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The conditions were crystal clear, in case of victory, the ticket to the European Championship would be assured.
Maybe it was just in the skull of the Swedish players, a little too much, when you walked into Gamla Ullevi tonight.
For Sweden, the match started shaky.
When the teams met in Reykjavik just over a month ago, each team had their half, Sweden dominated a lot in the first.
In the return meeting, Sweden seemed nervous at first and respect for Iceland was great.
But Sweden made their way into the match, and at the same time, it was enraged, it became a riot, a riot.
French top referee Stéphanie Frappart, who judged men’s teams at a high level, sometimes failed but also had a high level of tolerance.
Kosovar Asllani felt it several times even before his Real Madrid clubmate Sofia Jakobsson had time to give Sweden the upper hand.
The physical game and the bangs did not diminish when Iceland finished at a disadvantage. And for Magdalena Eriksson to get up with the whole leg after a royal stamp, both the Swedish team and Chelsea should be happy.
Highlight of the night
But amid the tough duels, Sweden also shone in their game.
Highlights of the night:
Hanna Glas wins a counterattack, Kosovar Asllani sets top speed in midfield and then throws the ball to Olivia Schough.
And Schough?
She makes it as graceful as it can only be done in that position, pushing the ball towards the crossbar.
Olivia Schough, who has been in and out of the national team in recent years and as recently as March this year, was pushed around by the captain of the national team when the national team went to Portugal to play the Algarve cup.
In the damallsvenskan, Schough has been Djurgården’s best player this season and one of the best forwards in the entire series.
That is why the captain of the national team, Peter Gerhardsson, rewarded her with a place in the qualifying squad for the European Championship this fall, she had the opportunity from the start against Latvia on Thursday. And the same again tonight, when Olivia Schough took the opportunity to lead Sweden to the European Championship with a dream goal.
The question marks are there
And maybe Olivia Schough is a player who can be part of the Swedish team that will actually play the European Championship in England in 2022.
After all, there is still some time left for that championship which was moved from 2021 to 2022 after the Men’s European Championship was postponed due to the corona pandemic.
In tonight’s game against Iceland, Jennifer Falk showed a safe and stable goal play. Should the 37-year-old Hedvig Lindahl, who is currently injured in the knee, have the strength to hold out until then and also be fit? Tonight Jennifer Falk was safe and stable in the Swedish goal.
And Nilla Fischer, who was on the bench in tonight’s decider, how long do you have the desire and motivation to drive?
How long does Caroline Seger’s body last?
The question marks are there, but so are the exclamation marks. Tonight Hanna Glas, Olivia Schough before during the Anna Anvegård European Championship qualifier.
There is a long way to go until the European Championship, and Gerhardsson has just over a year and a half to think about what the team will be like then.
But tonight, the captain of the Swedish national team and women’s team, who have never missed a championship before and have not missed it now, can celebrate that they are ready for the European Championship.
