Sweden win by insistence

Straight

Pioneers in the European Championship -they stayed with the first edition in 1983-, always cheerleaders in European women's football -nine times among the four best on the continent-, Sweden respected its history.

It was not easy for him against Belgium.

Sweden scared the Belgians with transitions and got stuck when the

gave them the ball.

But with more insistence than football, Sweden prevailed with their usual weapon: set pieces.

Of course, he had to wait until the discount.

In the 92nd minute, Sembrant made it 1-0 for Sweden to face England next Tuesday for a place in the Wembley final.

SWEsweden

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Hedvig Lindahl, Amanda Nildén, Amanda Ilestedt, Linda Sembrant, Magdalena Eriksson, Filippa Angeldahl, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, Kosovare Asllani, Nathalie Björn, Fridolina Rolfö, and Stina Blackstenius

BEL Belgium

0

Nicky Evrard, Laura De Neve, Laura Deloose, Davina Philtjens, Sari Kees, Marie Minnaert, Justine Vanhaevermaet, Julie Biesmans, Janice Cayman, Tessa Wullaert, and Tine De Caigny

Goals

1-0 min.

91: Linda Sembrant.

Yellow cards Julie Biesmans (min. 15) and Davina Philtjens (min. 35)

Sweden's power does not translate into control of the ball.

He does not need it.

The one from Belgium, yes.

And the Belgian team understood, from the outset, that to control the power of the Scandinavians they had to take care of the leather.

Ives Serneels' team raised the pressure line to keep Sweden away from their goal and tried not to lose the ball.

At times, he succeeded.

Just for moments.

The speed of the Swedes in transitions was too much power for Belgium.

However, Peter Gerhardsson's girls were missing their aim.

Neither in the set pieces nor in the counterattacks, Sweden managed to break the silence on the scoreboard.

And, when he did, after a great pass from Asllani to Blackstenius, the VAR canceled the goal of the Arsenal striker.

Sweden's game revolved around the former Real Madrid player - next season she will play for Milan -, always with the sights set on Rolfo and Kaneryd on the wings and their center forward, Blackstenius.

The problem for Asllani is that she was too alone to give pause to a team accustomed to showing off in vertigo.

Sweden, however, insisted and insisted.

In fact, she added up to 15 shots (five on goal) before the end of the first half.

Belgium, on the other hand, practically did not appear in the Lindahl area.

Before going through the locker room, the Belgians only counted a shot from the talented Vanhaevermaet one step from the crescent that did not even bother the Swedish goalkeeper.

But Belgium played with the clock.

An exercise in suffering that ended up forgetting his game plan: protecting himself with the ball.

Sweden was uncomfortable with the static attack.

Without spaces, the Scandinavians had no choice but to bet on bombing the Belgium area with centers, always incisive in strategic moves.

Then, two immense players appeared to shut down every attempt by Gerhardsson's team: center back De Neve and goalkeeper Nicky Evrard, who stopped up to 10 shots of the 33 that Sweden signed.

But in the discount, in the thirteenth corner kick, the Scandinavians found a prize.

Sembrant caught the rebound in the box and sealed Gerhardsson's team's visa for the semi-final.

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