Sweden after its victory over Japan in the semi-finals
At the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, Sweden disappointed Japan in the quarter-finals. The Scandinavians won 2:1 (1:0).
Olympic silver medalist Sweden’s footballers disappointed Japan in the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The Scandinavian side won 2-1 (1-0) in Auckland over the Nippon side, which has been impressive so far.
Amanda Ellstedt (32) scored the opening goal for the very attacking Swedes, who were very strong in duels and fantasy. Filippa Angeldahl (51st place, manual penalty after video evidence) deserved to increase the score to 2-0. This was preceded by a handball from Fuuka Nagano inside the penalty area. Honoka Hayashi (87) scored the goal.
Riko Ueki executed a controversial penalty kick for Japan (76th minute) on the lower edge of the goal crossbar, as the ball bounced off the goal line. Yuki had previously been brought down in the penalty area. Kiko Seki (87) hit the crossbar of Sweden’s goal from a free kick.
Shot from the post by the Swedish captain
Swedish captain Kosovare Aslani also scored 2-0 with a shot that bounced off the post (42). Stina Blackstenius (25th place) missed the opening goal after a mistake by Saki Kumagai, the former Frankfurt and Munich player in the German League, as her shot missed the post. Goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita blocked a shot from Joanna Reting-Canered (47), which he blocked brilliantly.
Only at the final stage were the Japanese able to achieve their goal. Yui Hasegawa (68th minute) put the ball over the goal.
Sweden has previously eliminated the defending World Cup champions and the tournament favorites USA on penalties. In the semi-finals, Sweden will face Spain on Tuesday (10:00 AM CET), who previously beat the Netherlands 2-1 (1-1, 0-0) after extra time.
Sweden is integrated into the defence
The Northern European team was dominated by Japanese top scorer Hinata Miyazawa, who scored five goals in the first four matches in the tournament. They skillfully disabled their circuits. The Japanese, the world champion in Germany in 2011, previously scored 14 goals in the tournament. But there wasn’t much going on in the attacking game for the Asian team, as Sweden were very composed and disciplined in defence. The terrifying compound game of Japanese women rarely came into play.
The Swedes once again relied on goalkeeper Zisera Mosovic, who drove Rapinoe and company to despair by making several saves against the Americans. In the 71st minute, the Swedish goalkeeper deflected a shot from Aoba Fujino into a corner kick.
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