By The Associated Press

COLOGNE, Germany – England finally got a result against Sweden it can live with.

No, not a win – that has been too much to ask for. The tie was enough for the English to win Group B at the World Cup.

Henrik Larsson tied it off a throw-in, getting the slightest touch to deflect the ball into the net in the 90th minute. England hasn’t beaten the Swedes since way back in 1968 – seven years before David Beckham was born – a streak of frustration that is now at 12 games.

But the tie means Sweden has to face three-time champion and World Cup host Germany in Munich in the second round Saturday.

Joe Cole scored in the 34th minute, and then set up Steven Gerrard’s go-ahead goal in the 85th for England.

But the English couldn’t put away the Swedes, a problem that has lasted nearly four decades.

Paraguay 2, Trinidad and Tobago 0

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – This own-goal went in Paraguay’s favor and knocked Trinidad and Tobago right out of the World Cup.

Brent Sancho headed a ball past his own goalkeeper in the 25th minute, and Trinidad and Tobago never recovered.

Trinidad came into its final first-round match with slim hopes of advancing, needing a win against already- eliminated Paraguay, an England win over Sweden and help on goal differential.

The Soca Warriors were unable to do their part and the rest did not matter.

Germany 3, Ecuador 0

BERLIN – Miroslav Klose scored twice to help the World Cup host beat Ecuador 3-0 on Tuesday. The victory gave Germany the maximum nine points and first place in Group A. Lukas Podolski also scored for Germany, which last won its first three matches at a World Cup in 1970.

Even better than the prolific offense – eight goals in the first round – is a once-vulnerable defense that has not conceded a goal in two straight games.

Poland 2, Costa Rica 1

HANOVER, Germany – Poland’s first 2006 World Cup victory again came too late. Bartosz Bosacki scored twice in a Group A game between two teams already eliminated from the tournament.

Poland, which lost its first two games in Germany, also won its last game at the 2002 World Cup, when it beat the United States 3-1 in South Korea after dropping its first two group games.

The winner against Costa Rica came in the 66th minutewhen Bosacki rose above Paulo Wanchope to powerfully head Jacek Krzynowek’s corner kick into the goal.

Costa Rica took a 1-0 lead in the 25th minute when Ronald Gomez’s low, left-footed free kick from 19 yards got past the defensive wall and goalkeeper Artur Boruc.