Sweden 3 Armenia 1 LIVE REACTION: Forsberg, Danielson and Berg give Swedes comfortable victory ahead of Euro 2020

GOODNIGHT

A final warm-up match in Stockholm, a dominant performance, a convincing win, and all is calm in the Sweden ranks.

Next comes the chaos, the drama and the passion of the Euros.

It’s destination Seville for the Blue and Yellow with their first European Championship game in Group E against Spain in just nine days.

The challenge of Slovakia and Poland will follow, and Janne Andersson will require some big contributions from the likes of Emil Forsberg if they are to replicate their quarter-final showing at the 2018 World Cup.

It all starts very soon, and we can’tt wait.

FULL TIME STATS

Seventeen attempts on goal and ten corners; not a bad way for Sweden to prepare for the European Championships.

FT: SWEDEN 3-1 ARMENIA

Sweden sign off and head to Seville on the back of a convincing 3-1 win over Armenia. The in-form visitors failed to put up much of a contest, and were beaten by half-time following defensive blunders that allowed Emil Forsberg and Marcus Danielson to score. Joaquin Caparros’ team improved after the break and pulled one back through Vahan Bichakhchyan’s first international goal, but substitute Marcus Berg sealed matters with six minutes remaining.

PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
THE FINAL WHISTLE IS BLOWN!

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90+2. …which is just enough time for Vahan Bichakhchyan and Ken Sema to earn themselves yellow cards.

Referee Mattias Gestranius is certainly finishing with a flourish.

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90. Three minutes of stoppage time are signalled…

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89. Pierre Bengtsson goes into the book for a pull of the shirt that is more toddler refusing to leave his mother at the nursery gates than cynical tug.

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86. They think it’s all over! It is now!

No, not the game, but the endless substitutions. The final change is Sweden’s and sees the dangerous Emil Forsberg take his leave, replaced by Wattford’s Ken Sema.

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84. Marcus Berg makes it three!

The veteran striker gets in on the act off the bench, cooly finishing off Robin Quaison’s lifted pass by lifting the loose ball over David Yurchenko.

Berg looks to the linesman, but it’s clear that Taron Voskanyan had played him onside as he failed to get out quickly enough on this near side.

GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!
MARCUS BERG SEALS VICTORY FOR SWEDEN!!

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83. After Armenia fail to bother themselves into picking up their opponents at another Sweden corner, they make the final change.

Zhirayr Shaghoyan is on for Sargis Adamyan.

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82. Inside the final ten minutes, and I think it’s time to admit the following: I hate international friendlies. 

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80. It’s a yellow card for Viktor Claesson. The midfielder is penalised for a cynical tug on Bayramyan, who was looking to sprint away down the far touchline.

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78. Yurchenko comes a long way off his line to intervene on Quaison’s burst the box.

The Sweden substitute gets there just before the goalkeeper, but is unable to toepoke the ball past the oncoming custodian in order to win another penalty.

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74. Another shot on goal from Armenia. Barseghyan takes himself off on a jinking run that ends when he strikes straight at Olsen.

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73. Ah, and now Armenia make their fifth change too.

It’s a change in defence as Albert Khachumyan comes on for Andre Calisir.

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71. The lesser-seen quadruple substitution.

The exhausted fourth official finally lowers his board once Robin Quaison, Mattias Svanberg, Marcus Berg and Emil Krafth enter the pitch to take over from Dejan Kulusevski, Albin Ekdal, Alexander Isak and Mikael Lustig.

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70. Karen Muradyan picks up a yellow for a foul on Mikael Lustig.

Must be a Rangers fan.

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67. It looks as though Janne Andersson is going to freshen things up with some substitutions of his own.

While little more than a friendly, you have to wonder how failing to win a match they have utterly dominated would effect the Swedish players psychologically ahead of their opener with Spain.

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64. Well, well, well…

It took 64 minutes for Armenia to register their first attempt, and then less than a second for their next – which brings them a goal, and a surprise route back into the match.

Alexander Isak is caught in possession inside his own half, and the visitors muscle their way forward. Vahan Bichakhchyan plays a one-two with Kamo Hovhannisyan, and while the former’s shot is stopped by Robin Olsen, the Zilina midfielder follows up to head in his first international goal.

GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLL!!
VAHAN BICHAKHCHYAN PULLS ONE BACK!!

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60. A decent move from the hosts, again inspired by Forsberg dropping on off the left flank.

A couple of quick passes present Erkdal with a half-chance, but the midfielder takes a touch too many, allowing his eventual shot to be blocked.

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58. Armenia substitute Bayramyan has a touch of Ivan Campo about him, both in terms of his hair, and how he patrols midfield looking for somebody to kick.

He could do a job at the Hawthorns if Big Sam has a change of heart.

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56. Sweden win another corner, which offers Forsberg another chance to cause chaos in the Armenia box.

The inswinger brings goalkeepper Yurchenko off his line, who subsequently misses his punch and has to rely on Calisir to head clear.

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54. A charging run out of defence by Danielson sees him dart between two dawdling forwards.

The eventual pass out from the Sweden centre-back doesn’t match his endeavour on the ball, and possession is returned to the visitors.