Sweden appear aggressive, though not perhaps enter the quarter-finals. A cross from Kim Kallstrom at minute four, it almost turned into a goal by Sebastian Larsson. Luckily for France, Larsson's header slid right into the direction of Hugo Lloris.
The threat of retaliation Franck Ribery in the eighth minute. The ball in the penalty box, Ribery fired hard, but goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson could still derail these opportunities.
Sweden did not remain silent. After outwit Lloris, Ola Toivonen fired a shot from a narrow angle, which hit the outside of the pole left the French goalkeeper, in the 10th minute.
After that, slowly but surely "Les Bleus" in control. From the right wing off a feed Ribery Karim Benzema is greeted with a hard shot, which is bolted to the crossbar, in the 18th minute.
Until the middle innings, the French over control of the game but it still seems difficult to penetrate the all-powerful Swedish defense raised by Olof Mellberg et al.
France continues to try and on the other hand, Ukraine is still able to create some chances but none of their business led to a goal, until the halftime whistle sounded.
France have disastrous after his goal Ibrahimovic burglarized in the 54th minute. From the left sector of the French defense, Sebastian Larsson release the bait. While flying, Ibra volley kick failed diterpis by Lloris. Sweden supporters immediately cheered and sing their national anthem "Du Gamla, Du Fria 'welcome Ibrahimovic goals.
Yann M'Vila almost scored a goal back through the release of a hard shot from outside the penalty box. However, Isaksson M'Vila act quickly to block a shot on the 71st minute.
France continued to attack Sweden defense. In the midst of these efforts, France actually conceded again. Sebastian Larsson's volley flew into the French net after using the ball rebound from Samuel Holmen who hit the crossbar in the 90th minute +1.
With these results, the French entered the quarter-finals as runners-up in Group D. In the last eight, "Les Blues" will play Spain in the Donbass Arena on 23 June.
Teams:
Sweden (4-4-1-1): 1-Andreas Isaksson; 4-Andreas Granqvist, 3-Olof Mellberg, 13-Jonas Olsson, 5-Martin Olsson; 7-Sebastian Larsson, 8-Anders Svensson (Holmen 79), 9-Kim Kallstrom, 19-Emir Bajrami; 10-Zlatan Ibrahimovic; 20-Ola Toivonen (Wernbloom 78)
France (4-2-3-1): 1-Hugo Lloris; 2-Mathieu Debuchy, 4-Adil Rami, 5-Philippe Mexes, 22-Gael Clichy; 18-Alou Diarra, 17-Yann M'Vila (Giroud 83 ): 20 - Hatem Ben Arfa (Malouda 59), 11-Samir Nasri (Menez 77), 7-Franck Ribery; 10-Karim Benzema
Referee: Pedro Proenca (Portugal)
Sweden vs France Euro 2012 Highlights June 19 Score 2-0 Ibrahimovic, Larsson Goal Video.
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