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Strong comeback in the shooting star match
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Photo: CHRISTOFFER BORG MATTISSON / BILDBYRÅN
Star Nina Dano got off to a rocky start in the first European Championship rematch against Hungary.
– It shows that you have no experience, she says.
But the 20-year-old came back strong in the second half.
Sweden started shaky and stressful against Hungary in this weekend’s first double rope match against Hungary before the European Championship.
The result was many technical errors and sloppy finishes in combination with weak defensive play, and 9-4 for Hungary after 13 minutes.
One of the biggest “sinners” was Nina Dano, the 20-year-old who is the youngest on the team and who has only been on one national team before. She was booked for several technical errors and an expulsion at the start of the game.
– It shows that you have no experience and it may not have been completely in my head at first, she says.
I had to start from scratch
But the captain of the national team Tomas Axnér changed “on the clock” in this match and when he launched an almost entirely new lineup, which on paper is by no means a full first six, after a fourth Sweden turned around and went to rest with 14-12.
After tomorrow’s game, the squad will be reduced by two players before leaving for the European Championship. Therefore, Axnér chose to change healthily in tonight’s match in Trollhättan and broadcast to the entire squad.
In the second half the team was followed all the time and then Dano showed why he broke into the national team this fall and after Hanna Blomstrand’s injury he can take a leading role in the right nine in the Championship of Europe despite his inexperience.
The Sävehof star scored four goals in twelve minutes.
– I had to start from scratch too and went straight to the goal. It was great that it worked, says Dano.
Axnér:
– It was very strong for Dano to come back like that.
You want to see more edge finishes
He was satisfied with the way the team came back after the nervous start and especially with the second quarter in the first half and not least with the defensive play during that period.
The game was even in the last one. Hungary was able to win 28-27 after Sweden missed the last attack (Kristin Thorleifsdottir’s long-range shot was blocked).
The technical errors were many: Sweden “won” them by 14-11 and Blågult also had five expulsions against one for the Hungarians.
Axnér wants to see more lead shots in the future.
– We had very few late ends in the game. There we have to look at longer game sequences. On the other hand, today we had many endings in the middle six, 13 or 14 pieces. It would have been enough for us to have added something to them and it would have been a draw.
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