European Championship Qualifying

September 7, 2010

Full-time

Sweden

6 - 0

San Marino

Group E

19:00 BST, September 7, 2010

Nya Ullevi Stadion

Referee: David Mckeon

Ibrahimovic scores twice in rout of San Marino

Scoring Summary

Sweden San Marino
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (8') 
Davide Simoncini (og 12') 
Kim Kallstrom (26') 
Andreas Granqvist (51') 
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (77') 
Marcus Berg (90') 

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice as Sweden shrugged off the first-half dismissal of defender Olof Mellberg and maintained their 100% start in Group E with a 6-0 rout of San Marino.

Ibrahimovic opened the scoring in the seventh minute and the Swedes cruised home despite Mellberg receiving a straight red card in the 34th minute for a bad challenge on Simone Bacciocchi.

Sweden headed into the game with confidence after an opening win over Hungary while San Marino were thrashed 5-0 by Holland and never looked like breaking their duck in Malmo.

Sebastian Larsson's cross was put into his own net by San Marino defender Davide Simoncini in the 12th minute and a third came in the 26th minute as the in-form Pontus Wernbloom's header appeared to take a touch off San Marino keeper Aldo Simoncini.

The Swedes refused to be knocked out of their stride by Mellberg's dismissal, and added a fourth in the 51st minute when Andreas Granqvist headed home from a Larsson free-kick.

Aldo Simoncini was keeping the score respectable with a string of fine saves but the Swedes finished well with Ibrahimovic making it 5-0 then Marcus Berg adding a close-range header in injury time.