Sweden qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Football Championship.
The must-win match against Portugal ended in a 5-0 demolition.
Thus, Sweden also wins the group and avoids the nightmare opponent France.
Sweden had clear conditions for the thriller match against Portugal: do not lose.
Nor are they.
The last group match against Portugal ended in a 5-0 demolition.
Take advantage of Portugal’s weakness
Before the match, Sweden identified a weak point in its opponent. fixed positions. It was also exactly the weakness that was exploited.
1-0 came into the corner after 21 minutes when Philippa Angeldal sent in a bad boxer from the Portugal goalkeeper. In the final minutes of the first half, Engeldahl moved forward again and made his second goal of the evening. This time with a delicious free kick formula.
After a whole series of outages due to injury, there were seven more minutes in the first half, and when there were only seconds left, Sweden scored another goal. in another steady state. Portuguese Carol Costa nodded her head in a corner kick in her own net.
In this way it also continued in the second half when Kosovar Aslani scored 4-0 on penalties. Stena Blacksteinus also shook her head 5-0 with a free kick, but this time the goal was disallowed for offside after a VAR review.
But in the last minutes of the match, Blacksteinius got another chance to score his first goal of the tournament. She hit 5-0 with a shot into the crossbar, and that was the end result too.
Avoid the nightmare of resistance in the quarter
The crush of Portugal also means that Sweden beats the Netherlands in the table on goal difference and takes care of the group win. Thus, Sweden avoids nightmare rival France and will instead face Iceland, Belgium or Italy in the quarter-finals, which will be decided tomorrow.