England's goalkeeper Joe Hart saves a shot from Sweden's
Alexander Kacaniklic (C) during their international
friendly football match at the Friends Arena in Stockholm.
REUTERS/Phil Noble
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored all four goals including a
stunning overhead volley as Sweden opened their new Friends
Arena with a 4-2 friendly win over England, who had six players
making debuts and Steven Gerrard winning his 100th cap.
Ibrahimovic scored the first goal in the new stadium after 20
minutes when he powered the ball into the roof of the net and
then equalised after 77 minutes, volleying an unstoppable
shot past Joe Hart.
He completed his hat-trick by firing low past Hart after 84
minutes to put Sweden back in front and capped his
performance with an incredible angled left-footed overhead
kick, an immediate contender for the goal of the season.
England cancelled out his first goal when Danny Welbeck
scored after 35 minutes, and Steven Caulker, one of the six
debutants, scored his first goal for England three minutes
later after a superb free kick from Gerrard.
Caulker, Leon Osman and 17-year-old Raheem Sterling all
started for the first time, while Ryan Shawcross, Carl
Jenkinson and Wilfried Zaha came on for their first caps as
substitutes as Roy Hodgson lost for the first time in 12
matches as England manager.
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