Wales slump to Sweden defeat

Wales final preparations for Euro 2016 ended on a low note as they were soundly beaten 3-0 by Sweden.

Wales boss Chris Coleman will struggle to find any positives as goals from Emil Forsberg, Mikael Lustig and John Guidetti did the damage in Stockholm. 

Gareth Bale came off the bench with 25 minutes remaining and Wales improved slightly, but it’s now just one win in seven games as they head to France where they take on Slovakia in their Group B opener next Sunday.

Meanwhile, Sweden, who were captained by Manchester United target Zlatan Ibrahimovic, face Republic of Ireland in their opening Euro 2016 game on June 13.

Bale was among the Wales substitutes as Coleman had confirmed pre-match that his star man would only play no more than 45 minutes in this final warm-up game.

Joe Allen, Joe Ledley and Hal Robson-Kanu were all missing in Stockholm through injury, so David Vaughan, Andy King and Sam Vokes started as Wales named seven of the side which …

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