Euro 2008 Group D Standing

			Overall
			GP	W	D	L	GS	GA		GD	P
1		Spain	3	3	0	0	8	3		5	9
2		Russia	3	2	0	1	4	4		0	6
3		Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	4		-1	3
4		Greece	3	0	0	3	1	5		-4	0

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Russia Vs. Sweden Match Report

INNSBRUCK, June 18 (Reuters) - Russia produced their best performance of Euro 2008 just when it was most needed on Wednesday, beating Sweden 2-0 to snatch second place in Group D and earn a quarter-final meeting with Netherlands.

Russia, who had never beaten Sweden in their five previous meetings spanning 95 years, had to win to progress while a draw would have been enough for the Scandinavians to advance.

But there was only one team in it from the start as brilliantly-worked goals by Roman Pavlyuchenko and Andrei Arshavin sent the Russians into the knockout phase of a major tournament for the first time since, as the USSR, they lost to the Dutch in the final of Euro 1988.

The inclusion of Arshavin, suspended for the first two games, seemed to give Russia a massive injection of self-belief and they were unrecognisable from the side who laboured to victory over Greece and were thumped by Spain.

His direct running and some confident, slick passing in and around the box had Sweden hanging on from the opening exchanges.

Yuri Zhirkov sounded a warning when he drove a volley wide after 21 minutes and three minutes later Russia were ahead.

A clever pass enabled Konstantin Zyryanov to escape down the right and he played the ball inside to Alexander Anyukov. The dangerous midfielder then rolled it into the path of Pavlyuchenko who cracked home a first-time shot.

The striker almost had another later in the half when he fired against the bar after another neat exchange.

The Swedes issued a reminder of their own threat on the break as Henrik Larsson looped a header against the bar and Mikael Nilsson forced a sharp smothering save out of Igor Akinfeyev at the end of the half.

It proved a key intervention as five minutes after the break Arshavin doubled the lead with another superb goal. An attack that began deep in their own half ended with Zhirkov setting up the playmaker to score with his outstretched right boot.

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Greece Vs. Spain Match Report

SALZBURG, June 18 (Reuters) - Departing European champions Greece lost their third game out of three when they were beaten 2-1 by Group D winners Spain at Euro 2008 on Wednesday.

Striker Angelos Haristeas opened the scoring for Greece with a header in the 42nd minute, his team's first goal of the tournament, but Spain equalised in the 61st through Ruben de la Red and took victory with a Daniel Guiza goal two minutes from time.

Greece, surprise winners of Euro 2004 in Portugal, had lost their first two group games without scoring.

Spain, already sure of their quarter-final place and playing a largely reserve side, meet Italy in the last eight in Vienna on Sunday.

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Russia Vs. Sweden Highlights Video Clips

Russia 2 - 0 Sweden
half-time (1 - 0)

referee :
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
match details :
24' R. Pavlyuchenko [1 - 0]
50' A. Arshavin [2 - 0]

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Greece Vs. Spain Highlights Video Clips

Greece 1 - 1 Spain
half-time (1 - 0)

referee :
Howard Webb (England)
match details :
42' A. Charisteas [1 - 0]
61' [1 - 1] R.D.l. Red

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Greece Vs. Spain Match Preview

INNSBRUCK, June 17 (Reuters) - Coach Luis Aragones will give Spain's reserves a chance to prove themselves when the Euro 2008 quarter-finalists face Greece in their final Group D game on Wednesday.

Spain, who will meet Group C's runners-up in the last eight on Sunday, take on a Greece side already eliminated after the Euro 2004 winners suffered two consecutive defeats.

'With first place guaranteed my initial thought is to change almost everyone and give some of the other players a chance to show they are ready,' said Aragones as he prepared for the game in Salzburg.

'At least that is my thought right now, although I suppose I could change my mind.'

If Aragones sticks to his original plan, Cesc Fabregas, who made telling contributions after coming off the bench in the first two matches, is likely to get the task of running the midfield alongside Xabi Alonso and Ruben de la Red.

The other midfield slot is in doubt, however, after Santi Cazorla injured his left foot during Saturday's last-gasp 2-1 win over Sweden, so Andres Iniesta may retain his place in the starting line-up.

Pepe Reina should step in for Iker Casillas in goal behind an all-new back four, while up front Spain's lethal strike combination of David Villa and Fernando Torres should be rested.

Dani Guiza, who topped the Primera Liga scoring charts with 27 goals last season, is favourite to lead the attack alongside Sergio Garcia.

Aragones also fielded a second string side in Spain's final group game against Saudi Arabia in the 2006 World Cup.

Although they won the game, the first-choice players appeared to lose momentum after spending a week on ice ahead of their last 16 defeat by France.

Torres was quick to sound a warning about the dangers of taking anything for granted ahead of the knockout rounds.

'We've done our job so far, but it is from the quarter-finals onwards that it really counts,' said the striker.

'We've been in this situation many times before and for one reason or another we haven't achieved anything. So we don't feel like favourites nor do we want to be.'

Spain could face either of the 2006 World Cup finalists, Italy and France, or Romania, from Group C on Sunday in Vienna.

Having slumped to lacklustre defeats in their opening two games, Greece want to leave the tournament with at least one good performance and a goal.

Like Aragones, Greek coach Otto Rehhagel has said that he will field several second string players in the match, although his changes have been forced because of injury.

Defenders Giourkas Seitaridis and Vassilis Torosidis are out, striker Fanis Gekas has a fractured cheekbone and midfielder Giorgios Karagounis is doubtful.

Alexandros Tziolis, Loukas Vintra, Nikos Spyropoulos and striker Dimitris Salpigidis are the favourites to step into the breach.

First-choice keeper Antonis Nikopolidis is expected to start despite a blunder against Russia that led to the game's only goal as Wednesday's match marks his final international appearance.

Nikopolidis, who has won 89 caps, has announced his retirement from the team after the tournament, as has defender Paraskevas Antzas.

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Russia Vs. Sweden Match Preview

INNSBRUCK, June 17 (Reuters) - Russia can unlock the most dangerous weapon from their arsenal when playmaker Andrei Arshavin returns from suspension to face Sweden in their decisive Euro 2008 Group D match on Wednesday (1845 GMT).

Russia need to win at the Tivoli-Neu stadium in Innsbruck to book a quarter-final spot, while a draw would do for Sweden.

Arshavin, widely considered Russia's top player, sat out their first two matches - a 4-1 defeat by Spain and a 1-0 win over Greece - and is expected to now take charge of the attack.

'Arshavin is a footballer who can make something out of nothing,' the daily Sport Express quoted coach Guus Hiddink as saying. 'He can score from anywhere. It's very useful for our team.'

Despite the praise, Hiddink has hinted that 27-year-old Arshavin may not get an automatic place in the lineup.

'I don't know whether he (Arshavin) will play or not,' Russian media quoted the Dutchman as saying.

'The last match he took part in was a friendly against Lithuania (on June 4). Up until then he had not played much, therefore he may not be in good enough condition to play a whole 90 minutes. We will see.'

Assuming he does start, Arshavin would probably play slightly behind striker Roman Pavlyuchenko and Hiddink would have to drop a midfielder, possibly Diniyar Bilyaletdinov who looked tired against Greece and picked up a slight knock.

Hiddink added that Sweden were the definite favourites and he expected them to play to win.

'I do not think the mentality of the Swedes would allow them to play for a draw. They are open people, who like to win,' he said.

Sweden coach Lars Lagerback is likely to make just one change from the side beaten 2-1 by Spain with Niclas Alexandersson returning at fullback after recovering from a thigh strain in place of Fredrik Stoor.

Johan Elmander should start on the right side of midfield despite a niggling foot injury.

Lagerback has the option if things are not going his way to gamble early in the second half with the quicker and more direct Sebastian Larsson with Elmander moving to a more central position in place of Anders Svensson.

'We have plenty of options. Sebastian is certainly capable of playing in that position,' Lagerback said.

Sweden, whose team is dominated by 30-somethings, struggled in the latter part of both their games, so Lagerback will need to choose his substitutions carefully.

Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, scorer of two of Sweden's goals at the finals, is unlikely to last the whole 90 minutes yet again due to his ongoing knee complaint.

The Swedes have also been working hard on set pieces, which until now have been poorly executed.

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Euro 2008 Group D Standing

			Overall
			GP	W	D	L	GS	GA		GD	P
1		Spain	2	2	0	0	6	2		4	6
2		Sweden	2	1	0	1	3	2		1	3
3		Russia	2	1	0	1	2	4		-2	3
4		Greece	2	0	0	2	0	3		-3	0

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Greece Vs. Russia Match Report

Greece lost their grip on the European Championship title after Konstantin Zyryanov's winner earned victory for Russia in Salzburg and knocked out the holders.

Otto Rehhagel's men were never given much hope of making history and becoming the first country to defend the title, and their hopes lasted two matches.

Criticised for being negative, there was at least some adventure after Zyryanov took advantage of woeful goalkeeping from Antonis Nikopolidis - but it was too little, too late.

Andrei Arshavin's return from suspension now comes at the perfect time for Guus Hiddink, with victory over Sweden needed on Wednesday in Innsbruck to reach the quarter-finals.

Before this match the sounds coming from Rehhagel and Greece were that they wanted to attack, and their formation suggested as much, with the ultra-defensive sweeper system giving way for a flat back four.

But it was impossible to throw caution to the wind when Russia had the ball and looked to attack down the flanks.

Roman Pavlyuchenko, whose goals defeated England last October, had recovered from an adductor muscle strain and stretched Greece's defence at Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, following Hiddink's tactics to the letter.

Russia's pressure was almost rewarded in the 14th minute when Zyryanov robbed Angelos Basinas as the Greece skipper dwelt on the ball.

Diniyar Bilyaletdinov worked the ball out to Pavlyuchenko, who saw his curling lob tipped over by Nikopolidis as it angled towards the top corner.

Greece's threats predictably came from set-plays, with Basinas curling a trademark free-kick into the danger zone but Angelos Charisteas could not get a head on the perfect delivery or on Igor Semshov's clumsy resulting clearance that went just wide.

The opener came for Russia after 33 minutes, gifted by Nikopolidis.

Bilyaletdinov was fed by Dmitri Torbinski on the left and his cross looked harmless as it drifted to the far post but Nikopolidis followed the ball, allowing enough time for Sergei Semak to hook the ball back into the six-yard area where Zyryanov could not miss. Hiddink punched the air in delight.

With momentum on their side, Pavlyuchenko had a couple of efforts off target, failing to test whether Nikopolidis' error had affected him.

Greece's response was to take off Giourkas Seitaridis, who appeared to take a knock after a challenge from Torbinski, and bring on playmaker Giorgos Karagounis, who was booked shortly after for a foul.

They should have been level 40 seconds after the restart but Charisteas, the hero of 2004, looked shocked to be given onside and his finish was no better than his effort in the first half.

Pavlyuchenko then had a hat-trick of chances to put the game beyond Greece but Nikopolidis saved twice when he cut in from either flank. On the third attempt his finish went wide of the near post.

The wastefulness of the Russia striker sparked Greece into life and Karagounis stung the palms of Igor Akinfeev with a fierce shot, Nikos Liberopoulos had a header tipped over and Basinas flashed over when the ball had been cut back.

Russia's tactic was now to counter-attack, and one flowing move resulted in Pavlyuchenko backheeling intelligently for Bilyaletdinov - but the finish was dragged wide.

Bilyaletdinov also had a shot blocked by Sotiris Kyrgiakos after Nikopolidis fumbled.

Charisteas showed no signs of his confidence returning and his penultimate effort was a header from a corner that Akinfeev saved easily.

The striker had the ball in the net with five minutes remaining but play had been called back for an offside against Fanis Gekas, who had come on to bolster Greece's attack.

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Greece Vs. Russia Highlights Video Clips

Greece 0 - 1 Russia
half-time (0 - 1)

referee : spectators :
Roberto Rosetti (Italy) 31,063
match details :
33' [0 - 1] K. Zyrianov

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Sweden Vs. Spain Match Report

David Villa was again Spain's hero as his injury-time goal earned Luis Aragones' men a last-gasp win over Sweden in the battle between the top two teams in Group D in Innsbruck.

Fernando Torres put this week's controversies behind him as he fired Spain ahead in the 15th minute but Zlatan Ibrahimovic levelled things up in the 34th minute with a goal that looked to have earned Sweden a share of the points.

That was until Villa, who scored a hat-trick in Spain's 4-1 win over Russia on Tuesday, struck right at the death to put his side on the brink of the quarter-finals.

The in-form Spanish, now undefeated in 18 games, quickly settled into their passing game and were soon probing the Sweden defence for frailties.

However, apart from an Andres Iniesta shot that went high and wide and a moment of danger when David Silva got in behind the Sweden defence before being closed down, Lars Lagerback's side were able to deal with the early Spanish threat.

Sweden's success lasted just 15 minutes though before they found themselves a goal down thanks to a well-worked Spain corner.

Xavi played a low ball in towards the front post for Villa, who in turn found Valencia club-mate Silva on the edge of the box and his cross back in towards the six-yard box was stabbed home by the stretching Torres.

That was only the second goal Torres has scored for his country since 2006 and was the perfect response after a week of speculation suggesting he had had a rift with coach Aragones following his early second-half substitution against Russia.

It had been largely all Spain up until that point, but Sweden proved there were two teams in the contest as they almost fashioned an immediate equaliser to Torres' goal.

Veteran forward Henrik Larsson cleverly slipped Johan Elmander through on the right of the area, but the Toulouse forward smashed his shot into the side-netting with only Iker Casillas to beat.

Larsson had a chance of his own in the 22nd minute after being fed by strike-partner Ibrahimovic, but the 36-year-old's attempted lob over Casillas sailed over the crossbar.

Ibrahimovic, widely regarded as Sweden`s chief threat, had been well-marshalled by the Spain backline but the Inter Milan striker showed his class as he drew his side level 11 minutes before half-time.

The giant striker raced onto a deep cross from Fredrik Stoor, brought the ball under control and, just as it appeared as though the chance might be lost, he held off the challenge of Sergio Ramos before sliding a low shot past Casillas.

That was Ibrahimovic's second goal of the tournament following his superb effort against Greece and saw him move to within one of Spain striker Villa.

Like Ibrahimovic, Villa had also been fairly quiet, but the hat-trick hero against Russia brought a save out of Andreas Isaksson in the 37th minute with a 20-yard volley.

Sweden suffered a setback at half-time when Ibrahimovic, who had been an injury doubt leading up to the game due to a knee problem, failed to re-appear for the second half, with Markus Rosenberg taking his place.

Rosenberg had little opportunity to impress in the first 15 minutes of the second half though as the two teams cancelled each other out, and in a bid to shake things up Spain boss Aragones opted to make a double change on the hour-mark with Cesc Fabregas and Santi Cazorla sent into action.

Soon after their introduction Spain had a great chance to take the lead as the Sweden goal survived three near misses in quick succession.

First Silva's shot was parried by Isaksson, who then did well to bravely block the follow-up from Villa. The ball was still alive though and, with Isaksson out of position, Torres looked set to slot into an empty net only to see his effort deflected for a corner.

Spain were starting to get the upper hand and Isaksson was again called into action in the 67th minute, diving full length to turn away Marcos Senna's 25-yard drive.

Sweden enjoyed a rare chance in 78th minute when a deep Anders Svensson free-kick cleared the Spain defence and found Petter Hansson at the far post, but the centre-back put his volley across the face of goal.

Spain piled forward in the closing stages in search of the winning goal, but when Isaksson saved Torres' low shot in the 89th minute it looked as though the Swedes would be taking a hard-earned point.

However, Villa had other ideas and he raced onto a Joan Capdevila long ball forward, skipped inside Hansson before coolly slotting home past Isaksson for the winner.

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Sweden Vs. Spain Highlights Video Clips

Sweden 1 - 2 Spain
half-time (1 - 1)

referee : spectators :
Pieter Vink (Holland) 29,800
match details :
15' [0 - 1] F. Torres
34' Z. Ibrahimovic [1 - 1]
90' [1 - 2] D. Villa

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Euro 2008 Group D Standing

			Overall
			GP	W	D	L	GS	GA		GD	P
1		Spain	1	1	0	0	4	1		3	3
2		Sweden	1	1	0	0	2	0		2	3
3		Greece	1	0	0	1	0	2		-2	0
4		Russia	1	0	0	1	1	4		-3	0

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Greece Vs. Sweden Match Report

Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended his international goal drought in style as Greece's defence of their European Championship title started with defeat in Salzburg.

Ibrahimovic had not scored for his country since October 2005 but smashed into the top corner in the 67th minute at Stadion Wals-Siezenheim.

Receiving a throw from the right flank he fed Henrik Larsson, who returned the ball to the edge of the area to allow Ibrahimovic to unleash his effort without breaking stride.

When Petter Hansson bundled in a second five minutes later, the resistance of the Greeks was crushed.

No team has successfully defended this competition and Greece have been given little chance to make history.

When they won in 2004 they kept it tight, stifled opponents and edged their three knockout games 1-0 - and that has been their tactic since.

The same was expected in this game, with the Greeks building from defence and looking for a moment of inspiration in attack, their patient approach sparking whistles of derision from Sweden fans.

When going forward they have a player with a taste for the big stage in Angelos Charisteas.

Charisteas scored the winner in the final against Portugal four years ago and he was in the action in the second minute here, getting booked for a clumsy tackle on Hansson.

Fans from both countries mixed happily in the city that was the setting for the Sound Of Music - but Greece's style meant it was a different story on the pitch.

Charisteas then had the first effort on goal, weaving around three Sweden defenders as he cut in from the right flank - but his shot was straight at Manchester City goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson.

Ibrahimovic was passed fit following knee troubles with Inter Milan at the end of the season, and he almost ended his dismal run in the 33rd minute.

He was found by Freddie Ljungberg with his back to goal and he headed on to the roof of the net as Sotiris Kyrgiakos clattered him.

In the next move, Olof Mellberg had to head a dangerous cross over his own goal following Giourkas Seitaridis' ball from the right.

Then Angelos Basinas tried his luck from 30 yards just before the break and Isaksson was down to parry the awkward shot - but the efforts at the end of the opening period could not disguise a half short on entertainment.

It frustrated Greece coach Otto Rehhagel, who was gesturing in his lively way on the bench, urging his players to get tighter to the Swedes.

It was too tight for Ibrahimovic's liking, though, as he took an eye-watering kick between the legs from Giorgos Karagounis but was able to carry on.

Sweden should have had the lead three minutes after the restart when Christian Wilhelmsson latched onto a ball over the top of Greece's defence. He lobbed Antonis Nikopolidis but also cleared the crossbar.

Mellberg almost gifted Greece an opening when he played the ball blindly out of defence, allowing Karagounis a run at Sweden's defence. Mellberg was back just in time with his team-mates to scramble away.

With the game in a pattern the Greeks were content with, then came Ibrahimovic's moment of inspiration, his own masterpiece in the city of Mozart's birth.

Hansson's goal was less pleasing on the eye. Ljungberg raced through but had his finish saved, with substitute Johan Elmander poking the ball to the back post where Hansson applied the ugly finish.

Hope for Greece comes from four years ago, when they reached the quarter-finals with four points. Spain and Russia await this time.

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Greece Vs. Sweden Highlights Video Clips

Greece 0 - 2 Sweden
half-time (0 - 0)

referee : spectators :
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) 31,063
match details :
67' [0 - 1] Z. Ibrahimovic
72' [0 - 2] P. Hansson

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Spain Vs. Russia Match Report

David Villa struck a hat-trick as classy Spain got their Euro 2008 challenge off to a flying start against Russia at a rain-swept Stadion Tivoli Neu in Innsbruck.

Villa scored twice in the first half before netting his third 15 minutes from time, earning himself the match ball, the man-of-the-match award and making him an early front-runner for the tournament's leading scorer.

Roman Pavluchenko pulled a late goal back for Russia, but there was still time for Spain to net a fourth through Cesc Fabregas to wrap up a deserved win.

Spain, who extended their unbeaten run to 17 matches with the win, will be wary about reading too much into this result, though.

At Euro 2004 they also beat Russia in their opening match only for both sides to fail to make it through to the quarter-finals.

Villa, whose position in the starting line-up was the cause of some debate in the build-up to the event, gave the Russian defence an early suggestion it could be a long evening when he had the first chance of the game.

A pinpoint cross-field pass from Sergio Ramos found Villa unmarked on the edge of the area, but after showing good chest control, the 26-year-old, under pressure from Aleksandr Aniukov, sliced his left-footed shot wide with only goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to beat.

Russia created their first decent opening soon after when Aniukov got in behind Spain full-back Joan Capdevila on the left, but his cross into the centre was drilled wide by Igor Semshov, who will have felt he should have done better.

Spain then took the lead with a goal from nothing.

Fernando Torres picked up possession after a Russia move had broken down and the Liverpool man, having raced goalwards got a lucky break of the ball against marker Denis Kolodin, before he unselfishly passed inside to Villa to slot into an empty net after Akinfeev had come out to meet Torres.

That was a blow for the Russians, who had not scored against Spain in their three previous meetings, but Guus Hiddink's men came within inches of an immediate riposte in the 22nd minute when Konstatin Zyryanov hit the woodwork.

A low cross from Diniyar Bilyaletdinov eluded a host of players as it skidded across the area before Zyryanov sent in a shot that rebounded back off the right-hand post with Iker Casillas well beaten.

Pavluchenko also struck the Spain crossbar with a dipping volley later in the half, but it would not have counted as referee Konrad Plautz had spotted a foul by the Spartak Moscow man.

Aside from those two efforts, it was still Spain who were running the match and Akinfeev was proving much the busier of the goalkeepers and he was called into action to palm away shots from Torres and Villa.

The Russia goalkeeper could do nothing to prevent Villa making it 2-0 in the 45th minute though, when Andres Iniesta's slide-rule pass put the Spain number seven in on goal and he coolly finished under the diving Akinfeev.

Conceding a goal at that stage was a hammer blow to the Russians, but they started the second half in confident fashion and Casillas was called into action to save Sergei Semak's header, although the effort was straight at the Real Madrid custodian.

Villa had the chance to complete his hat-trick just before the hour when the Russia defence opened up in front of him, but his low shot was saved by Akinfeev.

With Russia pushing forward as they needed to, Spain were beginning to find plenty of space on the counter-attack and following one breakaway, which resulted in a corner, Marcos Senna and then David Silva both drew saves out of Akinfeev.

It was no surprise to see Spain net a third goal with 15 minutes remaining, and even less surprising to see it scored by that man Villa.

A slick Spain move in midfield resulted in the ball being fed out to Fabregas on the right and he immediately picked out Villa in the middle.

There was still work for Villa to do, but he saw off the challenge of Roman Shirokov before clinically slotting low past Akinfeev and then racing off to the Spain bench where he celebrated with the substituted Torres.

Russia had battled valiantly throughout the match, and they were rewarded for their endeavours when Pavluchenko thumped home a diving header four minutes from time.

However, it was Spain who had the final word when a breakaway led by Villa resulted in Fabregas diving to head home after Akinfeev had parried Xavi's shot, making it 4-1.

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Spain Vs. Russia Highlights Video Clip

Spain 4 - 1 Russia
half-time (2 - 0)

referee : spectators :
Konrad Plautz (Austria) 30,772
match details :
20' D. Villa [1 - 0]
44' D. Villa [2 - 0]
75' D. Villa [3 - 0]
86' [3 - 1] R. Pavlyuchenko
90' C. Fabregas [4 - 1]

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Sweden Euro 2008 Squad

1 Andreas Isaksson	M18 Sebastian Larsson
G12 Rami Shaaban	M6 Tobias Linderoth
G13 Johan Wiland	M9 Fredrik Ljungberg
D23 Mikael Dorsin	M2 Mikael Per Benny Nilsson
D15 Andreas Granqvist	M8 Anders Svensson
D4 Petter Hansson	M21 Christian Wilhelmsson
D14 Daniel Majstorovic	F10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
D3 Olof Mellberg	S20 Marcus Allback
D5 Fredrik Stoor	S17 Henrik Larsson
M7 Niclas Alexandersson	S22 Markus Rosenberg
M19 Daniel Andersson	Johan Elmander
M16 Kim Kallstrom

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Greece Euro 2008 Squad

12 Kostas Chalkias G	M6 Angelos Basinas
G1 Antonis Nikopolidis	M8 Stelios Giannakopoulos
G13 Alexandros Tzorvas	M10 Giorgos Karagounis
D19 Paraskevas Antzas	M21 Kostas Katsouranis
D5 Traianos Dellas	M22 Alexis Tziolis
D18 Giannis Goumas	S20 Ioannis Amanatidis
D16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos	S9 Angelos Charisteas
D3 Christos Patsatzoglou	S17 Theofanis Gekas
D2 Giourkas Seitaridis	S23 Nikos Liberopoulos
D4 Nikos Spyropoulos	S14 Dimitrios Salpigidis
D15 Vassilis Torosidis	S7 Georgios Samaras
D11 Loukas Vyntra

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Russia Euro 2008 Squad

1 Igor Akinfeev	M14 Roman Shirokov
G12 Vladimir Gabulov	M7 Dmitri Torbinsky
G16 Viacheslav Malafeev	M3 Renat Yanbaev
D22 Aleksandr Aniukov	M18 Yuri Zhirkov
D5 Alexei Berezutsky	M17 Konstatin Zurianov
D2 Vasili Berezutsky	S6 Roman Adamov
D4 Sergei Ignashevich	S10 Andrei Arshavin
D8 Denis Kolodin	S19 Roman Pavluchenko
M15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov	S13 Pavel Pogrebniak
M23 Vladimir Bystrov	S9 Ivan Saenko
M11 Sergei Semak	S21 Dmitri Sychev
M20 Igor Semshov

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