Larsson Now a Lisbon Lion; Former Celt Toasts a Double As Sweden Humble Bulgarians
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Sweden 5 Bulgaria 0 Scorers: Sweden - Ljungberg (32); Larsson (57, 58), Ibrahimovic (78 pen), Allback (90) If anyone thought the prolific story of Henrik Larsson was confined to Glasgow or Scotland, they should have been in the Estadio Jose Alvalade last night. Larsson, irrepressible and at his sleek, feline best, put Bulgaria to the sword with two second-half goals scored in 71 seconds to add yet another layer to his legend.
It is said of Larsson that he is privately irked by the view that his shoals of goals merely reflect the turkey-shoot that is Scottish football. Frankly, he shouldn't be riled by those who have remained ignorant of his exploits in an endless series of World Cups and European Champion-ships with Sweden and European club campaigns for Celtic. Indeed, this private act of slaughter last night, according to one inured Swedish observer, was not overly remarkable.See the full content of this document
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Larsson Now a Lisbon Lion; Former Celt Toasts a Double As Sweden Humble Bulgarians
From high up in the stand, Larsson looks so wiry and almost frail, yet his striker's strengths and deadly instincts have become unanswerable. In the 57th minute of this match, he threw himself headlong at Erik Edman's cross to bullet a header past Zdravko...
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