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Sweden U21

  • Elm 35’
  • Berg 38’, 44’, 81’
  • Svensson 88’

Belarus U21

  • Kislyak 33’

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  1. Berg treble inspires Sweden

    Berg treble inspires Sweden

    Marcus Berg fired a hat-trick as Sweden came from behind to beat Belarus 5-1 in their opening European U21 Championship game in Malmo. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sweden U21
    • Belarus U21
    • - Thanks for joining us... Italy v Serbia is coming right up, so don't go anywhere!
    • 90'+2 There goes the final whistle! And Sweden win it 5-1, largely thanks to Marcus Berg's hat-trick!
    • 90' Landgren comes on to replace Svensson, who really enjoyed that strike!
    • 89' GOAL! ANOTHER SCREAMER! Svensson crashes a 25-yarder into the top left hand corner to put Sweden 5-1 up!
    • 87' Berg so close to a fourth! But his diving header is clawed away by Chesnovsky!
    • 84' Toivonen is brought off to resounding applause... and Harbuzi comes on to replace him.
    • 83' TOIVONEN! Oooh! Great header from the big striker! But it's tipped away to safety by Chesnovsky! Flag's up anyway...
    • 81' GOAL! BERG HAS A HAT-TRICK! And Sweden take a 4-1 lead! This one's not the prettiest, but they all count! Elm chips the ball through for Berg who gets there before the keeper to loft the ball into an unguarded net!
    • 78' Here comes another change for Belarus as Krivets is replaced by Yurchenko.
    • 77' Martynovich is shown a yellow card, rather harshly.
    • 72' Oooh! Verkhovtzov tests Dahlin with a rasping drive from thre resulting free-kick! The keeper fumbles, with recovers just in time to avert any further danger!
    • 71' And that's Bajrami's final action of the day as he's replaced by Molins.
    • 71' Yellow card for Bajrami as he fight to win the ball back from Shitov...
    • 69' Bjarsmyr gives away a free-kick with a scything challenge out on the Belarus left... but the delivery is poor and keeper Dahlin is able to claim.
    • 66' ELM! Ooh! So close to another! Berg steps over a ball across the face of the penalty area as Sweden break... it reaches Elm, but his chip over the advancing keeper goes wide of the mark!
    • 64' Bengtsson rises to meet a corner with a decent header that skims the top of the cross bar as Sweden go in search of a fourth!
    • 59' GOAL! SWEDEN MAKE IT FOUR THROUGH TOIVONEN! NO! IT'S DISALLOWED! A brief spell of ping-pong in the Belarus area sees the ball fall kindly for Toivonen, but the linesman's flag is up and it won't count!
    • 56' Great wing play from Bajrami as he teases Martynovich before winning a corner for Sweden!
    • 53' A double change now for Belarus... Komorovski and Afanasiev are brought off with Chukley and Putilo coming on.
    • 51' Krivets lays the ball into Kisliak's path, but this time the Belarus midfielder is off target with his shot!
    • 47' Belarus have it all to do this second half. And they'll be expecting more from their star man Krivets, who did little other than get booked during the opening 45 minutes.
    • 46' Here we go again! Back underway in Malmo! No changes to tell you about at the break.
    • 45' And there goes the half-time whistle! Sweden head in 3-1 up at the break!
    • 44' GOAL! ANOTHER FOR BERG! AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SUPERB FINISHING! Toivonen clips a pass through for his strike partner who lashes a volley on the run past Chesnovsky! 3-1 Sweden lead now!
    • 39' That really was classy stuff from Berg, who's been a real hit in Holland since arriving at Groningen two seasons ago.
    • 38' GOAL! BERG MAKES HIS MARK AND SWEDEN TAKE THE LEAD! It's almost Ibrahimovic-like from the Groningen striker after he latches onto Bajrami's square ball on the edge of the area... he shows real strength as he wriggles his way past three defenders before slotting coolly past the keeper!
    • 36' Krivets becomes the first to go into the book for a wild swipe on Svensson.
    • 35' GOAL! SWEDEN EQUALISE! It's Elm who finds the back of the net from fully 30 yards, albeit with the help of a big deflection of the head of Martynovich! 1-1!
    • 34' Sweden nearly respond immediately but Toivonen puts over from Berg's excellent deep cross to the far post!
    • 32' GOAL! AND WHAT A GOAL IT IS! SENSATIONAL STRIKE! Belarus take the lead! Kisliak absolutely hammers one first time from 25 yards right into the top right hand corner!
    • 29' Oooh! Bajrami stabs inches wide from Berg's lay-off following a neat interchance with Toivonen! He should do better there, really! That's the first real chance of the game!
    • 26' Belarus win another corner, but Torvonen deals with it at the near post.
    • 23' Chesnovsky comes out to punch a deep Swedish free-kickÂ… he does to make contact with a big fist under pressure from a posse of yellow shirts and the danger passes.
    • 19' Here's the first real chance of the game! A cross is headed back to Berg, whose volley is well blocked! The offside flag is up on the far side anyway, so it wouldn't have counted anyway!
    • 17' There hasn't been a great deal of penetration so far - both teams seem to be dishing out far too much respect to the opposition.
    • 14' Toivonen nearly latches onto a long throw straight towards the Belarus goal! The keeper hesitates, but the Sweden striker's pace lets him down and in the end the ball rolls all the way through into Chesnovsky's arms.
    • 12' Berg pulls it down well before laying off to Svensson... good touch from the Sweden striker.
    • 10' Oooh! Elm slips a decent ball through for Berg, whose touch slightly lets him down, allowing the Belarus defender to get in and clear his lines!
    • 9' Berg is pulled up for a late shoulder charge on a Belarus defender... free-kick to the visitors.
    • 8' Toivonen looks to race onto a long punt through... he's got pace, but there's no way he'll get to that one.
    • 7' Belarus are knocking it about nicely at the moment... they're certainly enjoying the better of the opening exchanges.
    • 5' Kovel is brought to the ground by a dodgy challenge by Elm... and the referee's whistle toots to signal a free-kick.
    • 4' Far from a packed stadium in Malmo today...
    • 3' But nothing comes of Kisliak's corner and the Swedes come away with the ball.
    • 2' Belarus win the first corner of the game after Lustig decides to take no chances and chest behind from an innocuous-looking ball into the box.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway in Malmo!
    • - Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)
    • - Belarus U21: Chesnovsky, Osipovich, Martynovich, Shitov, Verkhovtsov, Krivets, Volodko, Afanasiev, Kisliak, Kovel, Komarovsky - Subs: Gomelko, Veretilo, Yanushkevich, Bardachov, Balanovich, Sachivko, Putilo, Gigevich, Sivakov, Chukhley, Yurchenko, Kovalevski
    • - Sweden U21: Dahlin, Lustig, Bjarsmyr, Rasmus Bengtsson, Johansson, Svensson, Toivonen, Elm, Wernbloom, Bajrami, Berg - Subs: Hansson, Karlsson, Landgren, Olsson, Ekstrand, Harbuzi, Pierre Bengtsson, Ozkan, Avdic, Soder, Molins, Nordfeldt
    • - Hosts Sweden kick off their European U21 Championship with a clash against Belarus in Malmo!

  • Summary

    • 89' GOAL! ANOTHER SCREAMER! Svensson crashes a 25-yarder into the top left hand corner to put Sweden 5-1 up!
    • 87' Berg so close to a fourth! But his diving header is clawed away by Chesnovsky!
    • 81' GOAL! BERG HAS A HAT-TRICK! And Sweden take a 4-1 lead! This one's not the prettiest, but they all count! Elm chips the ball through for Berg who gets there before the keeper to loft the ball into an unguarded net!
    • 72' Oooh! Verkhovtzov tests Dahlin with a rasping drive from thre resulting free-kick! The keeper fumbles, with recovers just in time to avert any further danger!
    • 66' ELM! Ooh! So close to another! Berg steps over a ball across the face of the penalty area as Sweden break... it reaches Elm, but his chip over the advancing keeper goes wide of the mark!
    • 64' Bengtsson rises to meet a corner with a decent header that skims the top of the cross bar as Sweden go in search of a fourth!
    • 59' GOAL! SWEDEN MAKE IT FOUR THROUGH TOIVONEN! NO! IT'S DISALLOWED! A brief spell of ping-pong in the Belarus area sees the ball fall kindly for Toivonen, but the linesman's flag is up and it won't count!
    • 44' GOAL! ANOTHER FOR BERG! AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SUPERB FINISHING! Toivonen clips a pass through for his strike partner who lashes a volley on the run past Chesnovsky! 3-1 Sweden lead now!
    • 38' GOAL! BERG MAKES HIS MARK AND SWEDEN TAKE THE LEAD! It's almost Ibrahimovic-like from the Groningen striker after he latches onto Bajrami's square ball on the edge of the area... he shows real strength as he wriggles his way past three defenders before slotting coolly past the keeper!
    • 35' GOAL! SWEDEN EQUALISE! It's Elm who finds the back of the net from fully 30 yards, albeit with the help of a big deflection of the head of Martynovich! 1-1!
    • 34' Sweden nearly respond immediately but Toivonen puts over from Berg's excellent deep cross to the far post!
    • 32' GOAL! AND WHAT A GOAL IT IS! SENSATIONAL STRIKE! Belarus take the lead! Kisliak absolutely hammers one first time from 25 yards right into the top right hand corner!
    • 29' Oooh! Bajrami stabs inches wide from Berg's lay-off following a neat interchance with Toivonen! He should do better there, really! That's the first real chance of the game!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Sweden U21

    Starting line-up

    • J. Dahlin
    • M. Lustig
    • M. Bjärsmyr
    • R. Bengtsson
    • E. Johansson
    • G. Svensson Goal Substitution Out (89′)
    • P. Wernblom
    • R. Elm Goal
    • E. Bajrami Yellow Card Substitution Out (71′)
    • M. Berg Goals×3
    • O. Toivonen Substitution Out (84′)

    Subs

    • D. Avdic
    • A. Landgren Substitution In89′
    • L. Harbuzi Substitution In84′
    • M. Olsson
    • J. Ekstran
    • P. Hansson
    • R. Söder

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Belarus U21

    Starting line-up

    • P. Chesnovski
    • I. Shitov
    • D. Verkhovtsov
    • A. Martynovich Yellow Card
    • N. Osipovich
    • A. Volodko
    • S. Kislak
    • M. Afanasiev Substitution Out (52′)
    • S. Kryvets Yellow Card Substitution Out (78′)
    • -. Kovel
    • D. Komarovskiy Substitution Out (52′)

    Subs

    • M. Sivakov
    • A. Gomelko
    • V. Yurchenko Substitution In78′
    • A. Putilo Substitution In52′
    • A. Kovalevski
    • O. Veretilo
    • A. Yanushkevich
    • M. Bordachov
    • A. Chukhlei Substitution In52′
    • S. Gigevich
    • A. Sachivko
    • S. Balanovich

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. The Berg is amazing . 3 goals in 1 match !!! Wow.

    From ceslawak, on Wed 17 Jun 10:05AM

  2. 6 goal thriller wow...

    From TR, on Wed 17 Jun 9:09AM

  3. YEAH Berg you are a genius hat-trick BRAVO what an­ incredible striker 1 of the best youngsters on this­ tournament just keep it up. :)

    From SasaS, on Tue 16 Jun 7:14PM

  4. ALL MATCHES ON¬ INTERNET: PREMIER LEAGUE, FA CUP,­ CHAMPIONSHIP,¬ CARLING CUP, LIGA, SERIE A, BUNDESLIGA,­ CHAMPIONS¬ LEAGUE - UEFA CUP, QUALIFICATION WORLD CUP­ 2010, CONFEDERATIONS CUP, FRIENLDY MATCHES AND MUCH­ MORE

    From WWW.PREMIERSHIP.ALTERVISTA.ORG, on Tue 16 Jun 6:22PM

  5. Come on Sweden ...from mauritus

    From Sam, on Tue 16 Jun 5:45PM

  6. go sweden

    From joesphmontgomery, on Tue 16 Jun 5:21PM

  7. come on Sweden U21
    come sweden u21
    Come on sweden u21­
    Come on sweden u21
    Come on sweden
    Noah

    From noahbryan, on Tue 16 Jun 5:21PM

  8. ALL MATCHES ON¬ INTERNET: PREMIER LEAGUE, FA CUP,­ CHAMPIONSHIP,¬ CARLING CUP, LIGA, SERIE A, BUNDESLIGA,­ CHAMPIONS¬ LEAGUE - UEFA CUP, QUALIFICATION WORLD CUP­ 2010, CONFEDERATIONS CUP, FRIENLDY MATCHES AND MUCH­ MORE

    From WWW.PREMIERSHIP.ALTERVISTA.ORG, on Tue 16 Jun 1:36PM

  9. Go SWEDEN YOU CAN DO IT !!!

    From ceslawak, on Tue 16 Jun 10:34AM
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