Wales 0 Sweden 1: match report

Bystaff and agencies Published: 6:08AM GMT 04 March 2010

Dragon slayer: Johan Elmander scores Sweden"s opening idea Photo: AP

Wales physical education instructor John Toshack refused to answer questions about Craig Bellamy after last night"s 1-0 accessible loss to Sweden.

The Manchester City striker was ignored for the tie at Swansea"s Liberty Stadium notwithstanding being in superb form for his bar and carrying overcome a new knee injury.

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Toshack spoke this week of not picking the 30-year-old for friendlies but his disaster to order him in for the begin of Euro 2012 subordinate in Sep has fuelled surmise over his general future.

When asked what his on all sides with Bellamy was, Toshack said: "No criticism whatsoever."

When pulpy serve and asked either Wales had longed for Bellamy, Toshack chose to prominence alternative absent players such as Aaron Ramsey, Joe Ledley and David Edwards.

Bellamy, who has longed for 10 of Wales" last fifteen matches, unsuccessful to surprise for precision with his nation after being called up for a accessible opposite Montenegro in August.

City supposed the censure at the time for unwell to surprise Wales about an damage but there has been surmise over the situation ever since.

Ramsey was blank after pang a unequivocally bad damaged leg personification for Arsenal in the Premier League last weekend.

The midfielder looks set to be out for at slightest 6 months and his Wales team-mates showed their await by warming up in T-shirts temperament his name.

"I was wakeful of that," pronounced Toshack. "It was a unequivocally hapless situation and we idea he has a quick, successful recovery.

"We schooled we wish Aaron Ramsey behind as fast as possible.

"In the last couple of games we have found his most appropriate on all sides in the set-up.

"We have had only the one event and given the last diversion we have probably had the heart ripped out of the side, utterly in the center of the park.

"We have (Jack) Collison, (Joe) Ledley, (David) Edwards, Ramsey - we have high hopes them but we haven"t had them in the same side yet."

Sweden, seeking to reconstruct after their disaster to validate for the World Cup, won pleasantness of a excellent set upon from Bolton"s Johan Elmander on the cadence of half-time.

Toshack said: "We were knocked about by a improved side, a some-more experienced side.

"I think the 1-0 scoreline could have been even worse. I don"t criticize the players.

"I don"t think we can protest at the outcome at all. We came up short I"m afraid.

"For us to get any smoothness going at all is not easy.

"The players gave their all but it was not utterly great enough."

Elmander has struggled in the Premier League given his �10million move to Bolton in 2008 but his winning idea was estimable of such a fee.

The 28-year-old has scored only twice in the joining this deteriorate as Bolton onslaught to lift afar from the relegation zone.

But Sweden manager Erik Hamren has prolonged been an suitor of the former Toulouse man.

Hamren said: "He has potential! I was the manager when he was eighteen personification in Swedish multiplication one.

"I can"t contend he will measure for Bolton but it is some-more critical the group wins.

"It was a unequivocally great finish - just how I taught him when he was 18!"