Sweden has been considered one of the champion favourites, but the opening games in the football European Championship have left much to be desired. However, Hanna Bennison’s shot resulted in three points against Switzerland.
Sweden picked up its first victory in this summer’s European football championships, when the blue and yellow defeated Switzerland 2–1.
Fridolina Rolfö gave Sweden the lead, but Swiss icon Ramona Bachmann equalized.
Switzerland kept Sweden at bay, even though the team had a stomach bug during the games. The preparation was far from optimal, but it didn’t hurt.
It was only a substitute who let Sweden off the hook Hannah Bennison. The 19-year-old promise shook Sweden to victory with a handsome long shot.
– Switzerland made this a really interesting match. Switzerland was able to play more directly, while Sweden pressed from higher. When Sweden dropped the press, it also worked in Switzerland with the help of Ball Management, an expert in ‘s studio Liisa-Maija Rautio praised.
After Bennison’s goal, Sweden’s taps opened. Sweden scored two goals after that too, but they were disallowed for offside.
After the game, Switzerland’s substitutions were the talk of the town. Another expert Jani Honkavaara according to this, it is difficult to assess whether Switzerland’s exchanges went wrong or whether Sweden simply did better.
– However, Sweden managed a little better in the exchanges. Switzerland’s substitutions were surprising in the sense that they were made when the team had the best momentum in the game. Then the focus turned to Sweden, Honkavaara described.
In the opening match, Sweden drew against the second favorite for the championship, the Netherlands, even though the Netherlands suffered from injuries. So the team has not reached its best yet, even though it has already played 32 matches in a row without losses in regular time.
In Sweden, the team’s moves were heavily criticized. SVT expert Vaseghpanah of Nazan was disappointed with the team’s performance against Switzerland and demanded more from the champion candidate.
– Terrible performance from Sweden and overall a bad match. There were a lot of loose passes and few runs. There was no precision in playing in the last third of the field, Vaseghpanah your amount (you switch to another service).
‘s studio has also not been satisfied with the Swedish excerpts.
– There was a bit of a question mark as to what their game plan is. Quite a lot of pushing. Let’s move on too quickly. The skill is enough to hold the ball and create an advantage. Temperance would be needed to attack. That would open up opponents like opponents, Rautio stated.