Wednesday June 12th, 2002
 Sweden vs  Argentina in Miyagi
(1:1)
Argentina needed to beat Sweden while a draw would be enough for
the Scandinavians.
Argentina produced most of the play in the first half an hour, as they
sought to get the lead they needed for a place in the knockout stage.
Claudio Lopez put the Swedish defence under a lot of pressure towards
the end of the half but the cool Swedes didn't get flustered and kept everything out.
A frustrated Claudio Caniggia, not even on the pitch, was sent from from the bench for
comments made to an official as the first-half came to a close.
Half-time: Sweden 0 - Argentina 0
Argentina continued where they left off in the first half.... with
Zanetti, Samuel and Ortega all trying to provide the ammunition for Batistuta and Sorin.
1:0
Anders Svensson's unstopable free-kick put Sweden in front just before the hour.
1:1
Hernan Crespo equalised for Argentina, after Marcus Hedman had saved Ariel Ortega's
penalty; two minutes from the end.
With England holding Nigeria to a draw, Crespo's goal was too little
too late and Argentina joined France as two of the fancied teams to crash out at the first
hurdle.
Sweden would face Senegal, in the Second Round.
Final Score:
Sweden 1 -
Argentina 1
Other Group F Match:
Nigeria vs England
Man of the Match:
Magnus Hedman - Kept the Argentine strike force at arm's length and even saved a
penalty.... although he couldn't stop the follow up.
Red Cards:
Claudio Caniggia (45 mins)
 Yellow Cards:
José Chamot (55 mins)
Matias Almeyda (58 mins)
Magnus Svensson (65 mins)
Killy Gonzalez (75 mins)
Henrik Larsson (77 mins)
The Teams
Sweden:
1 Magnus Hedman; 15 Andreas Jakobsson, 16 Teddy Lucic, 2 Olof Mellberg, 4 Johan Mjallby; 7
Niclas Alexandersson, 6 Tobias Linderoth, 8 Anders Svensson (18 Mattias Jonsson - 68
mins), 17 Magnus Svensson; 10 Marcus Allb�ck (22 Andreas Andersson - 46 mins), 11 Henrik
Larsson (21 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - 88 mins).
Argentina:
12 Pablo Cavallero; 22 José Chamot, 4 Mauricio Pochettino, 6 Walter Samuel; 16 Pablo
Aimar,5 Mat�as Almeyda (11 Juan Sebastian Veron - 63 mins), 10 Ariel Ortega, 3 Juan
Pablo Sorin (18 Killy Gonzalez - 63 mins), 8 Javier Zanetti; 9 Gabriel Batistuta (19
Hernan Crespo - 58 mins), 7 Claudio Lopez.
Referee: Ali Bujsaim 
In Korea
Group A
 Denmark,  France,  Senegal,  Uruguay.
Group B
 Paraguay,  Slovenia,  Spain, 
South Africa.
Group C
 Brazil,  China,  Costa Rica,  Turkey.
Group D
 Poland,  Portugal, 
South Korea,  United States.
Korea First Round Matches.
In Japan
Group E
 Cameroon,  Germany,  Republic of Ireland, 
Saudi Arabia.
Group F
Argentina,  England,  Nigeria, Sweden.
Group G
 Croatia,  Ecuador,  Italy,  Mexico.
Group H
 Belgium,  Japan,  Russia,  Tunisia.
Japan First Round Matches.
2002 World Cup Finals - Knockout Stage.
Group Tables - Leading Goalscorers.
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