England's John Terry (left) and Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic battle for the ball during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov.15, 2011PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo
England's John Terry (left) and Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic battle for the ball during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov.15, 2011PRESS ASSOCIATION PhotoEngland's Phil Jones (left) and Sweden's Pontus Wernbloom (right) battle for the ball during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION PhotoSweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic (left) and England's Theo Walcott (right) battle for the ball during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION PhotoEngland's Gareth Barry (centre) scores their first goal of the game during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION PhotoEngland's Gareth Barry scores his side's first goal of the game during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION PhotoEngland's John Terry shouts instructions to his team-mates during the game during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION PhotoEngland's Kyle Walker (left) and Sweden's Sebastian Larsson battle for the ball during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.General view of match action as a section of the Wembley stands lay empty during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.England manager Fabio Capello on the touchline during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.England goalkeeper Joe Hart makes a flying save from a Sweden corner to deny them a goal scoring chance during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.Sweden's Pontus Wernbloom (right) and Martin Olsson (left) battle for the ball with England's Bobby Zamora during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London.PRESS ASSOCIATION PhotoSweden's Martin Olsson (right) and England's Jack Rodwell (left) battle for the ball during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.England's Daniel Sturridge (left) is brought on as a substitute for team-mate Theo Walcott, to make his debut during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION PhotoEngland's Phil Jones misses a chance on goal as he is closed down by Sweden's Martin Olsson (left) during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION PhotoSweden fans wearing face paint cheer on their side in the stands during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION PhotoEmpty seats in the stands during the second half during the International Friendly at Wembley Stadium, London on Nov. 15,2011.PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo
England broke their jinx against Sweden with an own goal by Daniel Majstorovic, handing manager Fabio Capello's side a 1-0 friendly victory at the Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday.
Capello, who made eight changes from the side which defeated World Champions Spain on Saturday, was satisfied with the victory of his team. The England manager was pleased, in particular, with the performance of Jack Rodwell, Kyle Walker and Phil Jones.
"It's important to beat Sweden after 43 years," Capello said.
"But for me it was really important to see (Phil) Jones, (Kyle) Walker and (Jack) Rodwell play against a team with a really good organisation.
"The answer that I received from their performances was important. I thought these players played really well," added Capello.
Meanwhile, the Captain, John Terry, was pleased that England managed to maintain their unbeaten sequence right to the end of 2011 with a run of nine games.
"It is really good to be unbeaten for the whole year and the record against Sweden has been going on too long," he said.
The winning goal, the 2,000th, scored by England, was scored by defender Daniel Majstorovic in the 22nd minute.
