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Russia advances to quarters with win over Sweden

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The Canadian Press
6/19/2008 12:04:12 AM
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INNSBRUCK, Austria - Russia scored a goal in each half Wednesday to beat Sweden 2-0 and advance to the European Championship quarter-finals.

Roman Pavlyuchenko scored in the first half and Andrei Arshavin, coming off a two-match suspension, made it 2-0 right after the break to set up a match against the Netherlands on Saturday in Basel.

Russia finished second behind Spain with six points in Group D, three ahead of Sweden.

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Roman Pavlyuchenko (Photo: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

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(Photo: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
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