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It was a goal game that showed that there are many who want to join in and fight for the starting spots in the group final against Iceland on Tuesday.
Pauline Hammarlund scored two goals and Olivia Schough with one goal and one assist was another of the great figures of the match.
– Fantastic fun to play games like this and nice to score two goals. That’s what I’ll do, Hammarlund told SVT.
Latvia was hopeful about keeping a clean sheet against Sweden for as long as possible and perhaps even taking the lead, just as they did in the opening match of Euro qualification.
But the dreams immediately collapsed. Already after 50 seconds, Sofija Nesterova was forced to catch Lina Hurtig’s wink from the net and the match turned into a cat’s game with the rat.
Indeed, it took until the end of the first half before Latvia, without several of the team’s best players, had the ball under control in Sweden’s midfield for the first time.
Jennifer Falk in the Swedish goal had as against Hungary an idle afternoon.
Sweden played without Stina Blackstenius and when the team was introduced it was clear that the captain of the national team, Peter Gerhardsson, had chosen to rest Kosovo Asllani.
– He has a slight muscle injury and we don’t want to take any chances, Gerhardsson said.
The magic of the Real Madrid star it wasn’t necessary tonight. When Sweden made it 2-0, it was purely a propaganda game. Caroline Seger to Pauline Hammarlund, to Julia Zigiotti Olme, to Anna Anvegård, who scored her fifth goal in the European Championship qualifiers.
Many ran a lot on their legs and one of them, Olivia Schough, made it 3-0 before helping Magdalena Eriksson into a perfect corner for 4-0. Five just before breaking a corner from the other side where Hammarlund nodded.
It was a concentrated Sweden that had no problem growing the Latvian can for its defense.
On Tuesday, you probably expect a much more difficult task when Iceland awaits. Right now, the advantage is three points and eleven more goals with a more played match and the goal difference can be decisive if the team plays a draw in Gamla Ullevi.
Sweden runs the risk of having to do without 1-0 scorer Lina Hurtig, who left before the break with a thigh wrapped.
The second half was the first equal, even if the goals did not fall so easily. The home team slowed down the concentration and pace of the ball. Gerhardsson, who put Linda Sembrant to rest throughout the match, made her national team debut against Göteborg FC’s Fillippa Curmark, when Caroline Seger was allowed to rest after the hour played. Anvegård, a goal and two passes on goal, also yielded in favor of Mimmi Larsson.
Hammarlund nodded in his second of the night to 6-0 and looked strong throughout the game.
Tonight’s most acclaimed goal came when rookie Curmark set the final score 7-0 with a shot straight into the net.
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