Sweden sours Mexico's send-off in pre-WC loss
A goal and an assist from Mattias Svanberg led Sweden to a 2-1 win over Mexico who failed to secure a confidence-boosting victory on Wednesday.
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Luis Romo
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Luis Chávez
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Andrés Guardado
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Henry Martín
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Raúl Jiménez
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Alexis Vega
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Uriel Antuna
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Hirving Lozano
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Rodolfo Cota
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Ken Sema
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Emil Holm
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Emil Forsberg
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Mattias Svanberg
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Marcus Rohdén
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Magnus Eriksson
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Mikael Ishak
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Robin Quaison
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Aiham Ousou
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- | Match ends, Mexico 1, Sweden 2. | |
90'+3' | Second Half ends, Mexico 1, Sweden 2. | |
90'+3' | Attempt blocked. Andrés Guardado (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Vega with a headed pass. |
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5 | Fouls | 9 |
1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
4 | Offsides | 0 |
2 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
0 | Saves | 6 |
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