Sheffield. Ramona Bachmann silenced Sweden at its equalizing target – literally and figuratively.
The gesture was a joke to the Swedish press that provoked her before the meeting.
– I felt that only the Swedish media “we will score 5-6 goals”, says the Swiss.
Sweden had an unexpectedly difficult position against Switzerland. The final score was 2-1 after Altaïr player Hanna Benison withdrew the winning goal.
Ramona Bachmannwho pressed the receipt shortly after Sweden’s main goal, put her finger on her mouth and calmed down as she celebrated.
Next, the Swiss star has to explain the target gesture.
– I felt at the press conference that some of the issues were provocative, says Bachmann.
– I felt that only the Swedish media “we will score 5-6 goals”. We showed that we can compete at this level.
“always frustrated”
Stina Blackstenius believes that one of Sweden’s big problems was that the team was unable to speed up.
It’s always frustrating when you feel like teams are taking a little extra time. I think it’s already in the first half that the goalkeeper doesn’t really want to catch the ball, so you have to chase it all the way, says the striker.
It creates frustration, especially today when we don’t get to situations. We don’t have the lead in the game and we have to chase all the time. The pressure becomes when we know we need to win the game.
Blacksteinius asserts that the judge bears responsibility but does not want to evaluate his efforts further.
– Sometimes you get some cheap free kicks and get easily frustrated when you want to take advantage of the momentum. She says it will stay the same when Switzerland takes time.
“disagree …”
Teammate Hannah Glass is doing her best when it comes to Switzerland’s use of time.
– We know that both Switzerland and Portugal are such a difference, says Glass.
Deliberately masked them?
Sure, of course they do. But like I said, we know they do, so we have to get better at speeding it up ourselves.
Ramona Bachmann does not agree with the Swedish analysis.
– I don’t really agree with that. It was both sides. I think it was a tough physical match, says the Swiss.