shout. Belgium’s Tyne da Kene won the European Championship qualifiers in the shooting tournament.
When Olivia Schouf got the question in the Sportbladet pre-tournament competition, the Swede was shocked.
Maybe it’s better that they don’t know us, then we can surprise them, Justin Vanhevermaet, midfielder
Sweden will face Belgium in the quarter-finals on Friday. This success is historic for the Belgian national team, which is playing its second European Championship, but its first play-off match.
Blue and Yellow haven’t met Belgium since 2009 and the Swedish players still have a bad look at their next opponent.
Belgium is a team we don’t have a good idea of, says Fridolina Rulfo.
– It would be interesting to meet with Belgium, whom I have not met before. They did a good job here. It’s a team we have to respect, but I’m really bad at names and I haven’t progressed that far yet. But it will come when we get into it further, he says Olivia Shaw during Wednesday.
However, Rosengård and the national team striker was reminded ahead of the tournament that there is a Belgian player to watch out for.
When Sportbladet did a test with Rosengård players in the Northern European Championships, this question was included.
Who won the shooting league in the European Football Championship qualifiers?
– My God…
Said Olivia Shaw who thought long before she wrote her qualified guess: Jenny Hermoso, Spain.
The correct answer is Thien da Kenny of Belgium, who scored 12 goals!
– Oh! It was a new name too (laughs). Shaw commented that we will be watching her this summer.
Well, it’s time to put the name to memory. Taine da Kenny decided against Italy and pushed Belgium into the quarter-finals. Belgium also won its European Championship qualifiers, ahead of Switzerland.
However, Belgian midfielder Justin Vanhevermaet appeared, on Monday evening, very happy with the ignorance of the Swedish players.
– Perhaps it is better that they do not know us, then we can surprise them …, she says.
The Belgian players are happy to take on the underdog role before meeting Sweden, second in the world rankings.
Sweden is a difficult country, but we have nothing to lose. We just go out there and try to win. We don’t have any pressure on us, but we’ve shown that we can make a good big team, says reading player Vanhevermaet.