England (14) v (1) Sweden
England (14) v (1) Sweden
THE beginning of England and Sweden's match paved the way for the entire 14 minutes of the game with England's attack proving to be too strong for Sweden's attempts at defence.
England's Dominic Holver had already made two attempts at goal and scored for the first time with less than a minute on the clock.
Fantastic football skills and teamwork were on display from England. The second goal of the match was the result of a beautiful play of strong passes between England's Holver, Nash and Coleman.
The goals scored by England left the Swedish players gawking and the crowds cheering for more. They used all their talent and skills to put on a beautiful show for the crowd. England had already scored three goals in under three minutes of the first half.
The Swedish team were making constant attempts at defence but were unfortunately not fast enough to keep up with the strong English side.
England's Victor Andre was extremely talented with quick footwork that left the Swedish team confused.
Just before the end of the first half Sweden scored a beautiful goal that would have been good for their confidence. SPAN>
England had scored nine goals by the end of the first half which was the most goals scored at this point of the match during the entire competition.
For the second half England gave main goal scorer Holver a rest.
The Swedish team seemed to come out with less determination in the second half but continued to put their best efforts into the defence.
Fantastic foot skills were shown by Victor Andre which led to two beautiful saves by the Swedish goalkeeper and an eventual goal for England early in the second half.
Throughout the half Sweden displayed an unrelenting sense of determination in providing a solid defence towards England which often worked in their favour.
Number 17 for Sweden managed to make many attempts at goal in the second half but Martin Hall, England's goalkeeper, wouldn't let anything pass.
Sweden received many lucky saves with some of England's shots for goal either going wide or just missing goals and hitting the posts.
Although Sweden seemed to lose their confidence in the second half they never gave up the fight against the confident English team.
England took control of the game and beat Sweden 14-1.
Photo Michael Currie / Photoworx





