Sweden cruised into the quarter-finals of Euro 2025 alongside Germany after a snug 3-0 win over debutants Poland.
Targets from Stina Blackstenius, Kosovare Asllani and substitute Lina Hurtig had been sufficient for the Swedes to safe their place.
It was a hat-trick of headed objectives as Poland couldn’t take care of balls into the world.
Sweden are high of the standings on purpose distinction forward of Germany, making certain they may solely want a draw to win the group when the groups meet on Saturday.
Germany come from behind to undergo
Lea Schuller scored once more as Germany beat Denmark 2-1 – however they needed to come from behind after Amalie Vangsgaard scored for the Danes.
VAR calls had gone in opposition to the favourites till referee Catarina Ferreira Campos awarded a penalty for Katrine Veje’s 53rd-minute foul on Linda Dallmann.
Sjoeke Nusken stayed cool to equalize from the spot, and Jule Brandt arrange Schuller to brush within the winner as she was about to get replaced.
“I don’t know what’s up with Lea,” stated Germany coach Christian Wuck, who stated he and his teaching workers had been considering of substituting the ahead.
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“It’s like she is aware of she’s about to return off so she scores a purpose,” Wuck stated. “However precisely what units aside a goalscorer, that you just don’t discover her a lot. I heard she really didn’t have any ball-contact within the penalty field and the primary half, however then she’s there and scores that purpose, which wasn’t simple both.”
Klara Buhl thought she’d damaged the impasse however the purpose was chalked off after a VAR evaluation discovered Nusken had blocked goalkeeper Maja Bay Østergaard’s view from an offside place.
Germany was awarded a penalty after Buhl’s cross struck Frederikke Thogersen’s arm, however a VAR test discovered the Roma midfielder was simply exterior the penalty space. The free kick got here to nothing.
The following VAR name went Germany’s manner.
“We shouldn’t let issues like that distract us,” Schuller stated of the frequent interruptions. “How does it assist us? The choice was made and I believe we’re sturdy sufficient as a group to get ourselves out of this.”