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KIEV, Ukraine -- Theo Walcott finally got his chance at the European Championship, and he only needed three minutes to make it count. Andre Johnson Jersey . Walcott scored shortly after coming on as a substitute and then set up Danny Welbeck for a sublime winner as England rallied for an entertaining 3-2 win over Sweden on Friday. The result eliminated Sweden from the European Championship and put England on course for the quarterfinals. The English only need a draw against co-host Ukraine in the final group game to advance. "Just to make my first appearance in such a high-profile arena it just means so much to me," Walcott said. "Its been a long time waiting and hopefully therell be more to come from me." Walcott was overlooked for his younger Arsenal teammate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in Englands opening game of the tournament, only coming on in injury time, and again began on the bench on Friday in favour of James Milner and Ashley Young. But after England wasted a halftime lead to fall behind 2-1 against a Sweden team desperate for a victory, coach Roy Hodgson turned to Walcott in the 61st minute. Three minutes later, Walcott had put England level with a swerving shot from distance after a corner was headed out to the speedy winger outside the area. He followed that up by breaking into the area and sending a low cross to Welbeck, who flicked a backheel past a diving Andreas Isaksson in the 78th to give England its first win over Sweden in a competitive game in eight tries. "It was a very clever finish," Hodgson said. "It was goal worthy, in my opinion, of winning the game." England gets Wayne Rooney back in the next game after a suspension, but with Walcott and Andy Carroll both putting in strong performances, Hodgson will a tough decision as to who will be on the bench. "We all know the ability Theo has got and thats the same right across the squad, so whoever comes on the pitch is going to make a difference," Welbeck said. "Im very happy for Theo." After a 1-1 draw against France, Fridays victory may silence some of the critics who thought England had become too defensive-minded under Hodgson as it proved that it can score goals when it needs to. "We felt, from the first game, that we wanted to pick it up a bit more offensively," Walcott said. "And if you score three goals thats the main thing." Sweden, for its part, let a second-half lead slip away for the second game in a row after falling 2-1 to Ukraine in its opener. While the Swedes put in a much-improved performance on Friday, they once again failed to shut their opponents down defensively. "I thought we were a much better team then them," Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic said. "Weve taken the lead in two games now after 60 minutes and then lost it. ... But today we played exactly the way we want to play." In a game that featured plenty of chances for both sides, Carroll had given England the halftime lead with a powerful header in the 23rd minute that showed exactly why Hodgson elected to start the tall Liverpool forward up front. Carroll got between two defenders to meet Steven Gerrards cross into the area as Sweden was once again exposed in the air. But Sweden fought back through an unlikely source in Mellberg, whose shot past Joe Hart was pushed into the net by Glen Johnson. The veteran defender, who has said he will quit international football after this tournament, then rose highest to meet a long free kick from Sebastian Larsson to put the Swedes ahead in the 59th. "It was a cracking game of football," Hodgson said. "We were reasonably comfortable at halftime and had a good control of the game before they rocked us on our heels." But Walcott then started the English comeback when a corner was headed out to the Arsenal winger outside the area and his shot wrong-footed Isaksson, who was falling the wrong way and flailing with his arms as he watched the ball fly into the middle of the net. "They were much more effective than we were," Sweden coach Erik Hamren said. "Im really proud of the players. We showed the mentality and the attitude I wanted to see. ... But to win games you need also a little bit of luck." ------ Lineups: Sweden: Andreas Isaksson, Andreas Granqvist (Mikael Lustig, 66), Olof Mellberg, Jonas Olsson, Martin Olsson, Anders Svensson, Kim Kallstrom, Sebastian Larsson, Rasmus Elm (Christian Wilhelmsson, 81), Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Johan Elmander (Markus Rosenberg, 79). England: Joe Hart, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Steven Gerrard, John Terry, Andy Carroll, Ashley Young, Joleon Lescott, James Milner (Theo Walcott, 61), Scott Parker, Danny Welbeck (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 90). 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Instead, electricians tried and failed to repair the damage caused by what Rayo president Raul Martin Presa called "vandals" who had "cut the wiring" on some of the stadiums light towers. Brian Cushing Limited Jersey . Off-Season Game Plan examines a Canucks team that has registered 100 points or more in seven of the last nine seasons, but remains in the hunt for the franchises first Stanley Cup.ST. LOUIS -- If this was Joe Kellys last turn, hes leaving with his head held high. The rookie right-hander pitched into the seventh inning of what could be his final start before Jaime Garcia comes off the disabled list, and the St. Louis Cardinals got home runs from Matt Holliday and Jon Jay in an 8-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night. "I love him in the rotation," second baseman Skip Schumaker said after getting two hits and turning a dazzling double play to his left on a short hop to rob Miguel Montero in the second. "I dont obviously manage but hes making it really difficult on everyone to move him out. "We think the world of him." Montero hit a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks, who have lost four of six to drop to .500. They are 0-4 against the Cardinals this season. Ian Kennedy (10-10) made throwing errors on consecutive sacrifice bunt attempts to help the Cardinals score two unearned runs in the seventh for a three-run cushion, and gave up both homers for a four-game total of eight long balls. "I feel like the two of them were good pitches, but obviously not good enough," Kennedy said. "Its frustrating when you give up those solo home runs. "Every once in a while, they add up." Kelly (3-5) gave up two runs in 6 1-3 innings and matched his career best with six strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 3.41 -- trailing only Kyle Lohses 2.72 in the rotation. Garcia had eight strikeouts and three walks, throwing 93 pitches in five innings for Triple-A Memphis in his fourth rehab start Tuesday night. Manager Mike Matheny swatted away a question about whether Garcia was ready to step in, saying "too early for that right now." Before the game he said he advised Kelly to ignore speculation. "Everyone else thinks about it a lot more than I do," Kelly said. "It hasnt really crossed my mind. Until someone tells me otherwise, Ill just keep the same routine, same plan." Hollidays two-run homer in the fourth reached the third deck in left just inside the foul pole to put St. Louis ahead. His 23rd homer topped last years total. Jay hit his fourth of the year to open the sixth for a 3-0 lead. Kelly had cruised through the middle innings Justin Upton singled to start the seventh. Montero homered to straightaway centre on the next pitch, his 14th of the season. In minutes, Kennedy doubled his season total of two errors through his first 23 starts and helped the Cardinals pull away. He was off-balance fielding Rafael& Furcals sacrifice bunt and double-pumped an underhand throw that first baseman Paul Goldschmidt dropped after being screened to put two men on with none out in the seventh. Derek Newton Jersey. Kennedy then he floated a throw high over third base on what would have been an easy forceout on pinch hitter Shane Robinsons sacrifice attempt to allow a run. "We just self-disintegrated at the end of the game," manager Kirk Gibson said. "We made two errors on two trivial bunt plays." Kennedy entered the season with three career errors in 100 starts. Hes 1-3 with a 8.59 ERA against the Cardinals in four career outings. Allen Craig added a run-scoring groundout with the bases loaded off Brad Ziegler to make it 5-2 in the seventh. Pinch hitter Matt Carpenter was credited with a two-run double on a low liner that centre fielder Gerardo Parra trapped and then tried to sell as a catch as the Diamondbacks began trotting off the field. Second base umpire Gary Darling, closest to the play, reversed third base umpire Paul Emmels call as the Cardinals kept running. "I had a great view of it. I knew it was down," Carpenter said. "You would have thought he for-sure caught it, the way he was acting." Kelly survived a pair of fielding miscues by Holliday and Jay in the first and third to keep it scoreless. Holliday froze in his tracks in left and retreated too late on Jason Kubels double that bounced off the warning track with two outs in the first, but Kelly struck out Goldschmidt. Jay broke in from centre on Stephen Drews one-out triple in the third and with a late dive got just the tip of his glove on the ball, but Kubel grounded into a double play. Jay made a nice juggling catch at the wall to rob Drew for the last out in the fifth. The ball squirted out of Jays glove as he hit the ball but he re-gloved it while landing. NOTES: Carpenter is 7 for 24 as a pinch hitter with 10 RBIs, most by a Cardinals rookie since Joe Frazier had 15 in 1954. ... The Cardinals have won six in a row in the series dating to last season. ... Kennedy has surrendered 23 homers, among the league leaders. ... Montero leads all catchers with 70 RBIs. ... Adam Wainwright (10-10) is 4-0 with a 1.53 ERA in his last four home starts entering Wednesday nights matchup against Joe Saunders (6-8, 3.53). Saunders allowed six earned runs in 3 1-3 innings in a loss to St. Louis on May 7. ... Carlos Beltran was 6 for 17 with two homers and six RBIs against Kennedy before striking out all three at-bats. ' ' ' |
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