Euro 2025: Sweden beats Denmark yet again this year on Filippa Angeldahl's goal
One month after a 6-1 rout in Stockholm, Filippa Angeldahl's smart finish of a neat passing attack in the 55th minute was enough for an impressive Swedish team on another hot evening in Switzerland.
Angeldahl severely tested Denmark goalkeeper Maja Bay Ostergaard to save a long-range free kick in the first half and beat her with more power in the second.
The midfielder exchanged passes with captain Kosovare Asllani — making her 200th appearance for Sweden — before striding on to shoot low past Ostergaard's dive.
Denmark star forward Pernille Harder's shot from distance rattled the Sweden crossbar in the 81st.
Later Friday in Group C, favored Germany was playing Poland in St. Gallen.
It was the third time Sweden and Denmark opened a Women's Euros facing each other and it ended 1-1 in both 2005 and 2013.
Sweden beat Denmark twice in a Nations League group this year, starting with 2-1 in Odense in February. That time, Harder was marked toughly by veteran Sweden defender Magdalena Eriksson who has been her partner since 2014.
Eriksson was a surprise absence from the lineup on Friday due to a muscle strain lingering since a warmup game. She was ably replaced by 38-year-old Linda Sembrant, playing her 157th game for Sweden.
Playing in 86-degree heat (30 C) at the 6 p.m. kickoff, both teams took breaks for drinks several times in each half.
The playing surface was mostly shaded by the stadium roof though fans along one length of the field were bathed in direct sunshine for the entire match.
The drinks delays helped to add up to 16 minutes of total stoppage time, including a delay of more than four minutes for a video review early in the game.
Denmark thought it might be getting a penalty kick for a foul on Harder. The free kick was eventually awarded to Sweden by Brazilian referee Edina Alves because winger Madelen Janogy was tripped by a Denmark player before falling into Harder.
Yellow-clad fans at the Salève mountain end of the stadium brought classic Swedish pop music into the game. They sang in both halves to the tune of Abba's 'Lay All Your Love On Me' accompanied by a beating drum.
Before kickoff the stadium observed a period of silence in memory of Portugal and Liverpool forward Diogo Jota who died this week aged 28 in a car crash in Spain.
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Their deaths appeared to have been instantaneous. Jota signed for Liverpool in 2020, joining from Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he had made a name for himself as a bright talent. At Liverpool, Jota played 182 games, scoring 65 goals and making 26 assists as he won the FA Cup, two Carabao Cups, and the club's landmark 20th league title. He wore the number 20. Silva, 25, played first for Gondomar and then for Liga Portugal 2 team F.C. Penafiel as a midfielder and winger. He made 59 appearances for his club and scored six goals. He played for F.C. Porto during his youth career. He is survived by his wife Maria Rodrigues. Wreath in shape of football jerseys are displayed at the entrance of the cemetery after the funeral ceremony of Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva in Gondomar, on the outskirts of... 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