Allback scores 2,000th World Cup goal

June 21, 2006 02:24 IST

Marcus Allback's equalising goal for Sweden in the Group B match against England in Cologne on Tuesday was the 2,000th in World Cup finals history.

Allback made the score 1-1 in the 51st minute after Joe Cole had given England a first-half lead.

Lucien Laurent notched the first goal in a World Cup finals when he gave France a 19th-minute lead against Mexico in Montevideo, Uruguay in July 1930.

The 2006 tournament in Germany is the 18th edition.

Source: REUTERS
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