Sweden 1-0 Paraguay

Sweden scored a late goal through midfielder Freddie Ljungberg in a 1-0 Group B win over Paraguay.

Ljungberg headed the ball into the bottom corner in the 89th minute after a right wing cross was headed back across goal by substitute Marcus Allback to hand Sweden the points. Ljungberg almost added a second in injury time with a long-range shot that Aldo Bobadilla pushed away for a corner as Sweden looked to finish off the plucky South Americans.

Sweden applied the pressure on Paraguay right from the start but their goalkeeper, Bobadilla was in excellent form and he produced several quality saves to keep Paraguay in the game.

Midfielder Kim Kallstrom, promoted to the starting lineup after a strong performance in the first match against T&T, was a constant threat. In the best moment of the first half, he forced an outstanding diving save from Aldo Bobadilla with a powerful shot from just outside the penalty area. Strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrik Larsson also had good chances to put Sweden ahead but just could not get past Bobadilla.

Soccer Pundit sees close similarity between the fate of England and Sweden, it will be interesting to watch the encounter between the two. Could it be a fire-cracker of a match or a boring display. Most likely the latter, yawn...