Yellow card given for a Swedish player who had the gall to swing back his arm in order to run forward, and then accidentally hit the side of a Ukraine player's head. The ARD channel commentators are also perplexed that the price was so steep.
10:41 p.m. The score being 1:1, by the way.
10:42 p.m. A pretty good 'what the hell' cringe from a Ukrainian player who's wondering whom to toss in the ball to, from the sidelines.
10:44 p.m. Swedish player thinking that narrowly failing to score a goal is a great opportunity to have a little lie-down on the grass.
10:47 p.m. As the score is still 1:1, we will see half an hour of extended time.
10:55 p.m. It looks like the exhausted players are being traded out one by one.
11 p.m. A Swedish player lunges with his foot for the ball and unfortunately rams his shoe with cleats into the leg of a Ukrainian player, who is being medically treated. For technical reasons the Swedish player is sent off with a red card: it was such a dangerous move, no matter how innocent the intention.
11:07 p.m. Swedish player accidentally slammed in the head with the ball at a short distance, more medical intervention.
The Ukraine coach was also comforting the player whose leg was badly injured, who has been hobbling about with a huge bandaged pack, supported by two medical attendants.
What a grim game...
11:10 p.m. Another injury, with a player clutching his ankle...
11:20 p.m. I still think the sportsmanship is pretty excellent; players were consoling and caring for each other when they were injured. Here comes a medical team, onto the field, again, as two players fell on top of each other...
11:29 p.m. Ukraine player looks like he's in severe pain but it's not clear what happened to him...
11:30 p.m. Ukraine 1, Sweden 0. A quick ball that was whizzingly head-butted into goal.
11:32 p.m. And it (nearly) ends, fittingly, with another apparent injury, as a Ukrainian player clutches his forehead.
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