Swedish striker Tomas Brolin was trying in 2010 to increase his goal tally for his country – 12 years after retirement. He wanted credit for a shot by team-mate Roland Nilsson, which deflected off Brolin’s back into the net in a 2-1 win over Norway in 1991. Brolin, who played 47 times for his country, scoring 26 goals, said he had raised no objection to Nilsson getting the credit because he had never scored an international goal, but the defender then went on to score one more. Former Leeds, Parma and Crystal Palace striker Brolin applied to the Swedish FA to get the goal changed claiming in a TV interview that Nilsson «stole the goal».
