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Match report: Sweden v Ukraine

Sweden suffered a damaging defeat ahead of next week’s Euro 2008 opening game against Greece with a 1-0 home loss to Ukraine in Stockholm. The goal came from Dnipro midfielder Sergei Nazarenko in the 82nd minute with a 25 yarder beating substitute goalkeeper Rami Shaaban. Sweden, which contained most of the team that will start the country’s opening game against Greece on June 10th, were unable to break down the Ukraine defence throughout the entire game and will be disappointed ahead of Euro 2008 that they could not beat a team that failed to qualify for the European Championships. Even the presence of Henrik Larsson, back out of international retirement for the third time, could not lift the Swedes and there were more worries as Johan Elmander, himself a substitute, left the field in some distress towards the end of the game and could now be a major doubt for the start of the tournament. All in all a very bad finale to the nation’s preparations and the coach Lars Lagerback will have a job on his hands in the next week to get the team ready for the task ahead against the holders Greece in Salzburg, a week on Tuesday.

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