Eurosport - Wed, 10 Jun 20:16:00 2009
Sweden outclassed Malta 4-0 to maintain their faint hopes of reaching next year's World Cup in South Africa.
Goals from Kim Kallstrom, Daniel Majstorovic, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (pictured) and Marcus Berg sealed a victory that took the Swedes up to nine points from six matches in Group One.
Fourth-placed Sweden still have a lot of work to do if they are to grab one of the top two places in the group.
They trail leaders Denmark by seven points with four matches to play. Hungary are second on 13 points, with Portugal third on nine, ahead of Sweden on goals scored.
Europe's nine groups winners qualify automatically for the World Cup with the eight best runners-up going through to the play-offs.
After a nervous start that almost saw the Swedes hand the lead to Malta, Kallstrom broke the deadlock midway through the first half when he headed the ball home after Rasmus Elm's shot had bounced off the crossbar.
Kallstrom's corner set up Majstorovic early in the second half and Ibrahimovic made it 3-0 six minutes later after good work from Rasmus Elm.
Ibrahimovic then teed up Berg to fire home the fourth.
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| CS Marítimo 0 - 0 FC Porto |
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| Diyarbakirspor 1 - 0 Galatasaray |
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| Fluminense 0 - 0 Palmeiras |
| Atlético-MG 0 - 1 Flamengo |
| Corinthians 0 - 0 Santo André |
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| Chelsea 1 - 0 Manchester United |
| West Ham United 1 - 2 Everton |
| Wigan Athletic 1 - 1 Fulham |
| Hull City 2 - 1 Stoke City |
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| Falkirk 3 - 3 Celtic |
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| Cagliari 2 - 0 Sampdoria |
| Bologna 3 - 1 Palermo |
| Genoa 4 - 2 Siena |
| Lazio 1 - 2 AC Milan |
| Parma 2 - 0 Chievo |
| Udinese 0 - 1 Fiorentina |
| Bari 1 - 0 Livorno |
| Atalanta 2 - 5 Juventus |
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| Werder Bremen 1 - 1 Borussia Dortmund |
| Hannover 96 2 - 2 Hamburger SV |
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| Lille OSC 2 - 0 Girondins Bordeaux |
| Toulouse FC 3 - 2 Rennes |
| FC Sochaux 1 - 2 RC Lens |
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| Lokomotiv Moskva 1 - 0 Amkar Perm |
| Zenit St. Petersburg 2 - 0 Terek Groznyi |
| Spartak Nalchik 2 - 4 Dinamo Moskva |
| CSKA Moskva 0 - 2 Rubin Kazan |
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| Leixões SC 2 - 4 CD Nacional |
| União Leiria 1 - 1 Académica Coimbra |
| Vitória Guimarães 1 - 0 Sporting Braga |
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| Sivasspor 2 - 4 Kayserispor |
| Ankaragücü 2 - 2 Kasimpasa |
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| Elche CF 2 - 1 Real Unión de Irún |
| Cádiz CF 2 - 2 Real Betis |
| FC Girona 3 - 1 Villarreal B |
| Real Murcia 1 - 4 FC Cartagena |
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| Energie Cottbus 1 - 0 1860 München |
| Karlsruher SC 3 - 2 1. FC Union Berlin |
| MSV Duisburg 2 - 2 RW Ahlen |
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| Burton Albion 3 - 2 Oxford City |
| Wealdstone 2 - 3 Rotherham United |
| Northwich Victoria 1 - 0 Charlton Athletic |
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| FC Brasov 0 - 0 Unirea Urziceni |
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| Newell's Old Boys 2 - 1 River Plate |
| Godoy Cruz 3 - 1 Racing Club |
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| Santos 3 - 1 Náutico |
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Comment 1 - 7 of 7
Wilmelson has fallen of the grid.. :(...
Larsson did not play this match. That was Sebastian Larsson, not Henrik.
Heja sverige!
londonboy1979, He scored one goal and set up another idiot!
Bring back Henrik Larsson.
zlatan zingaro. vafanculo zingaro. we hope that you continue to fail as a player, overrated useless tripe. zingaro
comment no.1 yay. now down to the real stuff i think that sweden have lost their force that they had in 2002.
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