Villa gets Spain home – slot resmi
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Spain clinched a place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 as David Villa’s last-gasp winner sealed a 2-1 victory over Sweden in Innsbruck.
Spain coach Luis Aragones stuck with the same eleven who started in the 4-1 victory over Russia, while Sweden were without slot resmi due to injury, with Fredrik Stoor and Johan Elmander drafted in.
The opening minutes saw no clear chances for either side, with both goalkeepers enjoying a quiet introduction to the game.
However, that all changed in the 15th minute as a short corner on the Spain left was whipped into the area by David Silva and Fernando Torres stuck out a boot to direct the ball past Andreas Isaksson inside his near post.
That goal prompted Sweden to respond and almost straight away Johan Elmander wasted a good opening as he fired a shot into the side-netting from 15 yards out.
Henrik Larsson then lifted an effort high over the top following an astute pass into the area by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, as the Swedes kept up the pressure.
Eleven minutes before the interval they were level as Stoor crossed to the far post from the right and Ibrahimovic fought off Sergio Ramos before beating …
