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Match No. 751 - Saturday, 5th September 1998, 6:00pm

Sweden 2 - 1 England
European Championship Qualifier (Euro 2000 Qualifying Group Group 5)
Råsundastadion, Stockholm

Andreas Andersson, 32'

Johan Mjällby, 33'

1
Magnus Hedman

2
Roland Nilsson

3
Patrik Andersson

4
Joachim Björklund

5
Pontus Kåmark
82'

6
Stefan Schwarz

7
Andreas Andersson
90'

8
Johan Mjällby

9
Fredrik Ljungberg

10
Henrik Larsson

11
Jörgen Pettersson

13
Teddy Lučić
82'

15
Daniel Andersson
90'

Alan Shearer, 2' (01:14)

4
Paul Ince
66'

5
Tony Adams

9
Alan Shearer (c)

10
Michael Owen

15
Rob Lee
43'

Notes

: Paul Ince is the 6th Englishman sent off for England after two cautionable offences (foul tackles), the second coming 30 seconds after the first. The second red card for England in successive games.
: Alan Shearer scored from a free kick after just 74 seconds.

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