The Swedish women's team defeated the United States 5-4 on penalties to book their place in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Women's World Cup, where they will face the Japanese women's team.
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| The Swedish women's team made the United States the former Women's World Cup champions. (Photo: Reuters) |
The match between the Swedish women's team and the US women's team took place extremely attractively on August 6, within the framework of the round of 16 to compete for a ticket to the quarterfinals of the 2023 Women's World Cup.
After the opening whistle, both teams took the initiative and created an attractive attacking game. However, the "Land of the Stars and Stripes" women's team was the team with better ball control.
In the 19th minute, the US women's team had their first dangerous opportunity from a powerful shot from outside the box by young striker Trinity Rodman. Unfortunately, the ball found the Swedish goalkeeper right in the position.
Immediately, the Swedish girls responded with a dangerous corner kick, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher showed her focused fighting spirit, she punched the ball to save the American women's team.
The defending champions USA continued to dominate in the following minutes of the match. They continuously had a number of threatening shots on the Swedish goal from Rodman and Linsey Horan.
Despite their constant attacks, the American girls still couldn’t find a way to penetrate the Swedish defense. Meanwhile, Sweden also had trouble attacking the American women’s team.
In the second half, the Swedish women's team showed solid play. The Nordic representative defended well and waited for a quick counterattack opportunity.
In the 53rd minute, Lindsey Horan volleyed the ball diagonally across the goal, but the Swedish goalkeeper had excellent reflexes, blocking the ball to save her team.
The US women's team then continued to have a few more moves that made the Swedish players falter but still lacked precision in the final moves.
The official match time ended but there were still no goals scored by either team. The 0-0 draw forced the match into extra time.
In both extra periods, the defending champion USA continued to show its strength and created dangerous opportunities, but Sweden also showed a resilient fighting spirit and was not easy to defeat.
After 120 minutes, the two teams had to enter a penalty shootout to determine the winner. After 7 dramatic penalty kicks, the Swedish women's team won 5-4 against the United States to enter the quarterfinals of the 2023 Women's World Cup, surprisingly eliminating the defending champions of the tournament.
Thus, after the opening 4 matches of the round of 16, the organizing committee has determined the first 2 matches in the quarter-finals of the 2023 Women's World Cup: the Netherlands vs. Spain at 8:00 a.m. on August 11, while Japan vs. Sweden at 2:30 p.m. on August 11.
According to HUY AN/Nhandan.vn
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