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Good evening and welcome to live coverage of the Euro 2020 clash between Spain and Sweden in Group E.

Euro 2024 / Group Stage
Estadio La Cartuja / 14.06.2021
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Pete Sharland

Updated 14/06/2021 at 21:00 GMT


68'
Sweden sense they have a chance of a huge result here and are throwing a few more bodies forward on the limited occasions they have the chance to attack. The defensive banks are still there the rest of the time.
66'
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The hosts really need some inspiration.
P. Sarabia
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Á. Morata
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Á. Morata
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Blocked Shots1
Fouls3
Fouls against2
Wide2
66'
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Changes for Spain...
Thiago
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Thiago
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Blocked Shots1
Fouls against2
64'
It’s Isak again who looks to cause Spain problems on the break, but Laporte gets across him and comes away with the ball on this occasion.
63'
The whistles are growing louder and louder in Seville and Enrique is preparing some changes down on the touchline. His side need it too.
61'
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What a chance! Sweden break and it’s Isak again who does amazingly well to keep the move alive with three Spanish defenders on him. The youngster somehow manages to squeeze a peach of a cross right into the feet of Berg at the far post, but the veteran somehow skews his effort wide when it looked easier to score. He buries his face into the turf in disappointment.
59'
Alba launches another overlapping run down the left, but this time he is tracked well and the ball is shepherded out of play for a goalkick. Sweden seem much more in control in the second half, even if the look of the game is much the same.
57'
Morata and Koke aren’t on the same wavelength and a Spain move breaks down, which is greeted by a chorus of whistles from the stands. Frustration is beginning to build (understandably) and the quality from Spain has also dipped since the restart.
55'
Sweden power a couple of long throws into the box, but Spain deal with both.
53'
Olmo, who has been lively all night, makes a good run into the box but isn’t quite picked out… which is admittedly tough given the banks of yellow-shirted defenders.
52'
The second half has largely started in the same pattern of Spain dominating possession, except for that one set-piece opportunity for the Swedes. It’s not massively pretty to watch in truth, but Sweden won’t care if they somehow manage to pull this off.
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48'
Oh no! Sweden have Spain in all sorts of trouble with a deep set-piece cross that finds Lustig completely unmarked and with plenty of time to turn in a cross, with two teammates also unmarked in the middle. But he makes an absolute hash of it, failing to connect and tripping himself up. He won’t want to see that again.
2nd Half
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We’re back underway in Seville and both teams are unchanged.
End of 1st Half
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And that’s half-time. Spain have dominated, but chances have been few and far between, and it’s Sweden who have come closest through Isak.
44'
Olmo has a pop from range and forces a strong save out of Olsen. The rebound could have gone anywhere, but the keeper is relieved to see it spin back and wide of the post. He lets out a huge sigh of relief (quite literally).
43'
Sweden haven’t been great in this half, but sitting deep and frustrating is quite clearly the plan. It’s risky, but when you’ve got somebody like Isak in attack then you’ve always got a chance.