Published June 19, 2008, 12:00 AM
Russia, Spain win
Russia dominated a 2-0 victory over Sweden on Wednesday night in a Group D elimination game, sending the Russians to the European Championship quarterfinals.
INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Russia dominated a 2-0 victory over Sweden on Wednesday night in a Group D elimination game, sending the Russians to the European Championship quarterfinals.
Roman Pavlyuchenko scored in the first half and Andrei Arshavin, coming off a two-match suspension, made it 2-0 right after the break.
Also Wednesday, Spain finished the first round with a perfect record, sending the defending champions home with no points.
Dani Guiza and Ruben de la Red scored goals to rally Spain, which has won nine straight games.
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