From: etxonss@ufsa.ericsson.se (Staffan Axelsson)
Subject: WC Qualifier: Sweden-Bulgaria
Organization: Ericsson Telecom, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 15:11:03 GMT


 World Cup Qualification:

 Europe, Group 6, Wednesday October 7:
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 SWEDEN - BULGARIA  2-0 (0-0)  :-) 

 1-0 (56) Martin Dahlin
 2-0 (76) Stefan Pettersson

 SWEDEN:		        Lars Eriksson
    Magnus Erlingmark-Patrik Andersson-Joachim Bjoerklund-Roger Ljung
 Anders Limpar-Jonas Thern-Klas Ingesson-Stefan Schwarz-Stefan Pettersson
          			Martin Dahlin (87)
 Substitute: Kenneth Andersson (87)

 BULGARIA:			Borislav Mihailov
				Dimitar Mladenov
 	       Illian Kiriakov - Trifon Ivanov - Tzanko Tzvetanov
    Nasko Sirakov - Zlatko Iankov - Stanimir Stoilov - Krassimir Balakov
		Emil Kostadinov (83) - Luboslav Penev
 Substitute: Ivalio Iordanov (83)

 Yellow cards: Sweden: Martin Dahlin, Stefan Schwarz (suspended vs Israel)
               Bulgaria: Stanimir Stoilov, Krassimir Balakov (suspended in
	       next game), Tzanko Tzvetanov

 Referee: John Blankenstein, Netherlands
 Spectators: 20,625 (at Raasunda, Stockholm)

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 Standings Group 6
 =================

 Bulgaria	3 2 0 1  5-2  4
 Sweden 	2 2 0 0  3-0  4
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 Austria	0 0 0 0  0-0  0
 Israel		0 0 0 0  0-0  0
 France		1 0 0 1  0-2  0
 Finland	2 0 0 2  0-4  0

 Fixtures '92 Group 6:

 Oct. 14: France-Austria
 Oct. 28: Austria-Israel
 Nov. 11: Israel-SWEDEN
 Nov. 14: France-Finland
 Dec.  2: Israel-Bulgaria

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 Sweden showed that they could play the same good play that they showed
 in EC'92 and not like the terrible game vs Finland. 

 Sweden were missing key players like Brolin, Jan Eriksson and Thomas Ravelli
 but their substitutes all had good games. Lars Eriksson in the goal had
 an exellent game, saving at least 3 open opportunities for the Bulgarians.
 The one with Magnus Erlingmark involved sticks out (a penalty kick must
 have been close as Magnus pulled the Bulgarian's jersey).
 Anders Limpar was back in old form, quick on the feet and no fear of
 challenging his opponent. Stefan Schwarz never has a bad game it seems
 and he's the world class player on the Swedish team (when Brolin is missing).

 The goals: 1-0 Jonas Thern found a totally wide open Martin Dahlin, who
 just headed the ball past Mihailov. How could Dahlin be so open? Not one
 Bulgarian defender in sight. Maybe Dahlin used his elbows again :-)
 Dahlin's 9th goal in 16 games for Sweden.

 2-0 Anders Limpar from the right side, kicked the ball towards the penalty
 area, Klas Ingesson missed the header, the ball continued towards the
 far goal post, where Stefan Pettersson showed up and vollied the ball
 in a tough angle and the game was over.

 Klas Ingesson had a header in the goal post in the 90th minute
 but the game ended 2-0.

 Swedish coach Tommy Svensson was of course very pleased with the result
 and the players, especially Limpar, Eriksson and Schwarz. Only setback
 was that Stefan Schwarz got a yellow card in the 92nd minute and will
 therefor miss Sweden's next game (vs Israel Nov. 11).

 The most impressed spectator in Stockholm must have been the Israelian
 coach, Shiomo Shraf: "There was only one team on the pitch - Sweden!"
 I don't know if I'd go that far...

 /Staffan