Scotland v Sweden Group C 16-06-1990
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00:00Checking the sides, first of all Scotland, their line-up for a do or die effort
00:06They make a fistful of changes from the Costa Rica disaster here five days ago
00:10Goff, McAnally, Bett, McStay have gone, in come McLeod, Levine, Gordon Dury and Robert Fleck
00:18A lot of responsibility for Roy Aitken's leadership, the experience of Merlin McLeod on the left
00:22Stuart McCall's energy, how will Gordon Dury fit in?
00:26It's all about the partnership of Rangers, Mo Johnson and Robert Fleck of Norwich
00:33Pulled off his Yugoslav holiday, he made the Scottish squad by the skin of his teeth
00:40Now he's here at the deep end at world level
00:43Well Sweden make two changes from the side which lost to Brazil
00:57Liverpool's Glenn Hussain is back in defence after a calf strain
01:02And Stefan Pedersen who came on a half time in the first match plays up front in place of Mats Magnussen
01:07As usual with the Swedes, a mix of foreign based players and those playing in the Swedish league
01:12Five are based at home against six who play abroad
01:15But their great hope now is the 20 year old who began his international career with two goals against Wales
01:21And has five goals in three matches now
01:24That's Thomas Brolin, the number 17, officially still a part timer
01:29But someone who's likely to keep Scotland's defence fully occupied
01:42So the Paraguayan referee gets the game underway
01:53The men from the north as the Italians call these two teams do battle
01:56The Scots have shot themselves in the foot so many times on and off the field
02:01It's difficult to know what to expect from them
02:03But it's all a surprise
02:06Johnston to Dury, but that one's gone out already
02:10It's a tight little stadium where viewing the touchline decisions isn't too easy
02:16So Dury looks to be playing down the left hand side
02:19Fleck and Johnston obviously in the middle of the partnership
02:26Ingersoll wins that one, this is Brolin being pushed by McLeish
02:33Johnston getting on the ball as Limpard wants to take it quickly but that's slowed down
02:38So up front Pedersen is picked up by McPherson
02:44And Levine, well won by Levine
02:49And Murdoch-McLeod, here's Schwartz playing at left back with his thigh strapped
02:56Down, well won by McCall
03:02Play on, no foul, Murdoch-McLeod gets in there again, that's a real battle there
03:06And won by the Scots, given away by the Scots
03:11Brolin, little wriggle, blatantly brought down by Gordon Dury
03:17Quickly taken, Larsson didn't get a clean hit
03:22Schwartz, Bjorkum-Nielsen on the left, this is Stefan Pedersen
03:28And McPherson gets it away, chased by Robert Fleck
03:33Against Larsson
03:36Schwartz comes back to help him
03:39Plenty of passion to start with, Trevor
03:41Yes, apart from making a few team changes
03:44Roxburgh's also changed the actual tactics from the first game against Costa Rica
03:47Because in the opener he was playing with 4-4-2
03:50And it appears in this game here it's 4-3-3 with Aitken, McCall and McLeod in midfield
03:54And Dury's pushing forward on the left to support Fleck and Johnston
03:59Stefan Pedersen, back to Bjorkum-Nielsen
04:08Bjorkum-Nielsen gets down the left-hand side, he's got Pedersen in the middle
04:12Brolin is in there too, brought back
04:15And banged over the top by the full-back Schwartz coming up there
04:20That was a well-made opening down the left-hand side by Bjorkum-Nielsen
04:26But almost caught out there, didn't hit it quite right
04:30Just over 10 minutes gone, the first corner
04:33With McPherson in on the near post
04:37Alex McLeish is at the back of the area
04:41And the one curled in, McPherson gets a touch
04:44And the score, McCall
04:48And it turns, Stuart McCall knocks it in
04:52It was a nice corner, it was a good challenge by McPherson
04:57And it dropped right in front of Stuart McCall
05:00And he stabs it in, what a great start for Scotland
05:041-0 and just about 11 minutes gone
05:08Nicely hit corner but the big defender was up there
05:11Flicking it on and the support was there
05:15Exactly the right place
05:26Well, we can play this one forever and Scotland will enjoy it forever
05:30But the game has restarted
05:33And it was a perfect beginning for Scotland
05:38Trevor, that was something out of the British game
05:41Trevor, that was something out of the British game
05:43That we don't have any need to be upset about
05:47The big fellas used well on the near post
05:49Yes, set pieces are so important in British football
05:52And once again there we saw the near post flick on from McPherson
05:55And McCall did exceptionally well to get in amongst defenders and score
05:58Just looking at one or two of the players in the Scotland team
06:01People like McLeish and McPherson, they are good headers of the ball
06:04And it's important that Scotland, when they have their free kicks in corners
06:07They make maximum use of them
06:12Ten to Roland Nielsen
06:15Brolin, forward goes Larsson but Matt Smetes has got that one
06:21And for the first time in this World Cup competition
06:25Taflek and Hussain had Norwich versus Liverpool
06:29Last season when Hussain eventually was sent off
06:32But Ravelli now pulling all the Swedes back to help with the defensive wall
06:40Murdo Macleod for Gordon Dury
06:46It's a well hit one and Johnston almost got the rebound
06:52Murdo Macleod with a nice free kick
07:00Johnston and Hussain
07:02In goes Fleck, support on the right hand side
07:06by Roy Aitken
07:07Passes fast, he can get a good cross in now
07:10Up goes Johnston
07:13And there's Malpass and Fleck might get that one
07:16No, wide it goes, just too strong
07:19But the Swedish defence in some disarray there
07:27And that looked like a foul there
07:30And it seemed to be a backing on by the forward
07:34As opposed to a push by the defender
07:37What was your interpretation Trevor?
07:39Well being a forward I have to agree that it probably was a free kick there
07:44I think the Macleish played against him many times
07:47He's a good strong player but he does come into the back of you
07:49And I think the foul was fair enough there
07:51Brolin trying to turn away from him
07:57The whistle had gone though for an infringement
08:00On Alex Macleish
08:05Just as well because he was very nippy there for the first time in the game Brolin
08:09Bit of handing off
08:18That's what we call a professional foul
08:20What would have happened if it had been at the other end?
08:22Might have been the flutter of red
08:25Now Fleck getting in there with Hussain
08:28That was well judged
08:31But it's a good battle here Liverpool vs Norwich
08:34In the middle of a World Cup
08:38Very tense game, very important one for both sides
08:43Johnson cutting out well
08:46Now Stefan Pedersen
08:50Will Nielsen, forward goes Brolin
08:53Offside against big class Ingersoll
09:01The whistle has gone
09:23Picked up by Schwarz
09:27In for Town
09:28There goes Joachim Nielsen
09:30Inside Macpherson, enough to go to pick this one up
09:32It's one against one
09:36Joachim Nielsen just stopped by Davy Macpherson
09:39Important tackle there
09:41And now a corner to Sweden
09:45With two minutes to go before the break
09:51Ingersoll on the edge of the area with Hussain
09:55Tan is on the way in
09:57Ingersoll leaping for this
09:59It was Hussain who got it
10:01And the challenge by Brolin on Leighton
10:05Was illegal
10:28Well coming to the end of the first 45 minutes
10:32What's your verdict on the way things have gone so far, Trevor?
10:37Well obviously it's not a classic game
10:39But I think on this occasion here
10:41We have to say that the result for Scotland is far more important than the performance
10:44And if it stays at 1-0
10:46It'll be an absolutely tremendous result for them
10:50Well the Swedes won that one well
10:53And Brolin takes a tumble
10:56And Craig Levine was very close to him in that situation
11:07It's getting a little bit spiky out there
11:09One or two things happening off the ball
11:14The one thing the Scots can't do is underestimate these Swedes
11:16Because as we saw in the first game against Brazil
11:19Although they were 2-0 down they kept at it
11:21And they came back in the game
11:22And could have got an equaliser at the death
11:26Town in for Ingersoll
11:29Fair tackle from McCall
11:32A lot of pressure in the closing seconds of the first half
11:35From Sweden though
11:37McLeish has a bit of time
11:41Bangs it away, a hard one for Durie
11:43Nielsen in there comfortably
11:45Malpass squeezes up well
11:48And they are still fighting
11:50And winning most of the important battles
11:53As we go into time added on in the first half
11:55And still the Swedes come back looking for that equaliser
11:58Anders Limpa
12:00Brolin can't turn it
12:01It's knocked away well
12:02Durie in up and under
12:03It's 2 against 2 here
12:05It's Johnson against Hussain
12:07Johnson's won it
12:09Fleck is free on the left hand side
12:11But the whistle had gone
12:19Or the infringement by Mo Johnson
12:22Here come the Swedes again
12:25Town with Joachim Nielsen on the left
12:27But offside
12:32Well the Scottish players are complaining bitterly there with the referee
12:35Because we saw the inconsistency there
12:37He allowed that free kick to be taken by Hussain
12:39A good 10 yards away from where it was actually committed
12:47The two sides under a bit of pressure here
12:49But I think the referee is as well
12:57McPherson down the line
13:0118 nicks in the way
13:02McCall
13:03McLeod
13:04Fleck
13:08Rather optimistic
13:09And there's the whistle for the end of the first half
13:12Which has been very very satisfactory from Scotland's point of view
13:15Particularly for Stuart McCall
13:17His first international goal after 10 minutes gave them great heart
13:21They fought well
13:23They've done all the difficult things well
13:25But there's still a big battle to be won yet
13:27But it's looking good for them here in Genoa
13:30It's Sweden 0, Scotland 1
13:38Welcome back
13:39The Scottish line are rampant
13:41But by no means has it seen the opposition off yet
13:45The Swedes started slowly against Brazil
13:47And then one or two people thought they were just a bit unlucky not to get something
13:51But here's McCall going for a second shot
13:54Trevor Francis, what do you think of the service the front two for
13:58Front three occasionally for Scotland has got so far
14:03Well it's been more of a battling performance from Scotland I feel
14:05And when you look at the side that Andy Roxburgh's picked
14:09It does appear to be a battling team
14:12You know with all due respects
14:14I'll just leave it there for a second
14:15Here's Brolin
14:19And a goal kick
14:20Yes with all due respects to the team that he's picked
14:23If you look at the midfield three of McCall, McLeod and Aitken
14:26They are what you call battlers
14:28You know on the bench you have players like Mestey and McAllister
14:31These are the type of playmakers that would give the service that the front boys need
14:35At the moment I'm sure that Andy Roxburgh would settle for this 1-0
14:39The pace of the game has certainly gone up considerably
14:44That's a beautiful ball for Brolin
14:46Brolin can get inside Aitken
14:48Can he use it? Brolin's done well
14:50Can he set anything up here?
14:51And Leighton does superbly
14:54A 20 year old Thomas Brolin with five international goals
14:58In only three games
15:00Looked as if he was going for number six there
15:02And should he have pulled it back Trevor?
15:06Well I know what he should have done
15:07And I know what I would have done in the same place
15:09He's attacked Aitken here
15:11As he goes past De Broglie he's put his foot out
15:13And I'm sure a more experienced player would have gone over there
15:16And the referee would have had to have given a penalty
15:20Shocking
15:22But
15:24Thomas Brolin who they say plays with innocence
15:27Certainly played with innocence there
15:29And
15:30The guilty party on this occasion is
15:33Peter Larsen
15:35Free kick to Scotland
15:47Dave McPherson can push up over the far side
15:51And Kluysch is staying back on this one
15:55So it looks like a deep ball over the far side of the penalty area
15:58Not deep enough but
16:00Gury tried to flick it on
16:01Won by Limpard
16:02Forward by Malpas
16:03Through the hole to Johnston almost
16:06Hussain must get it clear
16:08And Pedersen
16:191-0 still then
16:22The Swedes want the play held up because
16:25Anders Limpard is in trouble in the middle of the field
16:29With Ekström and Stromberg pushing up into that forward line
16:33If they want to float the long ball in
16:35But there's space in midfield for
16:37Théon who's playing at the back now
16:40Stromberg battling
16:42Away comes McCaw beautifully
16:44How can they catch
16:45Sweden on the break
16:46Johnston can get in there
16:47Johnston might make it too
16:50Good save by Ravelli
16:54Narrowed the angle
16:55Very little
16:56Space for Johnston to
16:57Hit at
16:58But it was a wonderful break
16:59He must be desperately tired
17:01He hit the target but
17:02The legs did the job
17:05Yes the last 10 minutes
17:06That's the way Scotland have got to play
17:08They've got to stay tight in defence
17:10Got to keep it tight in midfield
17:11And try and play on the counter attack
17:13Like they did there
17:16But could they produce something from another
17:18Murdoch-McLeod corner
17:20With McPherson going up in an identical situation from
17:23The one which created the goal for McCaw in the
17:2510th minute
17:27Fleck coming off the near post
17:29Too strong for McPherson
17:30Ravelli's there
17:31He doesn't get it
17:32Limpard will though
17:36Roland Nielsen
17:37Down the line
17:38There's no danger for Scotland
17:40They can breathe again
17:42Can they keep it up the other end
17:4510 minutes left
17:46Johnston
17:51Alex McLeish
17:52Alex McLeish
17:54He wants the ball over the other side for Robert Fleck
17:56And he gets it
17:57Robert Fleck has got a bit of time
17:59To attack town
18:00In goes Aitken
18:01Aitken
18:03Aitken again
18:04And he brought down
18:05It's a penalty
18:07A penalty for Scotland
18:10A perfectly justified penalty
18:12Despite Hussein's protests
18:16It was a wonderful move from the back
18:18With Captain Roy Aitken going in there
18:21His first shot was beaten out
18:23And then as he went for the second one
18:25He was brought down by
18:27Sheffield Wednesday's Roland Nielsen
18:29And the referee from Paraguay pointed straight to the spot
18:33Good play by Fleck
18:35Great run by Aitken
18:37And then
18:38Things began to drop for them
18:40And now
18:41They can wrap up these points
18:46At the other end
18:47Jim Layton
18:48Doesn't like to watch
18:50Mo Johnston of Rangers
18:52Can make it safe
18:57Nine minutes of the game left
19:00He's got it
19:03Mo Johnston of Rangers
19:062-0 to Scotland
19:072-0 to Scotland
19:18Well, a perfect penalty
19:20Not a perfect replay
19:26He made it look easy, Trevor
19:27But in those situations
19:29It must be quite difficult
19:31Yes, he's got tired legs there
19:32But he's got a bright mind
19:34And he takes it very, very coolly
19:35That's a great finish
19:37He's wrapped it up there for Scotland
19:40And it was a beautiful move that brought it
19:42And it's brought this throbbing stadium
19:45Really to bursting point
19:50Town
19:52Sweden now two down
19:54Aitken, the man who made that one
19:56With help from Robert Fleck in possession
19:59McStay tries to get it forward
20:02McStay going again
20:03He needs help
20:04He hasn't got it on the left
20:05He'll have to come this side
20:06Johnston
20:07Now they're knocking it around
20:08With some confidence
20:10Oh, McPherson wasn't quite sure
20:12Where that was going
20:13He thought he was giving it to Aitken
20:15And
20:17Things went wrong
20:18Adam McCoy swarming up here
20:25Well, the Tottenham Army is really in full voice
20:30And think of what it must be like for
20:33Sweden
20:34A side of such talent
20:36As Trevor said earlier
20:37A side that won England's group
20:39Didn't lose a game
20:40But they look as if they're going to lose two games here
20:43As they push forward
20:46Away by Craig Levine
20:48Back in by Hussain
20:52Ingersoll to Brolin
20:56Forward comes Town
20:58And it's McCall
21:00With help from Craig Levine
21:02Johnston
21:03He's got players supporting in the middle of the field
21:05It was too difficult a ball
21:06They could have played the simpler one
21:11Stay almost got it
21:18Town
21:19Forward to Ekstrom
21:20Here comes Brolin
21:22Picked up by Limpa
21:24Stromberg has gone into the hole
21:29And Scotland are battling
21:31But they're battling with a two goal lead
21:33Aitken
21:34And wins the throw-in
21:39Another substitution
21:42Robert Fleck is coming off
21:45And
21:46Ali McCoy is just coming on
21:56Robert Fleck
21:57Slowly coming off from the other side
22:00But he's been a good performance from the Norris City player
22:03Pulled off his Yugoslav holiday
22:05The referee invites him to get a move on
22:07But
22:08There'll be a few beers sold in Norris
22:10As a result of his performance here
22:16On comes
22:18Another favourite
22:19Ali McCoy
22:21Hussain
22:24Plenty of players up front
22:26But getting through the midfield is a problem for them now
22:29In comes Stromberg
22:31He's got it
22:38Ekstrom and Stromberg came in for that
22:43The big fellas getting in from behind the defence
22:47Stromberg with the touch
22:49Very agilely done
22:51And it's suddenly 2-1
22:53And there are major problems for Scotland
22:57The big Atalanta player
22:59Reaching for that one
23:00And does it very very well indeed
23:02Yes that's the type of run that I was talking about
23:04Coming from the centre of midfield there's Stromberg
23:06Got in behind the
23:08The flat Scottish defence
23:10Or back four I should say
23:12Leighton was in two minds whether to come
23:14And it was a good side-footed volley from Stromberg
23:16Which really puts them back into the game
23:22Now it's Johnston
23:23Johnston still going
23:24Appeals for handball
23:25Doesn't get it
23:27But Koist
23:28Couldn't get possession either
23:31And
23:32Under some pressure there
23:34McLeish
23:35And they're sweeping forward
23:37The Swedes now
23:38A draw will be
23:40A good result for them
23:41Bearing in mind they have Costa Rica to play next time
23:44It will be a disaster for Scotland
23:47Joachim Nielsen getting in
23:48Stromberg gets up again
23:50Limpa
23:51Knocks it back in
23:52It wasn't well done
23:53He had a perfect chance
23:54To pull one across the
23:56Penalty area
24:00But they're swinging the balls around a lot
24:01And causing some problems
24:03Yes there we see the goal against Stromberg
24:05Gets it very well
24:06Just a little side-foot volley
24:07Doesn't play on the front of the foot
24:08It's on the side of the foot
24:14So it's Jonas Tern
24:16Or Schwarz
24:17Behind him
24:18But square
24:19Is Roland Nielsen
24:21Schwarz with a hit
24:25Relief
24:26From
24:27A large
24:28Percentage of the crowd here
24:32Well in fact it was Schwarz who hit it
24:34Not Stromberg
24:38But it doesn't matter
24:39Because we have
24:40A minute
24:41Of the game left
24:45Plus time added on
24:46Jim Leyton
24:47Not in too much of a hurry
24:49Still 2-1 to Scotland
24:54McStay
24:55Does well
24:58McCoy
25:01Stronger player
25:02Tries to get away from Nielsen
25:03And gets
25:04A free kick
25:05That's the advantage
25:06Of the fresh legs
25:09Dagger's look
25:10From Roland Nielsen
25:11Yes those are the two players
25:12That must get the ball
25:13As much as possible here
25:14You see McCoy's there
25:15Going for the
25:16Byline
25:17Gets a foul
25:18It's important that him
25:19And McStay
25:20Get as much of the ball as possible
25:22It's going to come to
25:23The ball
25:28Davey McPherson
25:31It's a nice ball
25:35Johnson wants the ball
25:36In the penalty area
25:37Ravelli comes out
25:38The flag has gone up
25:39Ravelli
25:40Quickly takes it
25:43We're over the 90 minute mark
25:46You can probably get to the
25:48Idea from the
25:49Encouragement of the crowd
25:53Roland Nielsen
25:55Up and under
25:56And the forward goes Ekstrom
25:58And the goalkeeper
25:59Was quite lucky to get that one
26:01He didn't come
26:03Ekstrom didn't get hold of it
26:05Curses himself
26:06But he got hold of that
26:07That would have been 2-2
26:16A few more seconds gone
26:19Back into the danger area
26:20We've had almost
26:21One minute of time added on
26:23Malpass has got a bit of time
26:24Limpard
26:25Putting the squeeze on him
26:29Into the
26:30Terraces
26:35Must be one of the last chances
26:36For Sweden
26:38Stromberg
26:39Wheels one in
26:40Ekstrom
26:41Away by
26:42Levine
26:43Back in by
26:44Limpard
26:45And
26:46Ingersoll
26:47And it's all happening here
26:48The flag's gone up
26:49For offside
26:51Dear me
26:54Goalkeeper did well to block that one
26:55As it dropped to
26:56Johnny Ekstrom
26:57But I don't think the
26:58Scottish defence really knew
26:59What was going on here
27:01They're battling for anything
27:02Ingersoll can't get it
27:03It bubbles out
27:04Offside as
27:05Johnny Ekstrom hits it
27:12So
27:14A good finish to this game
27:15A good strong battle
27:17Scotland have done well
27:18Certainly not
27:19A nerve-wracking finish
27:20But
27:21I think Scotland now
27:22Are going to win this
27:23And they certainly deserve to
27:24And there indeed
27:25Is the final whistle
27:27Scotland have won
27:28By two goals to one
27:29The first goal
27:30Scored
27:31By
27:32A player born
27:33In Leeds
27:34And decided to go
27:35For Scotland
27:36Then it was 2-0
27:37With six minutes left
27:38When Mo Johnson
27:39Of Rangers
27:40Got that penalty
27:41But then
27:42A
27:43Nail-biting
27:44Last few minutes
27:46After Stromberg
27:47Made it 2-1
27:49It could be goodbye
27:50To Sweden
27:51And all their talents
27:52But
27:53Scotland the brave
27:54Are still alive
27:56And it's
27:57Brazil next
27:58And they've got two points
27:59The final score here
28:00After a dramatic game
28:01Is
28:02Sweden 1
28:03Scotland 2