Sunday, June 12, 2016

Schweinsteiger seals 2-0 win for Germany over Ukraine (The Associated Press)

Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger celebrates after scoring his sides second goal during the Euro 2016 Group C soccer match between Germany and Ukraine at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve dAscq, near Lille, France, Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Bastian Schweinsteiger marked his return from injury by sealing Germany's 2-0 win over Ukraine in in the world champions' opening game at Euro 2016 on Sunday. Schweinsteiger, who suffered his second serious knee injury of the year in training on March 22 and hadn't played since, came on in the last minute. Shkodran Mustafi's header put Germany on course in 19th minute of the Group C encounter, when the Valencia defender beat his marker to meet Toni Kroos' curling free kick from the right and head with power inside the left post.


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