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| FIFA World Cup 2018 day five: Sweden, Belgium, England win three points |
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| Tuesday, June 19, 2018 |
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| Yesterday, day five of the 2018 FIFA football World Cup, Sweden defeated South Korea 1 – 0; Belgium defeated debutants Panama 3 – 0; and Tunisia lost 1 – 2 to England, with a late goal from English captain Harry Kane. |
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| Group F — Sweden 1 – 0 Korea Republic |
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| In the first game of the day, Sweden faced South Korea at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium. |
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| Sweden had higher ball possession in the game. |
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| Korea's Kim Shin-Wook was shown a yellow card early in the game. |
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| In the 20th minute, Marcus Berg missed a chance to put Sweden in the lead. |
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| Korea substituted Park Joo-Ho in the 28th minute of the game due to injury and was replaced by Kim Min-Woo. |
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| Despite their attempts, neither side could open the scoring in the first half as it ended 0 – 0. |
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| In the second half, Hwang Hee-Chan was booked for a bad foul. |
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| In the 62nd minute Kim Min-Woo conceded a penalty which the match referee Joel Aguilar awarded Sweden after confirming with the video assistant referee. |
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| Swedish captain Andreas Granqvist scored from the penalty spot, putting Sweden 1 – 0 up. |
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| In the injury time, Hwang Hee-Chan's header went wide to the left, missing a chance to equalise for Korea. |
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| The match ended with Sweden winning three points. |
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| Swedish captain Andreas Granqvist won the Budweiser Man of the Match award. |
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| This was Sweden's first victory in the opening match of the World Cup since 1958. |
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| Group G — Belgium 3 – 0 Panama |
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| In the first game of Group G, Belgium faced Panama at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi. |
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| Belgium had greater ball possession in the match. |
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| Belgium started the game with attacking style with Romelu Lukaku, Yannick Carrasco, and Dries Mertens making early attempts to put Belgium into the lead against debutans Panama. |
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| Dries Mertens's attempt in the 18th minute failed. |
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| The first half ended with 0 – 0 on the scoreboard. |
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| Just two minutes in the second half, Dries Mertens scored a goal from a volley, putting the Belgians in the lead. |
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| Panama's attempt in the 54th minute, by Michael Murillo, was saved by Thibaut Courtois. |
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| In the 69th minute, Romelu Lukaku doubled the lead for Belgium, scoring a header from Kevin De Bruyne's assist. |
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| Six minutes later, Lukaku scored a third goal for Belgium, this time from Eden Hazard's assist. |
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| In the 90th minute, Belgium made a change, as Nacer Chadli replaced Axel Witsel. |
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| The second half ended with the Belgians winning three points. |
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| Five Panamanian players were booked in the match. |
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| Lukaku won the Budweiser Man of the Match award. |
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| After the match, Hernan Dario Gomez, Panama coach, said, 'I think we have learned a lot from today's game. |
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| It was a very emotional day. |
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| This is the fifth time I've been at a World Cup but it felt like the first. |
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| The team was still very emotional at the start of the match but as time went by, they were able to focus better.' |
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| Group G — Tunisia 1 – 2 England |
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| In the last match of the day, Tunisia faced England at the Volgograd Arena. |
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| England had better ball possession in the game. |
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| England started the match with attacking style, with attempts from Jesse Lingard, Harry Maguire, Harry Kane, and John Stones early in the game. |
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| Then England opened the scoring, when Harry Kane scored a close-ranged shot. |
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| Four minutes later, Tunisia's goalkeeper Mouez Hassen was substituted off due to injury and replaced by Farouk Ben Mustapha. |
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| Tunisia won a penalty kick in the 33rd minute. |
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| English defender Kyle Walker was booked for his bad foul, and Ferjani Sassi scored from the penalty spot, equalising for the African side. |
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| The first half ended 1 – 1 on the scoreboard. |
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| In the second half, both sides had attempts for goals, but none crossing the goal line. |
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| In the injury time, English captain Harry Kane scored a second goal as England won a corner kick. |
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| The match came to end with England winning 2 – 1 and collecting three points. |
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| Harry Kane won the Budweiser Man of the Match award. |
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| He said, 'In the first half it felt good out there. |
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| We could've scored two or three goals in the first half and put the game to bed early.' |
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| After the match, Tunisia's coach Nabil Maaloul said, 'We were playing against a highly-skilled and highly co-ordinated team in terms of their forward players. |
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| If we were to get a draw it would have been an excellent result for us. |
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| But hopefully this will lead to higher levels of concentration in the coming games.' |