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Sweden Line-Up: Isaksson, Mellberg, J.Olsson, M.Olsson, Granqvist (Lustig, 65'), Svensson, Kallstrom, Elm (Wilhelmsson, 81'), Larsson, Ibrahimovic (c), Elmander (Rosenberg, 79')
England Line-Up: Hart, Terry, Cole, Lescott, G.Johnson, Parker, Gerrard (c), Milner (Walcott, 61'), Carroll, Welbeck (Oxlade-Chamberlain, 89'), Young  

England come from behind to oust Sweden out of Euro 2012. Andy Carroll gave England the lead before Olof Mellberg turned the game on its head. Roy Hodgson then proved all of his doubters wrong by tactically changing the game by bringing Theo Walcott on for James Milner. Walcott then scored one and set Danny Welbeck up to give England the win. Incidentally, proving FIFA 12's prediction of a 3-2 win correct.

After the delay to the French game, England's match was also delayed by 15-minutes but it was definitely worth the wait. The deadlock was broken on 23-minutes when Steven Gerrard sent a beautiful cross in for Carroll to head home.

Sweden looked dangerous during the first half despite having less possession. But they were level four minutes into the second half when Mellberg headed, unchallenged, from a corner to head towards goal. Glen Johnson tried to clear it off the line but his effort came back off of the post and into the net.

But England hadn't learnt their lesson and Sweden took the lead just before the hour mark. This time it was a free-kick from Sebastian Larsson that was met by the head of the once again unchallenged Mellberg. The towering defender headed past Joe Hart and it would seem that England's bogey team would strike again.

Two minutes later, Hodgson had a brain wave and sent Walcott on. Within three minutes of his appearance, the Arsenal man made it 2-2. Sweden failed to clear their lines and the ball fell to Walcott. He took a shot that curled through the air, completely bamboozling Isaksson and landing into the net.

England then showed their new found heart when Walcott was set free down the wing once more on 77-minutes. His cross was turned into the net by Welbeck who improvised magnificently to send the ball rolling into the bottom corner. The win sees Sweden out of the competition while England just need to avoid defeat to book their place into the quarter finals.