'종가' 잉글랜드가 38년 간 억눌려 온 '바이킹의 저주' 앞에 또 고개를 떨궜다. 

스벤 예란 에릭손 감독이 이끄는 잉글랜드는 21일(이하 한국시간) 쾰른  월드컵경기장에서 열린 독일월드컵축구 B조 조별리그 '바이킹 군단'  스웨덴과  3차전에서 전반 34분 조 콜의 그림같은 중거리포 선제골과 후반 40분 스티븐 제라드의 골로 승리를 거머쥐는 듯 했으나 후반 종료 직전 헨리크 라르손에게 뼈아픈 동점골을  허용해 2-2로 비겼다. 

파라과이, 트리니다드토바고를 연파해 이미 16강행을 확정한 잉글랜드는 2승1무로 B조 1위가 돼 26일 0시 슈투트가르트에서 A조 2위 에콰도르와 8강 진출을 다툰다. 

스웨덴도 1승2무로 16강에 올라 25일 0시 뮌헨에서 개최국 독일과 16강전을  벌인다. 

파라과이는 카이저스라우테른 프리츠-발터-슈타디온에서 벌어진 B조  3차전에서 트리니다드토바고를 2-0으로 꺾고 승점 3점(1승2패)으로 3위가 됐다.  트리니다드토바고는 1무2패로 최하위. 

 
◇ 잉글랜드-스웨덴 
 
잉글랜드는 1968년 이후 무려 38년 간 11차례 대결(4무7패)에서 단 한 번도  이기지 못한 숙적 스웨덴을 꺾는 감격에 젖는 듯 했으나 마지막 3분을 넘기지 못해 결국 '바이킹 징크스'에서 헤어나지 못했다. 

웨인 루니가 처음 선발로 나온 잉글랜드의 출발은 좋지 않았다. 

루니의 파트너 마이클 오언이 터치라인에서 다급하게 패스하다 무릎이 꺾여  그라운드에 나뒹굴었고 전반 4분만에 들것에 실려나가 피터 크라우치와 교체됐다. 

그래도 전반은 잉글랜드의 페이스였다. 

프랭크 램퍼드와 조 콜의 중거리포로 포문을 연 잉글랜드는 왼쪽 측면에서  '콜 듀오' 조 콜과 애슐리 콜이 스웨덴 스리백을 괴롭혔고 오른쪽에선 데이비드  베컴의 컴퓨터 크로스가 계속 올라왔다. 

전반 24분 루니가 문전에서 때린 결정적인 슛이 스웨덴 수비 테디 루치치의  발에 걸려 빗나가고 3분 뒤 슈팅처럼 휘어진 베컴의 날카로운 크로스가 골키퍼 선방에 막혔지만 곧 잉글랜드의 선제골이 터졌다. 

전반 34분 어렵게 올린 베컴의 크로스가 크라우치의 머리에 연결된 뒤 수비수가 걷어낸 볼은 미드필드 왼쪽에 도사리고 있던 조 콜에게 걸렸다. 

콜은 대각선 30ｍ 거리에서 오른발 아웃사이드로 곡사포를 쏘아올렸고 볼은  공중으로 솟구쳤다 골문 앞에서 뚝 떨어져 스웨덴 골키퍼 안드레아스 이삭손의 손끝을 스친 뒤 스웨덴 골문으로 빨려들었다. 

그러나 후반엔 바로 전세가 반전됐다. 

일방적으로 밀리던 스웨덴이 대반격에 나섰고 6분 만에 동점골을 터트렸다. 
 
탄탄한 체격의 포워드 마르쿠스 알베크는 토비아스 린데로트가 감아찬 코너킥을 잘라먹기 헤딩으로 네트에 꽂았다. 알베크의 머리를 스친 볼은 골문 오른쪽  구석으로 파고들었고 애슐리 콜이 헤딩으로 걷어내려 했지만 볼은 세차게 그물을 흔들었다. 
 
스웨덴은 골대 때문에 두 번이나 땅을 쳤다. 
 
후반 9분 헨리크 라르손의 헤딩은 수비수 몸과 잉글랜드 골키퍼 폴 로빈슨의 손에 맞고 크로스바를 때린 뒤 튕겨나왔고 후반 14분 올로프 멜베리의 오른발  터닝슛도 크로스바 윗부분에 맞고 아웃됐다. 
 
이어진 심 셸스트롬의 논스톱 슛도 제라드가 걷어내지 않았다면 그대로 골이 될 뻔 했다. 
 
잉글랜드는 후반 40분 다시 반전에 성공했다. 
 
루니 대신 들어간 교체 멤버 제라드는 페널티지역 오른쪽 외곽에서  올라온  조 콜의 크로스를 골지역 왼쪽에서 껑충 뛰어오르며 헤딩으로 꽂아넣었다. 
 
잉글랜드가 2-1로 앞서자 관중석의 3분의 2를 점한 잉글랜드 팬들은 지긋지긋한 징크스 탈출을 외쳤다. 
 
그러나 5분 뒤 잉글랜드가 잠시 방심한 사이 또 동점골이 터졌다. 
 
라르손은 길게 넘어온 스로인이 문전으로 바운드되자 문전으로 쇄도하며 감각적으로 볼을 터치해 기어이 2-2 무승부를 만들어냈다. (연합뉴스) 
 
Sweden 2 : 2 England 

[ENG] 11. COLE Joe (34') 4. GERRARD Steven (85') 
[SWE] 20. ALLBACK Marcus (51') 11. LARSSON Henrik (90') 

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) - Joe Cole was shredding Sweden's defense so effortlessly he had confident England fans singing "God Save the Queen" before halftime. 

Not so fast. The Swedes have been flustering England for nearly 40 years now, and this game would be no different. 
Henrik Larsson scored off a throw-in, getting the slightest touch to deflect the ball into the net in the 90th minute and salvage a 2-2 tie for the Swedes on Tuesday night. England hasn't beaten Sweden since way back in 1968, a streak that is now at 12 games. 

"We scored two fantastic goals and it's a little bit annoying that we concede two goals, one from a corner, one from a long throw-in," England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said. "Even though the Swedes are very strong, we are also a tall, strong team and we should defend better." 

There is one big bright spot for England, though. It still won Group B, which means it gets Ecuador and an extra day of rest for the second round, playing Sunday in Stuttgart. 

And Sweden, as the runner-up, will have to play three-time champion and World Cup host Germany in Munich in the second round Saturday. 

"The most important thing is that we won the group," Eriksson said. "We have been talking about that since we came to Germany. That was the big target." 

Cole scored on a brilliant 30-yard shot in the 34th minute, and then set up Steven Gerrard's go-ahead goal in the 85th for England. But the English couldn't put away the Swedes, a problem that has lasted nearly four decades. 

Marcus Allback had tied it 1-1 for the Swedes on a header in the 51st minute. 

"We were the better team in the second half and created some really good scoring chances," Sweden coach Lars Lagerback said. 

Sweden is 4-0-8 in the streak against England, with four of the matches coming while Eriksson - a Swede - has coached England. 

Though England arrived in Cologne with an eight-game winning streak, it hadn't played anywhere close to its best in Germany. But it seemed to get a spark from Wayne Rooney's return to the starting lineup and Cole's dazzling play, showing a confidence and authority it's lacked so far. 

Even losing Michael Owen in the fourth minute to a nasty-looking right knee injury didn't seem to throw them. Owen, who only recently recovered from a broken foot, was carried off the field on a stretcher and will be examined Wednesday. 

"We're all feeling for Michael at the moment," captain David Beckham said. "As a team we've done what we wanted but to lose Michael, I think is devastating for every one of us and the team." 

Asked if Owen might miss the rest of the tournament, Eriksson said, "Maybe, we don't know yet." 

Cole, Rooney and birthday boy Frank Lampard all came close to scoring in the first half before Cole finally broke through in the 34th. Niclas Alexandersson cleared the ball with a header, and it dropped a few feet in front of Cole. It bounced, Cole blocked it with his chest, then took a powerful swing with his right foot. 

The ball sailed straight for the goal and Sweden goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson leaped desperately to deflect it. But he could only brush the ball with his fingertips, and it caromed off the post into the back of the net. 

Cole ran to the corner of the field, tapping his chest in salute to the roaring England fans. 

While England was giving Isaksson a workout, Sweden's best chance of the first half was off Tobias Linderoth's corner kick in the 19th. The ball went straight to Teddy Lucic, but it banged off of Lampard. Lucic held up his hands as if to say, "Just inches," then shook his head in frustration. 

But two very different teams came out after halftime - a good thing for Sweden, not so good for England. 

Six minutes into the half, Allback outleaped Beckham for Linderoth's corner, knocking the ball back toward the goal and over England goalie Paul Robinson to tie it. It was the 2,000th goal of the World Cup, which began in 1930. 

Four minutes later, Larsson's header deflected off an England defender, and it looked as if it would go into the net. But Robinson got a shoulder on it, and it bounced off the crossbar. 

It looked as if England's misery against Sweden was finally over in the 85th, when Cole sent a beautiful cross from the edge of the box to Gerrard, who'd come on for Rooney in the 69th minute. Gerrard leaped and knocked the ball into the goal, just past Isaksson. 

But Sweden continued its relentless pressure, and it finally paid off in the dying moments. 

Larsson barely brushed the throw-in from Linderoth, but it was enough to get by Sol Campbell and Robinson. It set off a raucous celebration by the Sweden fans, who left the stands littered with blue and yellow streamers. 

"I knew my chances would come," said Larsson, who got his first goal in Germany. "If you're lucky you will score. I was tonight." 
 
 

파라과이로서는 1차전에서 자책골을 내준 것 뿐 골을 터뜨리지도 못했고  2패로 일찌감치 16강 진출이 좌절됐기 때문에 체면이라도 차려야 할 승부였다. 

트리니다드토바고는 갈 길이 바빴지만 `0골 3패'로 돌아갈 수 없다는  파라과이의 오기와 어이없는 자책골에 발목이 잡혔다. 

트리니다드토바고는 전반 25분 수비수 브렌트 산초가 파라과이 훌리오 도스산토스의 헤딩슛을 머리로 걷어내려다 자책골을 넣고 말았다. 

신이 난 파라과이는 공격수 로케 산타크루스와 넬손 발데스를 앞세워 더 적극적인 공세를 펼쳤다. 

파라과이는 전반 36분 데니스 카니사가 페널티지역 오른쪽에서 날린 슈팅이  골키퍼 옆구리와 골대 틈으로 빠져 네트를 흔들었지만 그 전에 다른 선수의 핸들링 반칙이 선언돼 골로 인정되지 않았다. 

트리니다드토바고는 후반 들어 측면을 파고 들면서 반전을  노렸지만  크로스가 위협적이지 않았고 그나마 날린 헤딩슛도 골대를 멀찍이 빗나갔다. 

간간이 날린 중거리슛도 골문을 멀리 벗어나거나 위력없이 골키퍼에게 잡혀  초조함만 더해갔다. 

파라과이는 후반 41분 넬손 쿠에바스가 2대1 패스를 받아 페널티지역을  파고든 뒤 골키퍼를 피해 골망을 흔들어 승부에 쐐기를 박았다. 

파라과이는 조별리그 마지막 경기에서 1승을 올려 위안이 됐지만 강호 스웨덴과 비겨 돌풍을 예고하는 듯 했던 트리니다드토바고는 씁쓸하게 귀국길에 오르게 됐다. (연합뉴스) 
 
Paraguay 2 : 0 Trinidad and Tobago 
 
[PAR] 23. CUEVAS Nelson (86')5. SANCHO Brent (25' OG) 

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany (AP) - Trinidad and Tobago needed a lot to go its way to make the second round of the World Cup. 

The Soca Warriors were unable to pull off the most important - getting their first World Cup win. 
Brent Sancho headed a ball past his own goalkeeper in the 25th minute and Trinidad and Tobago never recovered, losing 2-0 to Paraguay on Tuesday night in a game it needed to win to have any chance at advancing. 

Trinidad came into its final first-round match with slim hopes, needing a victory against already eliminated Paraguay, an England win over Sweden and help on goal differential to make the second round. 

None of the three happened as Sweden tied England 2-2 to earn second place in Group B behind the English. After starting its first World Cup appearance with a promising and surprising 0-0 draw against the Swedes, Trinidad and Tobago finished last in the group with only that one point. 

"It's a massive disappointment," captain Dwight Yorke said. "I suppose when you see the England score at the end it's different. But we wanted to win the game. We wanted to score a goal at the end of it all. That would have made the whole campaign a huge success." 

The biggest problem was the Soca Warriors' inability to score. In fact, the only time a Trinidad player put the ball into the net in three matches it went into the wrong goal. 

Nelson Cuevas broke free on a counterattack in the 86th minute to score Paraguay's second goal, providing a bright ending to a disappointing World Cup. 

"There is nothing we can do about what happened here in Germany," striker Roque Santa Cruz said. "We were able to win just one game, but we now have to look to the future, work hard and change everything that has to be changed. 

"I am glad we had this small joy today. But this was not enough." 

Trinidad did its best to generate offense, playing the final 59 minutes with three strikers and giving creative midfielder Russell Latapy his first chance to play in this tournament in the second half. 

Latapy created a spark, setting up Dwight Yorke with a good chance outside the penalty box and narrowly missing his shot from nearly the same spot. But Trinidad had only one shot on goal until Latapy's long attempt was easily saved by Aldo Bobadilla in the 79th minute. 

"Everybody who was involved with Trinidad and Tobago can be proud," Trinidad coach Leo Beenhakker said. "Before the start of the tournament the only question was if we would lose 6-nil or 8-nil or 5-nil. They did what they could. I don't have any reason at all to blame my players." 

It was a fitting break for Paraguay, which never recovered after losing its opener 1-0 to England on an early own-goal by captain Carlos Gamarra. The South Americans then lost 1-0 in the closing minutes to Sweden and were only playing for pride in the final match. 

"This victory doesn't mean as much in the way of this World Cup but it does give the young players, who are our future, something to build on," Paraguay coach Anibal Ruiz said. 

Paraguay finally got a break in this World Cup in the 25th minute. Roberto Acuna swung in a free kick from the left side that Julio Dos Santos got his head on. Sancho tried to clear it with his own header but instead redirected the ball past Kelvin Jack. 

"These things happen probably 50 million times a day in football," Sancho said. "It's unfortunate. I didn't intentionally try to head it in. It just glanced off at the last minute. It was disappointing." 

Sancho's dreadlocks played a big role in this World Cup for Trinidad. England's first goal against T&T came when Peter Crouch pulled on one Sancho's dreadlocks to create the space to head in a goal in the 83rd minute. Sancho had a rubber band around his hair this game to help prevent that from happening again, but it could do nothing to stop the own-goal. 

Trinidad's desperation showed itself right after the first goal as Beenhakker brought in a third striker in the 31st minute, subbing Kenwyne Jones for defender Avery John. 

Paraguay put Trinidad on its heels after the goal and nearly added to its lead in the 36th minute but an apparent score by Denis Caniza was waved off by a late offsides flag. In injury time, Jack made a good save on a header by Nelson Valdez and Densill Theobald cleared a shot by Carlos Paredes off the goal line. 

Both goalies were tested early in a matchup of two of the six teams who failed to score in the first two games. Jack made a diving stop in the second minute on a header from Roque Santa Cruz, and Bobadilla answered with his own diving stop on Glen's header about three minutes later. 

Jack, who missed the first two games with an injured calf, got the start in place of Shaka Hislop, who played well the first two games.