Toni Kroos saves the day for Germany beating Sweden 2-1

Toni Kroos saves the day for Germany beating Sweden 2-1

By Naveel Krishant
Sunday 24/06/2018
Toni Kroos with the beautiful strike of the free kick

Toni Kroos scored an injury-time winner as defending champions Germany beat Sweden 2-1 in their Group F match to keep their chances of qualifying to the round of 16 alive.

Germany who lost their first match against Mexico, conceded the first goal as Sweden’s Ola Toivonen scored the first goal.

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Sweden was leading 1-0 at half time.

Marco Reus scored the equaliser for Germany in the 48th minute.

German defender, Jerome Boateng was shown a red card in the 82nd minute before Kroos scored the winner in injury time.

In other matches today, Belgium beat Tunisia 5-2 in their second Group G match.

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Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku scored two goals each while Michy Batshuayi scored the fifth goal.

Belgium has 6 points and is in a good place to qualify for the knock-out stages.

A win for England against Panama tomorrow will mean that England and Belgium qualify for the round of 16.

Mexico defeated South Korea 2-1 in their second Group F match.

In matches tomorrow, England play Panama at 12am, Japan play Senegal at 3am while Poland will play Colombia at 6am.

Click here to watch video highlights of Korea Republic vs Mexico

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