International friendly: Botswana 1 Sweden 2

Sweden continued their preparations for Euro 2012 qualifiers with a 2-1 win over Botswana in Cape Town on Wednesday.

It was a largely under-strength Swedish outfit which took on the Africans at the neutral venue in South Africa, but Erik Hamren’s side did enough to come away with a victory.

Helsingborg striker Alexander Gerndt opened the scoring on 34 minutes after he crept in behind the Botswana defence to put Sweden into the lead.

But the Africans hit back just two minutes after the restart when Joel Mogorosi found the back of the net to level the match at 1-1.

Former Southampton midfielder Anders Svensson settled the matter in the 74th minute, burying his strike to give Sweden back the advantage and ultimately the victory.

Sweden have one more friendly match, against Cyprus in February, before they resume their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign against Moldova on March 29.