Republic of Ireland v Sweden, 13 June 2016

Kick-off: 6.00pm local (5.00pm BST). Assistant referees: Milovan Ristić (Serbia) Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia) Fourth official: Matej Jug (Slovenia) Additional assistant referees: Danilo Grujić (Serbia) Nenad Đokić (Serbia) Reserve assistant referee: Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) Man of the Match: Wes Hoolahan (Republic of Ireland) With Sweden setting sail on their fifth consective European Championship finals, Republic of Ireland began only their third Euro finals campaign. In front of a colourful and friendly backdrop of green and yellow, in a game low on quality, all the chances fell to Ireland in the first-half. Jeff Hendrick twice went close, while Robbie Brady rippled the top of the net from 25 yards and captain John O'Shea was unable to connect from a corner when only three yards out. The Irish did take the lead soon after the interval though when a fine run and cross from full-back Seamus Coleman was finished with a sweet half-volley from Wes Hoolahan. The goal finally sparked Sweden in to life. Zlatan Ibrahimovic had gone close before the self-styled legend's pull-back was headed in to his own net by Ciaran Clark. Despite further Swedish pressure, they could not provide their own shot on target throughout the game. It probably ended in a fair result but, with tough games to come against Belgium and Italy, it seemed likely to be a draw that neither country wanted.