Sweden got off to the best possible start at the European Championship premiere against the Netherlands.
But Jonah Anderson’s 1-0 goal in the first half was not enough to win.
Jill Rudd saved a point with her equalizer in the second half.
It was the pot total, 1-1, when defending champion Sweden faced the Netherlands at the European Championship premiere.
– good start. But we were expecting more from the Swedish attack game, says expert Hannah Marklund on TV4.
The match was played in front of 21,342 spectators at Sheffield’s historic Bramall Lane, and most of it went through Sweden in the first half.
It was worse for the Netherlands.
Star goalkeeper Sari van Vindal had to come out injured, just like midfielder Anik Nouen.
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In between, Kosovar Aslani had time to break through the newly mentioned Nouen before playing Jonah Anderson 1-0 in the 36th minute of the match.
Kosovar Aslani was behind most of Sweden’s attack in the first half, expert Lotta Schelin said on TV4 in the first half.
But in the second half, the Netherlands upped their game.
They actually took a profit in the 52nd minute via Gil Rudd, who cleverly beat Hedvig Lindahl on goal with a low shot.
Swedish Triple Exchange
20 minutes before the end of the match, Sweden made a three-way change with Stena Blackstenius, Joanna Retting-Canried and Hana Benesson all replaced at the same time.
None of them managed to create a really dangerous situation, and instead, it was Fridolina Rulfo who came closest to achieving victory over Sweden.
But there were no more goals in the premiere, which ended 1-1.
Earlier on Saturday, Portugal and Switzerland played 2-2 in the same group.
The text has been updated.
