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Oct 7 2011
Armenia and Sweden keep alive their hopes of Euro finals
Oct 7, 2011, 18:24 GMT
Berlin - Armenia and Sweden kept alive their hopes of qualifying for
the finals of next year's Euro finals with victories in their
qualifying matches on Friday.
In Group B Armenia moved into second place ahead of Ireland, but
behind Russia on 17 points with a 4-1 victory against a ten-man
Macedonia. Both Russia and Ireland have an opportunity to keep the
Armenians behind them with victories later Friday.
In Helsinki Sweden secured a 2-1 victory against Finland to move to 21
points - three behind the Netherlands, who have already qualified for
the finals in Ukraine and Poland.
Sebastian Larsson gave the Swedes the ideal start in the 8th minute
and Martin Olsson added a second shortly after the restart. Joona
Toivio gave the home crowd some hope midway through the second half,
but the Swedes held out for an important victory that secured their
play-off place.
In Group D Bosnia & Herzegovina beat Luxembourg 5-0.
The three points takes the Bosnians to 19 points, two ahead of France
who are facing Albania in a later match.
In Group F, where Greece and Croatia have already made sure of
finishing in the top two positions, Latvia beat Malta 2-0 to move to
11 points.
Under interim coach Willibald Ruttensteiner Austria secured a 4-1
victory against Azerbaijan in Group A. Both teams had no chance of
going through to the finals ahead of the game.
Andreas Ivantschitz gave the visitors the lead in the first half
before Marc Janko added two goals early in the second half. Vugar
Nadirov pulled one back for Azerbaijan - who ended the game with 10
players - but Zlatko Junuzovic secured a convincing victory for
Austria with an injury time strike.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/sport/soccer/article_1667447.php/Armenia-and-Sweden-keep-alive-their-hopes-of-Euro-finals
Oct 7 2011
Armenia and Sweden keep alive their hopes of Euro finals
Oct 7, 2011, 18:24 GMT
Berlin - Armenia and Sweden kept alive their hopes of qualifying for
the finals of next year's Euro finals with victories in their
qualifying matches on Friday.
In Group B Armenia moved into second place ahead of Ireland, but
behind Russia on 17 points with a 4-1 victory against a ten-man
Macedonia. Both Russia and Ireland have an opportunity to keep the
Armenians behind them with victories later Friday.
In Helsinki Sweden secured a 2-1 victory against Finland to move to 21
points - three behind the Netherlands, who have already qualified for
the finals in Ukraine and Poland.
Sebastian Larsson gave the Swedes the ideal start in the 8th minute
and Martin Olsson added a second shortly after the restart. Joona
Toivio gave the home crowd some hope midway through the second half,
but the Swedes held out for an important victory that secured their
play-off place.
In Group D Bosnia & Herzegovina beat Luxembourg 5-0.
The three points takes the Bosnians to 19 points, two ahead of France
who are facing Albania in a later match.
In Group F, where Greece and Croatia have already made sure of
finishing in the top two positions, Latvia beat Malta 2-0 to move to
11 points.
Under interim coach Willibald Ruttensteiner Austria secured a 4-1
victory against Azerbaijan in Group A. Both teams had no chance of
going through to the finals ahead of the game.
Andreas Ivantschitz gave the visitors the lead in the first half
before Marc Janko added two goals early in the second half. Vugar
Nadirov pulled one back for Azerbaijan - who ended the game with 10
players - but Zlatko Junuzovic secured a convincing victory for
Austria with an injury time strike.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/sport/soccer/article_1667447.php/Armenia-and-Sweden-keep-alive-their-hopes-of-Euro-finals