Sweden v Slovakia, 18 June 2021

Score1-0 to Sweden
RefereeDaniel Siebert
CompetitionUEFA European Championship Group E
VenueGazprom Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance11,525

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Kick-off: 4.00pm local Attendance limited due to COVID-19 restrictions. Assistant referees: Jan Seidel (GER) and Rafael Foltyn (GER) Fourth official: Georgi Kabakov (BUL) Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER) This was match no. 21 of the pan-Europe Euro 2020 tournament. Slovakia had now failed to win any of the six official meetings (lost three).

1 Sweden

Manager: Janne Andersson

0 Slovakia

Manager: Štefan Tarkovič

Goals:

Emil Forsberg penalty 77 P

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robin Olsen
Defender Ludwig Augustinsson
Defender Marcus Danielson
Defender Victor Lindelöf
Defender Mikael Lustig
Midfielder Albin Ekdal
Midfielder Emil Forsberg
Midfielder Seb Larsson (captain)
Midfielder Kristoffer Olsson
Forward Marcus Berg
Forward Alexander Isak

Starting lineup:

Martin Dúbravka Goalkeeper
Tomáš Hubočan Defender
Peter Pekarík Defender
Ľubo Satka Defender
Martin Koscelník Defender/Midfielder
Milan Skriniar Defender/Midfielder
Marek Hamšík Midfielder (captain)
Patrik Hrošovský Midfielder
Juraj Kucka Midfielder
Róbert Mak Midfielder
Ondrej Duda Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Viktor Claesson for Kristoffer Olsson 64
Robin Quaison for Marcus Berg 64
Gustav Svensson for Albin Ekdal 88
Pierre Bengtsson for Ludwig Augustinsson 88
Emil Krafth for Emil Forsberg 90

Substitutions:

Lukáš Haraslín for Peter Pekarík 65
László Bénes for Marek Hamšík 77
Vladimír Weiss for Róbert Mak 77
Michal Duriš for Patrik Hrošovský 84
Dávid Hancko for Tomáš Hubočan 84

Cards:

Kristoffer Olsson 23 Y

Cards:

Martin Dúbravka 76 Y
Ondrej Duda 80 Y
Vladimír Weiss 87 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Karl-Johan Johnsson
Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Filip Helander
Defender Pontus Jansson
Defender Emil Krafth
Defender Gustav Svensson
Defender/Midfielder Pierre Bengtsson
Midfielder Jens Cajuste
Midfielder Dejan Kulusekvski
Midfielder Robin Quaison
Midfielder Ken Sema
Midfielder/Forward Viktor Claesson

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dušan Kuciak
Goalkeeper Marek Rodák
Defender Dávid Hancko
Defender Martin Valjent
Midfielder László Bénes
Midfielder Ján Greguš
Midfielder Lukáš Haraslín
Midfielder Jakub Hromada
Midfielder Stanislav Lobotka
Midfielder Vladimír Weiss
Forward Róbert Boženík
Forward Michal Duriš

Comments:

Emil Forsberg's penalty was Sweden's first goal at a major tournament since he scored in the 1-0 win against Switzerland in the FIFA World Cup finals in the same stadium in Saint Petersburg in 2018. Sweden had now kept clean sheets in their opening two games at a UEFA European Championship finals for the first time. They did so in the FIFA World Cup finals in 1974 and 2006. They had now won two of their ten games at UEFA European Championship finals; also versus France at Euro 2012 (lost six).

Comments:

This was Slovakia's first defeat in their seven games so far in 2021 (won two). They had now lost three of their seven games at UEFA European Championship finals (won two). Slovakia had now lost three of the seven games they had played in Russia (won two).

1 Sweden

Manager: Janne Andersson

Goals:

Emil Forsberg penalty 77 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robin Olsen
Defender Ludwig Augustinsson
Defender Marcus Danielson
Defender Victor Lindelöf
Defender Mikael Lustig
Midfielder Albin Ekdal
Midfielder Emil Forsberg
Midfielder Seb Larsson (captain)
Midfielder Kristoffer Olsson
Forward Marcus Berg
Forward Alexander Isak

Substitutions:

Viktor Claesson for Kristoffer Olsson 64
Robin Quaison for Marcus Berg 64
Gustav Svensson for Albin Ekdal 88
Pierre Bengtsson for Ludwig Augustinsson 88
Emil Krafth for Emil Forsberg 90

Cards:

Kristoffer Olsson 23 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Karl-Johan Johnsson
Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Filip Helander
Defender Pontus Jansson
Defender Emil Krafth
Defender Gustav Svensson
Defender/Midfielder Pierre Bengtsson
Midfielder Jens Cajuste
Midfielder Dejan Kulusekvski
Midfielder Robin Quaison
Midfielder Ken Sema
Midfielder/Forward Viktor Claesson

Comments:

Emil Forsberg's penalty was Sweden's first goal at a major tournament since he scored in the 1-0 win against Switzerland in the FIFA World Cup finals in the same stadium in Saint Petersburg in 2018. Sweden had now kept clean sheets in their opening two games at a UEFA European Championship finals for the first time. They did so in the FIFA World Cup finals in 1974 and 2006. They had now won two of their ten games at UEFA European Championship finals; also versus France at Euro 2012 (lost six).

0 Slovakia

Manager: Štefan Tarkovič

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Martin Dúbravka Goalkeeper
Tomáš Hubočan Defender
Peter Pekarík Defender
Ľubo Satka Defender
Martin Koscelník Defender/Midfielder
Milan Skriniar Defender/Midfielder
Marek Hamšík Midfielder (captain)
Patrik Hrošovský Midfielder
Juraj Kucka Midfielder
Róbert Mak Midfielder
Ondrej Duda Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Lukáš Haraslín for Peter Pekarík 65
László Bénes for Marek Hamšík 77
Vladimír Weiss for Róbert Mak 77
Michal Duriš for Patrik Hrošovský 84
Dávid Hancko for Tomáš Hubočan 84

Cards:

Martin Dúbravka 76 Y
Ondrej Duda 80 Y
Vladimír Weiss 87 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dušan Kuciak
Goalkeeper Marek Rodák
Defender Dávid Hancko
Defender Martin Valjent
Midfielder László Bénes
Midfielder Ján Greguš
Midfielder Lukáš Haraslín
Midfielder Jakub Hromada
Midfielder Stanislav Lobotka
Midfielder Vladimír Weiss
Forward Róbert Boženík
Forward Michal Duriš

Comments:

This was Slovakia's first defeat in their seven games so far in 2021 (won two). They had now lost three of their seven games at UEFA European Championship finals (won two). Slovakia had now lost three of the seven games they had played in Russia (won two).