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Sweden show their quiet force with 1-0 win over Switzerland

ST PETERSBURG, Russia -- Three points from Sweden's 1-0 win over Switzerland to reach their first World Cup quarterfinal since 1994...

1. Forsberg fires Sweden into the final eight

You had the sense from the early stages that this game was going to be decided by an incident, whether it be an error, a moment of magic, a refereeing decision or, as it happened, a wildly deflected shot. Switzerland started with a bit more initiative but Janne Andersson's double yellow wall held.

Ultimately, it was Emil Forsberg's deflected shot that turned the match and in some ways, it was history repeating itself.