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The Guardian
13-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Sweden make Germany pay for Carlotta Wamser's handball to top Group C
It was a fixture that had promised a show and it delivered. Sweden embarrassed Germany after Carlotta Wamser's bizarre handball save reduced Christian Wück's side to 10 players and handed them a two-goal deficit that would grow to three. Jule Brand had put Germany ahead early on before Stina Blackstenius levelled and the teenage full-back Smilla Holmberg gave Sweden the lead. Then came Wamser's incomprehensible save with her hands to deny Fridolina Rolfö, who converted the resulting spot-kick before Lina Hurtig scored Sweden's fourth late on. There may have been only top spot to play for, with both teams already qualified, but it was still a game that mattered, from a momentum point of view and in terms of whom they play next. With the winner facing second place in Group D, probably England, and the runner-up playing the winner of Group D, likely to be France, there is little difference in the quality of quarter-final opposition. However, finishing top has put Sweden in the kinder side of the draw, only facing Spain, the favourites, if they reach the final. Peter Gerhardsson said: 'I don't know,' when asked if it was a statement win. 'We know when we came into this tournament that we only take one step at a time,' said the Sweden coach. 'First Denmark, then Poland, then Germany. Now we have a quarter-final. I am not a dreamer thinking of winning the gold medal … Maybe it is a dull answer but that is how I work.' There is history between Germany and Sweden: they met in the quarter-final of the 2019 World Cup in France, Sweden emerging the victors, before going on to beat England in the bronze-medal match. Generally, though, fortune has favoured the Germans. They had 21 wins and two draws in 31 meetings before kick-off at the Stadion Letzigrund and had not lost to Sweden in the six times they had met at the Euros, including the 1995 and 2001 finals, winning five and drawing once. They also met in the 2003 World Cup final, which Germany won thanks to a golden goal. It was far from a foregone conclusion that history would repeat itself though. Poland put up an impressive fight against Wück's side, while Denmark could feel aggrieved they had not walked away with at least a point after a controversial winner for Germany gave them all three points in Basel. In a frenetic start both teams fired warning shots within minutes of kick-off. It was a sign of things to come and in the seventh minute Germany took the lead. Wamser threaded the ball to Brand, who had left Jonna Andersson for dead and slotted past Jennifer Falk. The majority German crowd roared, but they were soon drowned out by the block of yellow behind Falk's goal. Wück's team had considerable success on that right-hand side, Andersson and her teammates on the left-hand side for Sweden looked as if they were running through treacle when attempting to track the runs of the players in red, but Germany could not capitalise. They were punished soon after. Blackstenius received the ball just inside the Germany half and was given all the space in the world to run into on the right before she slipped the ball past Ann-Katrin Berger and in. A chaotic second for the Swedes followed, as 18-year-old Holmberg's energetic run into the box from the right was unchallenged until Sarai Linder stuck out a foot and the ball took a strange double deflection off the defender and then the young full-back, and flew in. The Blågult should have extended their lead twice in quick succession, first when Blackstenius curled a left-foot effort over and wide and then when Berger's poor ball out from the back was leapt on by Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, who went through one-on-one but inexplicably chose to square instead of shoot, allowing Germany to clear. Sign up to Moving the Goalposts No topic is too small or too big for us to cover as we deliver a twice-weekly roundup of the wonderful world of women's football after newsletter promotion An almost identical move yielded the goal that would put them two clear. Rytting Kaneryd's pull-back was met by Rolfö this time, the Barcelona player fired goalwards and Berger was at sea but the ball was pushed wide by the hands of Wamser. It was a ludicrous decision from the full-back, who received a straight red and will miss their quarter final. It was even more foolish given Wamser came into the side after the medial ligament injury suffered by Giulia Gwinn that ruled the Germany captain out of the tournament. 'The red card was decisive,' said Wück. 'After the penalty and with one player less on the pitch it was clear that we could not come back against this Swedish team. In the second half changing the system I imagined we could get another chance or two, but with one player less and the quality of the Swedish team it was almost impossible to fight them.' The sting was taken out of the game in the second half, but a late effort from Hurtig put the cherry on top of a clinical performance for Sweden, the forward, who has joined Fiorentina from Arsenal this summer, tapping in Rytting Kaneryd's ball into the middle. It was an uplifting win for Sweden, who despite looking defensively frail at times remain one of the tournament's most promising teams. Meanwhile, Germany must regroup and find a way to cope without their first- and second-choice right-backs.
CNA
12-07-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Red card decisive in 4-1 loss to Sweden, Germany coach says
ZURICH :Germany's hopes of topping Group C crashed after a red card for defender Carlotta Wamser that was the deciding factor in the team's 4-1 defeat by Sweden, coach Christian Wueck said after their final group game at the Women's Euros. Following a bright start, capped with a goal from Jule Brand, Germany were second best for most of the match at Zurich's Letzigrund stadium. Sweden hit back with two goals before Wamser handled on the goal-line in the 31st minute. She was sent off, and Sweden's Fridolina Rolfo scored from the spot. "The red card was decisive in us not coming back," said Wueck. "I think after the penalty, after the 3-1 and one player less on the pitch it was clear that it would be very, very difficult for us to come back against this Swedish team." He had thought Germany might still get chances in the second half. "But the quality of the Swedes is of course almost impossible to combat with one player less," Rolfo said. Germany did not make enough of their first 15-minute spell and struggled with Sweden's counter-attacking, he said. The Swedes scored again in the second half to win 4-1 and top Group C. Germany finished second to qualify for the quarter-finals, where they will play France, Netherlands or England, depending on the outcome of Sunday's Group D matches. "We wanted to win this game, we clearly went into this game wanting to finish first in the group," Wueck said. "And that's why we're a bit down now. "Again, of course you have to look at the game, you have to take the positives out of it, you also have to clarify and analyse the negatives with the players," he said.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
🚨 Heavy defeat in Zurich, Sweden too strong for shaky Germany women
The dream of winning the group is over. At Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich, the DFB women lost clearly to Sweden with a score of 1:4 and finish Group C as runners-up. Strong for the future: With retirement planning from ERGO, tailored to the needs of women. At first, everything actually looked good. Germany started with pressure, created several chances right from the beginning, and took the lead as a result. Advertisement But after the 1:0 by Jule Brand (7th minute), the game turned. The Blågult took control and went ahead through Stina Blackstenius (12th minute) and Smilla Holmberg (25th minute). Things got even worse for the Wück team after that. Carlotta Wamser cleared the ball off the line with her hand in the 31st minute, caused a penalty, and had to leave the field with a red card. Fridolina Rolfö took responsibility and increased the score to 3:1 from the Swedish perspective. After that, the DFB team nervously made it to the locker room. Again and again, especially the newly formed defense together with goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger made some hair-raising mistakes. No turnaround in the second half The second half also failed to bring a real turnaround. Although the German women stabilized, there was no real sign of a fightback. The Swedish team, meanwhile, managed their lead and repeatedly launched skillful attacks – as they did in the 80th minute. Advertisement After a passing sequence around the German penalty area, Lina Hurtig only had to tap the ball in and scored to make it 4:1 for coach Peter Gerhardsson's team. That's how it would end. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here. 📸 SEBASTIEN BOZON - AFP or licensors
Irish Times
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Euro 2025 round-up: Sweden storm to group victory with big win over Germany
Sweden made the most of the sending-off of Germany defender Carlotta Wamser to sweep to a 4-1 win and secure top spot in their Group C clash on Saturday, with the Germans also going through to the quarter-finals as runners-up The Swedes finished top of the group with a perfect nine points from their three games and will take on the runners-up in Group D – which features France, England, Netherlands and Wales – with the Germans taking on the winners of that group. Germany defender Wamser set up Jule Brand for her side's opener in the seventh minute, but the Swedes hit back through Stina Blackstenius five minutes later and they took the lead through a fortuitous goal from full back Smilla Holmberg in the 25th minute. Wamser's red card for a deliberate handball in the box in the 32nd minute allowed Fridolina Rolfo to confidently slot home the resulting penalty, and substitute Lina Hurtig rubbed salt in Germany's wounds with an 80th-minute goal to seal an emphatic win. READ MORE Poland's Natalia Padilla-Bidas scored her country's first goal at a major women's tournament in a 3-2 victory over Denmark that sends Poland home from their European Championship debut on a high note. Both teams had already been eliminated from quarter-final contention so Saturday's match was about final group placings with Poland finishing third and Denmark fourth. Bayern Munich's Padilla-Bidas brought the Polish fans to their feet at Allmend Stadion with her historic strike in the 12th minute when a loose ball fell at her feet and she fired home. Ewa Pajor, Poland's all-time leading goalscorer, doubled their lead eight minutes later when she intercepted the ball in the midfield, laid it out to Padilla-Bidas then charged to the back post to head it in. Janni Thomsen pulled one back in the 59th minute but Poland restored their two-goal lead when substitute Martyna Wiankowska struck from the edge of the box, firing the ball in off the bar. Denmark, runners-up at Euro 2017, replied in the 83rd minute when Signe Bruun headed in Katrine Veje's pinpoint cross.
The Guardian
12-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Sweden make Germany pay for Carlotta Wamser's handball to win Euro 2025 group
It was a fixture that had promised a show and it delivered. Sweden embarrassed Germany after Carlotta Wamser's bizarre handball save reduced Christian Wück's side to 10 players and handed them a two-goal deficit that would grow to three. Jule Brand had put Germany ahead early on before Stina Blackstenius levelled and the teenage full-back Smilla Holmberg gave Sweden the lead. Then came Wamser's incomprehensible save with her hands to deny Fridolina Rolfo, who converted the resulting spot-kick before Lina Hurtig delivered Sweden's fourth late on. There may have only been top spot to play for, with both teams already qualified, but it was still a game that mattered, both from a momentum point of view and in terms of who they play next. With the winner facing the runner up in Group D, likely England, and the runner-up playing the winner of Group D, likely France, there is little difference in the quality of opposition ahead. However, finishing top has put Sweden in the kinder side of the draw, only facing Spain, the favourites, if they reach the final. Sign up to Moving the Goalposts No topic is too small or too big for us to cover as we deliver a twice-weekly roundup of the wonderful world of women's football after newsletter promotion Full report to follow
