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Penalties and expulsions were costing him victory.
But two veterans and a rookie saved Sweden from a major failure.
– It was quite a difficult delivery, but two points came out, says the captain of the national team Tomas Axnér on TV6 after the victory (27-23).
Sweden got off to a rocky start in the European Championship premiere against the Czech Republic:
No counterattack, few saves, astonishing attacking play against an offensive defense, five expulsions (only against the Czech Republic) and three penalty fouls in the first half meant 13-13 at halftime against the team that should be the weakest in the game. group.
But Sweden also had poor control of the opposition because the Czechs have not played an international match for over a year and have replaced several players since then.
“Players we haven’t seen before”
– We guessed a lot and we have to adapt during the match, said Tomas Axnér before the match and was supported by Linn Blohm during the break:
– We didn’t know much about them. There are players playing now that we haven’t seen before.
But Sweden didn’t seem to take advantage of the break and learned some lessons because at the start of the second they were suddenly 14-17 behind before they could catch up and go to 18-17 and then to 21-18 when Jessica Ryde, who switched Filippa Idéhn during rest, began to play big.
Sweden then did not bring the Czechs closer to two goals despite new penalties (a total of 5 out of 10) and when Linn Blohm put 25-20 after 52 minutes, the Czech Republic was a defeated team. The final score was 27-23.
– We really had our backs to the wall for a while. I felt there were many nerves, says the captain of the national team Tomas Axnér on TV6.
“Be world class”
The best in Sweden was a trio: linebacker Linn Blohm (five goals and many fixed penalties), Jessica Ryde on goal (39 percent) and, in the second half, Carin Strömberg (second-run counterattacks).
– Linn Blohm was world class, says Claes Hellgren on TV6.
The win should probably be enough to advance to the middle round. But the effort worries about the continuation because now the vice world champion Spain and the final candidate Russia are waiting.
As Martin Frändesjö said about the match during the break:
– What a difference with Russia-Spain (33-21). It is like two different sports.
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