Kallstrom the hero as Sweden seal qualification

SWEDEN sealed their place at Euro 2008 with victory over Latvia in Solna which rendered Northern Ireland’s bid to win in Spain irrelevant.

Marcus Allback opened the scoring within a minute of kick-off, but Swedish hearts were in mouths when Juris Laizans equalised after 26 minutes. Kim Kallstrom re-established the lead just short of the hour mark and Latvia never looked liked spoiling the hosts’ day.

Sweden got off to a dream start as they took the lead in the first minute.