Sweden has already scored four goals from corner kicks in the World Cup. Three of them were completed by the star player, Central defender Amanda Ilestedt, who also rose to the top spot in the goalscoring market.
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Sweden started the match against Italy fumbling, but in the end the blue-and-yellow beat Italy with as many goals as 5–0.
Sweden excelled especially in corner kicks, of which it finished three goals. Sweden has already scored four goals from corner kicks in these games, while a total of 14 corner kick goals have been scored in the games.
178-centimeter Amanda Ilestedt scored two goals against Italy. He also managed to score the winning goal from a corner kick against South Africa. Thus, the topper Ilestedt is at the top of the goal exchange of the Games with three hits, together with Brazil Ary Borges with.
– I couldn’t even dream of this, Ilestedt beamed to Aftonbladet.
The teammates cheered Ilestedt on.
– We told him that he will win the goal exchange if he continues like this. He is absolutely incredible at corner kicks. It’s a good weapon, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd said according to Expressen.
– I’m going to make sure he doesn’t float too much. He is the best main player in the world thanks to his height, physicality and not least his attitude. I’m not surprised, keeper Zecira Musovic threw.
Viaplay expert Henrik Strömblad was also in awe after Sweden’s fourth goal. He referred Ilestedt’s performance to a classic game familiar to children, fishing, which is a popular game at birthday parties, for example.
– It’s like fishing (Fiskdamm in Swedish) when I was little. You always get something, Strömblad commented on the broadcast.
– Andersson -> Ilestedt is a cheat code. 4-0 and as you guessed, from a corner, reporter Oliver Moody in turn beamed on Twitter.
You can watch Ilestedt’s second header of the night in the following video.
A clinical finisher
Sports expert Mari Savolainen states that Ilestedt has the ability to time his jumps correctly.
– He also knows how to read the trajectory of the ball and performs technically in the header so that the ball goes where it needs to go, says Savolainen.
According to Savolainen, Sweden’s strength in corner kicks is precisely due to the big and physical players who are able to time their jumps well.
– Of course Jonna Andersson delivery also plays an important role that the balls come where Ilestedt and Stina Blackstenius are. When the ball comes to Ilestedt’s head, he is able to finish clinically.
Italy defended poorly
However, according to Savolainen, Italy defended corner kick situations really poorly.
– I think Italy’s tactical choice was weak, like Sweden’s way of playing corner kicks.
– Regional defense as a tactical choice was an unfavorable choice for Italy at that point. Should have made contact from the air at the moment of the jump and got that physical advantage away. That requires player guards or different block plans. They are the only ways to play against big and good main players.
In order for the opponents to be able to get in the way of Sweden in the future, it requires, among other things, planning and good main players.
– Sweden has clear target players to whom they want to deliver the ball. The opponent must go close to them, prevent them from getting to the balls. It requires good defensive players, good main players and strong players to succeed in the plan.
You can watch the match between goal teams Sweden and Italy in the video below.
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