Jordan holds Sweden to 0-0 today. We could take them at this rate. This is the squad they played:
Played: 1 John Alvbåge - 2 Matias Concha, 3 Olof Persson (14 Andreas Granqvist 54'), 4 Teddy Lucic, 5 Max von Schleebrügge (13 Christoffer Andersson 46') - 6 Stefan Ishizaki - 7 Niclas Alexandersson (K), 8 Dusan Djuric, 9 Jeffrey Aubynn (18 Anders Svensson 58') - 10 Mattias Jonson (19 Fredrik Berglund 74'), 11 Stefan Selakovic (17 Tobias Hysén 58').
Bench: 12 Eddie Gustafsson - 15 Karl Svensson, 16 Martin Ericsson, 20 Yksel Osmanovski.
edit: Here's a short match report:
Jordan holds Sweden to a 0-0 tieAssociated Press
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Jordan held World Cup qualifier Sweden to a 0-0 tie in an exhibition game Monday.
Sweden goalkeeper John Alvbage blocked a close-range shot from Mahmoud Shellaieh in the 52nd minute and near the end of the game parried a hard shot from substitute Amjad Al Shuaibi, who was set up inside the penalty area by Badran Shagran on a counterattack.
Sweden, which is using only Scandinavian based players on this tour, was held to a 1-1 tie last week by fellow World Cup qualifier Saudi Arabia. Sweden plays England, Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago at the World Cup.
edit 2: another match report:
Jordan hold Sweden in friendlyBy Amith Passela
25 January 2006 ABU DHABI — The 2006 World Cup qualifiers Sweden were held to a scoreless result by Jordan in a friendly football international here at Al Nahyan stadium on Monday.
The Swedes were unimpressive and got nearly beaten by the Jordanian side, who were more creative and enjoyed a boost in the build-up to their opening 2007 Asian Cup Group C qualifier over Pakistan on February 22 and an away clash against Oman on March 1.
Mahmoud Al Gohary’s side proved to be the more creative side in their match against an unimpressive Sweden side consisting only of Scandinavian-based players. However, the Jordanians were denied victory by Swedish goalkeeper John Alvbage, who was in excellent form.
Alvbage blocked a close range shot from Mahmoud Shelbaieh in the 52nd minute and near the end of the game, he parried a rocket from substitute Amjad Al Shuaibi, who had been set up by Badran Al Shagran on a counter attack.
The Swedes were confined to the midfield for almost the entire first half and though they made some inroads into the Jordanian goal on resumption, they offered few real threats. Their only scoring opportunity occurred in the 57th minute when following a fumble by Jordan ‘keeper Amer Sabbah in his goalmouth, substitute Tobias Hysin fired wide with his first touch of the ball.
It was the second consecutive draw for the Swedes following their 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia last weekend.
Sweden in group B of the 2006 World Cup in Germany open their campaign with a clash over debutants Trinidad and Tobago on June 10 followed by fixtures against Paraguay and England.