Italy v Sweden, 17 June 2016

Score1-0 to Italy
RefereeViktor Kassai
CompetitionUEFA European Championship Group E
VenueStadium Municipal, Toulouse
Attendance29,600
Kick-off: 3:00pm local (2:00pm BST) Assistant referees: György Ring (Hungary) Vencel Tóth (Hungary) Fourth official: Clément Turpin (France) Additional assistant referees: Tamás Bognár (Hungary) Ádám Farkas (Hungary) Reserve assistant referee: Nicolas Danos (France) Man of the Match: Éder (Italy) Thanks to a late goal, Italy became the second team to qualify for the knock-out stages of Euro 2016. With an Italian starting line-up with an average age of over 31 years and the Sweden starters accumulating over 650 caps, experience was not in short supply in Toulouse. Creativity was generally lacking though, especially from the Swedes who had now gone through their first two group games without recording a shot on target. The game was settled by a bit of Brazilian-style magic from Brazil-born Eder. 11 of the 35 goals at Euro 2016 had now been scored in the 87th minute or later, compared to ten in the first 45 minutes. Italy were now unbeaten in 12 competitive games under Chelsea-bound Antonio Conte. Sweden had now won only three of the last 16 games at the European Championship finals.

1  Italy

Manager: Antonio Conte

0  Sweden

Manager: Erik Hamren

Goals:

Éder 88 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon (captain)
Defender Andrea Barzagli
Defender Leonardo Bonucci
Defender/Midfielder Alessandro Florenzi
Midfielder Antonio Candreva
Midfielder Daniele De Rossi
Midfielder Marco Parolo
Forward Éder
Forward Graziano Pelle

Starting lineup:

Andreas Isaksson Goalkeeper
Erik Johansson Defender
Victor Lindelöf Defender
Martin Olsson Defender/Midfielder
Albin Ekdal Midfielder
Emil Forsberg Midfielder
Kim Källström Midfielder
Seb Larsson Midfielder
John Guidetti Forward
Zlatan Ibrahimović Forward (captain)

Substitutions:

Simone Zaza for Graziano Pelle 59
Thiago Motta for Daniele De Rossi 74
Stefano Sturaro for Alessandro Florenzi 85

Substitutions:

Jimmy Durmaz for Emil Forsberg 79
Oscar Lewicki for Albin Ekdal 79
Marcus Berg for John Guidetti 85

Cards:

Daniele De Rossi 69 Y
Gianluigi Buffon 90 Y

Cards:

Martin Olsson 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Frederico Marchetti
Goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu
Defender Matteo Darmian
Defender Angelo Ogbonna
Midfielder Stephan El Shaarawy
Midfielder Thiago Motta
Midfielder Stefano Sturaro
Midfielder/Forward Federico Bernardeschi
Forward Ciro Immobile
Forward Lorenzo Insigne
Forward Simone Zaza

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Patrik Carlgren
Goalkeeper Robin Olsen
Defender Pontus Jansson
Defender Mikael Lustig
Midfielder Jimmy Durmaz
Midfielder Erkan Zengin
Midfielder Oscar Hiljemark
Midfielder Oscar Lewicki
Midfielder/Forward Pontus Wernbloom
Forward Marcus Berg
Forward Emir Kujović

1  Italy

Manager: Antonio Conte

Goals:

Éder 88 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon (captain)
Defender Andrea Barzagli
Defender Leonardo Bonucci
Defender/Midfielder Alessandro Florenzi
Midfielder Antonio Candreva
Midfielder Daniele De Rossi
Midfielder Marco Parolo
Forward Éder
Forward Graziano Pelle

Substitutions:

Simone Zaza for Graziano Pelle 59
Thiago Motta for Daniele De Rossi 74
Stefano Sturaro for Alessandro Florenzi 85

Cards:

Daniele De Rossi 69 Y
Gianluigi Buffon 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Frederico Marchetti
Goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu
Defender Matteo Darmian
Defender Angelo Ogbonna
Midfielder Stephan El Shaarawy
Midfielder Thiago Motta
Midfielder Stefano Sturaro
Midfielder/Forward Federico Bernardeschi
Forward Ciro Immobile
Forward Lorenzo Insigne
Forward Simone Zaza

0  Sweden

Manager: Erik Hamren

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Andreas Isaksson Goalkeeper
Erik Johansson Defender
Victor Lindelöf Defender
Martin Olsson Defender/Midfielder
Albin Ekdal Midfielder
Emil Forsberg Midfielder
Kim Källström Midfielder
Seb Larsson Midfielder
John Guidetti Forward
Zlatan Ibrahimović Forward (captain)

Substitutions:

Jimmy Durmaz for Emil Forsberg 79
Oscar Lewicki for Albin Ekdal 79
Marcus Berg for John Guidetti 85

Cards:

Martin Olsson 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Patrik Carlgren
Goalkeeper Robin Olsen
Defender Pontus Jansson
Defender Mikael Lustig
Midfielder Jimmy Durmaz
Midfielder Erkan Zengin
Midfielder Oscar Hiljemark
Midfielder Oscar Lewicki
Midfielder/Forward Pontus Wernbloom
Forward Marcus Berg
Forward Emir Kujović