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Anna Anvegård, Lina Hurtig and Pauline Hammarlund celebrate Hurtig’s 1-0 goal after just 51 seconds into Thursday’s European Championship qualifying game against Latvia.
After just 51 seconds, the elimination began. In the end, it was all 7-0 for Sweden in the European Championship qualifiers at home against Latvia.
Now, the soccer ladies only need one win against Iceland on Tuesday to secure their place in the European Championship.
– Fantastic fun, says two-goal scorer Pauline Hammarlund to SVT.
Latvia’s Swedish overtaking means goal difference in all likelihood will not be a factor in deciding the battle for group victory. 7-0 at Gamla Ullevi means that Sweden has a three-point lead over Iceland, and also +30 in goal difference compared to Iceland +19, with three games remaining from the qualifying round for the European Championship.
Iceland, however, have played one game less, and since the countries played 1-1 in Reykjavik (and mutual encounters are counted before goal difference), Tuesday’s return leg will likely be absolutely decisive for who wins. the group. One thing is for sure: if Sweden wins against Iceland, first place and a ticket to the 2022 European Championship is assured, regardless of how it fares in the rest of the matches.
Exciting for 51 seconds
If the fight for first place is exciting, the match against Latvia, ranked 93rd in the world, was anything but. Sweden went on the attack immediately, Hanna Glas working her way to the right of the penalty area and found a post for Lina Hurtig who headed in 1-0 in 51 seconds.
And so it went on. Federal captain Peter Gerhardsson rested several regular players: a slightly injured Kosovar Asllani finished the match completely and Linda Sembrant, Sofia Jakobsson and Nathalie Björn started on the bench, but untested Latvians, most with limited experience in big matches , they still had nothing to oppose.
Hammarlund’s two-goal shooter
Anna Anvegård made it 2-0 in the tenth minute after an excellent combination on the edge of the penalty area; Pauline Hammarlund returned to Caroline Seger, Seger on a shot to Julia Zigiotti Olme and Zigiotti Olme with a perfect set from Anvegård that got the ball rolling into goal.
Olivia Schough made it 3-0 three minutes later, played by Anvegård, Magdalena Eriksson headed in 4-0 at 27, off a Schough corner and Pauline Hammarlund headed in a Jonna Andersson corner at 5-0 just before half-time .
Then of course the match was completely decided, and the second half was just a question of how many more goals Sweden could rack up overnight.
The answer was seven. Pauline Hammarlund became a two-goal scorer when she nodded at 6-0 with ten minutes into the break, and in the final minutes Filippa Curmark, in her first A-international match, finished off 7-0 after a throw-in. corner.
Gerhardsson wanted more
– Fantastic fun to play games like this. I think we play a good game, says Pauline Hammarlund to SVT and has the support of Julia Zigiotti Olme.
– I think we have full control throughout the game. We found a lot of good surfaces and we scored goals and goals in the set (situations). I think we play a good game, in general, says the midfielder.
Sweden got exactly the big win they were hoping for before the decision against Iceland on Tuesday. But Peter Gerhardsson wanted to see another goal.
– With the advantage we have, it seems that it would have been desirable, of course, if we had scored a little more goals. But now we have over eleven goals in Iceland and over 30 goals in total. We have acquired a good goal difference, the captain of the national team tells SVT.
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