Sweden: Hedvig Lindahl - Anna Paulson, Hanna Marklund, Karolina Westberg, Frida Östberg - Nilla Fischer, Therese Sjögran (87 Frida Nordin), Victoria Svensson, Caroline Seger - Lotta Schelin (90 Therese Lundin), Hanna Ljungberg (54 Jessica Landström)
Goals: 1-0 Lotta Schelin (43), 2-0 Victoria Svensson (45), 3-0 Victoria Svensson (PK 74), 3-1 Cathrine Paaske Sørensen (80)
Attendance: 4,078
Danish reports after the first leg used the word "kynisk" (the same word as cynical, with the meaning of at least unsentimental) about Sweden's play in the 4-2 win. I would say there are reason to use it again. Just like the first match, Denmark, at least up until Sweden's two fast goals minutes from half-time, had better movement and a more creative play, leading to more promising opportunities than the home team managed. But when Sweden won the ball in front of the Danish goal, they were unsentimental, cold hearted and cynical. Victoria Svensson won the ball from a Danish defensive mistake, advanced a few steps and served Lotta Schelin a perfect ball with just the finish left. And less than two minutes after Caroline Seger won the ball in midfield, advances 25 meters and passed it on to Victoria Svensson, who turned her defenders and coldly placed the ball in the far corner. The big difference between the teams was that Sweden had this kind of edge in the attack, that the Danes lacked.
The match picture was characterized by Denmark's need to win and win big, and by a surprisingly nervous, almost cramping, Swedish team. A usually reliable player like Anna Paulson disappointed greatly, getting beat by Danish forwards and misplacing most of her passes. And she wasn't the only one. A very happy Lotta Schelin, interviewed at the half-time recess, admitted that they had been very tense before the match, but with 2-0 at half-time the tension was over.
Denmark still tried in the second half, but with less conviction, and after 3-0 (Therese Sjögran dribbling past Danish defenders and setting up Victoria Svensson, who got wrestled down by Anne Dot Pedersen and rewarded with a penalty kick) it was most about saving face.
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