SWEDEN 1-0 PARAGUAY

Freddie Ljungberg's 88th-minute header earned Sweden a 1-0 victory over Paraguay in Berlin on Thursday, 15 June 2006.

Ljungberg's strike leaves the Scandinavians strongly positioned to take second place in Group B, three points above Trinidad and Tobago going into their game against leaders England. For Paraguay, however, the late goal spelt heartbreak, ending their hopes of progressing to the second round.

After a performance not dissimilar to that in their opening game, Sweden conjured up their first goal at these finals to secure their first win. While they are now clear favourites to join England in the second round, Paraguay, who again defended bravely without really looking threatening in attack, will make an early exit after their final match against Trinidad and Tobago.

Squad: 1 Andreas Isaksson - 7 Niclas Alexandersson, 3 Olof Mellberg (K), 4 Teddy Lucic, 5 Erik Edman - 6 Tobias Linderoth - 21 Christian Wilhelmsson (18 Mattias Jonson, 68), 16 Kim Källström (17 Johan Elmander, 86), 9 Fredrik Ljungberg - 10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (20 Marcus Allbäck, 46), 11 Henrik Larsson.