Opponent there is either Austria-conqueror Germany or France, the neighbors meet on Wednesday (9:00 p.m./CEST).
With her sixth goal in this European Championship (34th), Beth Mead extended her lead in the scorers’ list. Shortly after the break, Lucy Bronze increased it to 2-0 (48′), in the closing stages Alessia Russo (68′) and Fran Kirby (77′) made the English team’s third place in the final of the European Championship perfect.
The Swedes got into the game well in front of 28,624 spectators and also had the first top chance through Stina Blackstenius. Her head bounced off the crossbar (9′). The hosts got into the game a little better as time went on, and Mead finally gave the 1984 European champions the first shock. Soon after the restart, the Arsenal kicker prepared the second with a corner kick, Bronze completed with a header. A VAR check for offside was unsuccessful. Referee Esther Staubli, assisted by the Austrian Sara Telek, gave the green light.
The game was basically over, only briefly did the Swedish resistance flare up. The best opportunity at this stage was destroyed by England goalkeeper Mary Earps against Blackstenius (65′). A little later Russo was on the spot, she completed a worth seeing Fersler including “Gurkerl” against Sweden’s final woman Hedvig Lindahl. Kirby rounded off the once again sovereign EM performance, here too Lindahl did not cut a happy figure with the long shot.
Source: Nachrichten
