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GROUP D LIVE: Greece v Sweden as it happens in Salzburg

Greece 0 Sweden 2


9.36: Full-time 0-2

9.30: Torosidis has a chance to set up a frantic final few minutes but he can't beat Sweden keeper Andreas Isaksson from a tight angle after racing clear on the left.

9.23: Some bad news for Sweden as Wilhelmsson  limps off. Markus Rosenberg is introduced but it looks like a hamstring injury for Wilhelmsson.

9.20: Fredrik Stoor is on for Niclas Alexandersson and for Greece, Ioannis Amanatidis replaces Dellas.

Hansson scores a clumsy second to put the game beyond Greece

Hansson scores a clumsy second to put the game beyond Greece

9.15 GOAL: Who said this was dull? Ibrahimovic goes off for Johan Elder but it's Hansson who somehow squeezes the ball home from almost on the line after Ljungberg's shot causes panic in the Greece area.

9.09 GOAL:  Ibrahimovic opens the scoring in spectacular style.  The big striker picks up a throw in and after a clever one-two with Larsson on the edge of the box, slams the ball across the keeper and into the far corner.

Cracker: Ibrahimovic runs to the Sweden fans after his opener

Cracker: Ibrahimovic runs to the Sweden fans after his opener

9.08: Almost the opener, Dellas swings it into the Sweden box and Hansson gives his keeper a nervy moment with a header just past his own post.

9.03: Half an hour to go but it will feel longer if Greece get their way. Vassilis Torosidis is the third Greece player in the referee's book for a foul on Wilhelmsson.

8.54: Giorgos Seitaridis is booked for a trip on Ljungberg after the West Ham midfielder combined well with Larsson but Ibrahimovic's free-kick is deflected wide.

8.48: We're off again and striker Georgios Samaras has replaced Theofanis Gekas for Greece but it's Wilhelmsson who has a chance at the other end with a lob. The Greek defenders are caught flat-footed but Wilhelmsson  fails to make them pay, sending the ball over the bar.

8.31: Half-time 0-0

Heads up: Ibrahimovic gets to the ball first but his header is just too high

Heads up: Ibrahimovic gets to the ball first but his header is just too high

8.29: We need a goal and Greece, who have been happy choking the life out of the game, launch a rare attack as the half draws to a close but Sweden keeper Andreas Isaksson saves well and the players go off at the break to a chorus of boos.

8.18: The Swedes are pinning their opponents deep inside their own half with Henrik Larsson, Freddie Ljungberg and Ibrahimovic looking lively.  Ljungberg crosses for Ibrahimovic but the Inter Milan star's header lands on the roof of the net.

8.03:  It might not be the best in entertainment after Holland last night and Spain earlier on but the fans are making this match the loudest so far.

Traianos Dellas and Zlatan Ibrahimovic get stuck in during the early stages

Traianos Dellas and Zlatan Ibrahimovic get stuck in during the early stages

7.51: Charisteas responds with a fine run and shot which is comfortably saved by the keeper.

7.49: The tackles are flying in. Christian Wilhelmsson  is caught by a late challenge.

7.48: Sweden have their first effort on goal. Hansson gets his head to a corner but it flashes across the six-yard box

7.46: The first yellow card after just 60 seconds.  Angelos Charisteas goes in the book for a wild lunge on Sweden's Petter Hansson.

7.45: Greece get us going

Teams

Greece: Nikopolidis, Seitaridis, Kyrgiakos, Antzas, Dellas, Torosidis, Charisteas, Basinas, Katsouranis, Karagounis, Gekas.
Subs: Chalkias, Goumas, Vyntra, Spyropoulos, Patsatzoglou, Giannakopoulos, Tziolis, Samaras, Salpigidis, Amanatidis, Liberopoulos, Tzorvas.

Sweden: Isaksson, Alexandersson, Mellberg, Hansson, Nilsson, Wilhelmsson, Svensson, Ljungberg, Andersson, Ibrahimovic, Henrik Larsson.
Subs: Shaaban, Dorsin, Stoor, Majstorovic, Granqvist, Kallstrom, Sebastian Larsson, Linderoth, Allback, Rosenberg, Elmander, Wiland.

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Swede dreams: The fans are in fine fettle before the match

Swede dreams: The fans are in fine fettle before the match

Feeling blue: A Greece fan looks a bit more serious

Feeling blue: A Greece fan looks a bit more serious

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