BRIEF-Soccer-Sweden's Larsson pulls out of Malta match

STOCKHOLM, June 7 (Reuters) - Striker Henrik Larsson has pulled out of Sweden's World Cup qualifying tie against Malta for family reasons and been replaced by Tobias Hysen, the Swedish FA said on Sunday.

The former Barcelona and Manchester United forward played in Sweden's 1-0 home loss to Denmark in Stockholm on Saturday but has opted out of the June 10 match in Gothenburg.

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