Johan Elmander
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Henrik Larsson
Coach: Lars Lagerbäck (SWE)
10′ Andreas Isaksson
49′ Johan Elmander
55′ ↓Daniel Andersson ↑Kim Källström
79′ ↓Mikael Nilsson ↑Marcus Allbäck
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
Goals:
24′ Roman Pavlyuchenko RUS
50′ Andrei Arshavin RUS
Match overview
Russia secured a decisive 2-0 victory over Sweden in Innsbruck to qualify for the Euro 2008 quarter-finals. Roman Pavlyuchenko opened the scoring after 24 minutes, and Andrei Arshavin doubled the lead early in the second half. Sweden needed only a draw but failed to break down Russia’s disciplined defence under mild evening conditions.
Trivia
Andrei Arshavin’s return from suspension proved decisive, as the Zenit St Petersburg star scored and terrorised Sweden’s defence throughout. This victory secured Russia’s progression ahead of Sweden on goal difference, setting up a quarter-final clash with the Netherlands in Basel under the floodlights of Innsbruck’s Tivoli Neu Stadion.
