Sweden, Spain's first rival in Euro 2020 (both will be measured on Monday, June 14 at The Cartuja of Seville in the group stage), He showed his power on set pieces on Saturday against the Armenia by the Sevillian Joaquín Caparrós. A free-kick goal Emil forsberg and a head of Marcus danielson, at the exit of a corner, in the first half and a goal of Marcus berg with the match almost over, they resolved a friendly with a clear Scandinavian superiority (3-1). It should be remembered that Slovakia, another adversary of the Red in the Euro (Wednesday, June 23 in Seville), it will be measured this Sunday at Austria in Vienna (5.30 pm) for a new preparatory engagement.
The Swedish team faced the game with the desire to resolve as soon as possible and soon put a fence on the goal of a Armenia who had difficulties to stop the push from those of
Jan Andersson. The first warning from the locals came in minute 8 with a header from Ekdal who left very close to the post.
Shortly after, the Swedes, who came out in the lead with Alexander Isak (Royal Society) Y Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus), they did not forgive with a free kick Forsberg. The ball of the midfielder of RB Leipzig overcame the barrier and bounced right in front of the goal Yurchenko, that ended up 'swallowing' the goal.
Great chance for Alexander Isak
Sweden, who played a 4-4-2, was able to increase his income on the scoreboard in the 27th minute in an action within the area of Isak, but the Real Sociedad striker, after a phenomenal cut to a defender and with the Armenian goalkeeper totally beaten, threw the ball over the crossbar.
The one that did not fail was Danielson. The central veteran, who plays the Chinese Super League with Dalian Pro, he raised the second goal of the night in the 34th minute with a header at pleasure after a corner kick thrown by Forsberg, the specialist in this facet of the Scandinavian team.
Again, Sweden He was hitting set pieces again, his main attacking trick, before the harmless Armenia of Caparrós, surprising group leader from qualifying for the Qatar World Cup 2022, in front of Germany and North Macedonia, but this Saturday was very disappointing in Swedish lands.
Larsson misses a penalty with 2-0
Near the break, at 38 ', the referee signaled a penalty without discussion by the hand of defender Calisir. The person in charge of executing the maximum penalty was Sebastian larsson, but the Armenian goalkeeper guessed the intention of the AIK Solna with a good stretch. The first part ended with a final 2-0 for those of Jan Andersson, clear dominators in the game and on the scoreboard.
Four swings by Caparrós and Andersson
The second half started with a change of Sweden, the midfielder Claesson for Larsson, who had missed the penalty, and one quadruple from Armenia, with the appearance of Grigoryan, Barseghyan, Muradyan and Bayramyan. It was clear that Caparros He had not liked the very poor performance of his team in the first 45 minutes.
With a Sweden who returned from the locker room with some relaxation, the visiting team reacted and in the 63rd minute, Bichakhchyan cut distances by taking advantage of a goal rejection head-on Robin olsen after a shot at point-blank range by the Armenian player himself. It was the first kick of Armenia Until now.
In the final stretch of the clash, the Swedish coach wanted to emulate his colleague Caparros and also put four players in soda at one stroke, which they relieved, among others, Isak and Kulusevski, who were quite discreet.
Precisely Isak's replacement, Marcus Berg, He was in charge of sentencing the victory of Sweden by catching the Armenian rear completely out of place after taking advantage of an assist from Quaison.
3 – Sweden: Robin Olsen; Lustig (Krafth, 72 '), Daneilson, Lindelöf, Bengtsson; Sebastian Larsson (Claesson, 46 '), Ekdal (Svanberg, 72'), Olsson, Forsberg (Sema, 86 '); Kulusevski (Quaison, 72 ') and Isak (Berg, 72')
1- Armenia: Yurchenko; Ararat, Voskanyan, Calisir (Khachumyan, 73 '), Hovhannisyan; Bichakhchyan; Angulo (Bayramyan, 46 '), Spertsyan (Grygorian, 46'), Hakobyan (Muradyan, 46 '); Miranyan (Barseghyan, 46 ') and Adamyan (Shaghoyan, 82')
Goals: 1-0, Forsberg (16 '); 2-0, Danielson (34 '); 2-1, Bichakhchyan (63 '); 3-1, Berg (84 ')
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland). He showed a yellow card to Muradyan (71 '), Claesson (80'), Bengtsson (90 '), Barseghyan (90'), Bichakhchyan (90 ') and Sema (93')
Incidents: Friendly match played with the public at the Friends Arena in Solna (Sweden)