Come on, You England!!!
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Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Tuesday, July 03, 2018
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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Teams out on the pitch for the opening act:
Sweden: Olsen, Lustig, Lindelof, Granqvist, Augustinsson, Claesson, Svensson, Ekdal, Forsberg, Berg, Toivonen.
Subs: Johnsson, Olsson, Guidetti, Helander, Hiljemark, Krafth, Jansson, Rohden, Durmaz, Thelin, Nordfeldt.
Switzerland: Sommer, Lang, Djourou, Akanji, Rodriguez, Behrami, Xhaka, Shaqiri, Dzemaili, Zuber, Drmic.
Subs: Mvogo, Moubandje, Elvedi, Embolo, Freuler, Seferovic, Fernandes, Zakaria, Gavranovic, Burki.
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
And we're away from St. Petersburg. Let's have a few goals.
Good morning, Bob. COME ON ENGLAND!
Berg bursts through and slices his shot well wide. Decent chance there.
And another chance for the Swedes!
Morning, David - great to have you joining me for this one at The Cottage.
Sommer sausage with a poor clearance . Akanji with a great block then volleyed over by Ekdal.
Oh - decent chance there for Shaqiri. This one seems really evenly matched.
Shaqiri has just not got going.
Behrami gets a bollocking from the ref - he's on one last warning before getting a yellow that would put him out for the quarters.
Oh - great save Mvogo!
Superb athletic save by Sommer Sausage from Mark Berg
Sommer, that is. Kept his side in it there. Big chance for big Berg.
Lustig gets a card that puts him out of the quarterfinals.
Listing, of Celtic, booked for a 🏉 tackle. Suspended for the next match
Rodriguez thought he might catch the keeper out. Nothing doing.
Long range shot from Xakha Khan not too far over.
Drmic blasts over off a pass from Smiley
Oh - great chance for Drmic. Blasted well over the bar after a nifty move.
Nice free kick chance for the Swedes. Perhaps Forsberg with it. Oh - deflected out for a corner.
Free kick from Forsberg deflected inches wide for a corner
Oh - big chance for Ekdahl. He tried to hit it side footed but might have tried a header there.
Cross from Lustig voleyed into row H from two yards out
Rodriguez fouls Berg. Oksen catches the free from Sahquiri A minute of stoppage time
It's 0-0 at the end of a dreadful half
Dear oh dear - that was poor. We've reached half time in the opener at St. Petersburg. Hope for better in the second half.
Second half underway from St. Pete.
It can only get better as we start the second half from St. Pete's.
First chance to Sweden there. Forsberg does well to pitch it up, it's knocked down by Berg and Toivenen hoiks it over the bar.
Olsen punches away a cross from Shaquiri then Rodriguez has a shot deflected for a corner.
Ekdal down for Sweden.Now walking it off
This has got to be the worst match of the tournament.
Behrami booked for a nasty foul. Out for the next match
Yes! Behrami gets his card and is out for the quarter finals.
Agreed, Bob. Thr banter is more interesting than this dross.
Behrami fouls Forsberg just outside the box
Into the wall by Forsberg then the Swiss counter from a corner. Nothing doing
GOAL! Forsberg with a deflected effort off of a pass from Akanji
GOAL! Forsberg opens the scoring for Sweden.
He did well to drop the shoulder and get into a shooting chance. It a weak effort but deflected in.
Sweden 1-0 up!
Xakha Khan gets a musical card for a foul on Claesson Pickle
Over by Ekdal from 25 yards out
Oh - Ekdahl had a chance but blasted over.
Shaquiri with a shot deflected for a corner
Come on, you Swiss - get one back!
The corner from Shaquiri headed out for another
Double change for the Swiss with less than twenty minutes left.
Embolo and Seferovic on.
Double Swiss substitution. Embolonfor zuber. seferovic for the Smiley.
Rodriguez wins a corner off the Celtic defender
Xhaka Khan gets his requisite yellow.
Claesson pickled but no penalty
Clausen should have picked up a yellow for that simulation.
Embolonfor turns Lustig, but stumbles and is tackled by the same played for a corner
Augustinsson blocks for a Swiss corner in July
Forsberg clears a header off the line from the corner
Oh - Embolo has made a real impact on this match since coming on. Nearly in there.
Goalscorer Forsberg coming off now; Martin Olsson.
Forsberg replaced by one of the Olsson twins and Lustig of Celtic replaced by ?
Oh - Great cross and an open net but no one in red to nick it in.
Augustinsson clears for a corner in July
Markus Berg replaced by Issac Thein as we enter a triplet of stoppage time minutes
Oh - Seferovic nearly equalized there for the Swiss. Shame.
Robin saves a header from Seferovic off a cross from Rodriguez
Martin Ollson runs through and gets pushed over by Lang. Red card for Lang and a penalty for Sweden.
Penalty.Swdedish counter as one of the Olsson twins was through on goal. Pushed back by Lang. Reviewed by VAR.
It's a foot outside the box and Lang sent off for denial of a goal scoring opportunity.
Yes - the referee got it right after the VAR appeal. The red card stands but it's outside the box.
Toivenen shoots and it's saved by Sommer.
Final whistle! Sweden are into the quarters with a 1-0 win.
Free kick from Toivonen pushed away and that's it as Sweden win 1-0 with the Swedish progressing to the quarterfinals.
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