Highlights and goals: Sweden 2-0 Australia in Womens World Cup FIFA 2023

From our side that's all, we have only one game left in this World Cup, this Sunday Spain and England define who will be the new World Champion. 

La Roja for a historic treble, while Las Leonas will be looking for the double of Euro and World Cup in one year.

Sweden obtains for the fourth time the third place in a World Cup, having already achieved it in China 1991, Germany 2011 and France 2019. 

Australia will be looking for its best performance in a World Cup, with a fourth place. Since the 2003 edition, no home team had finished in the top four of the Cup.

Fridolina Rolfo was named player of the match.

Australia has its best participation in the World Cups, while Sweden equals its second best participation with a new third place in a World Cup. 

Sweden 2-0 Australia

Yellow card for Hurtig

Direct shot for Corney-Cross.

Australia cannot get a shot on goal.

Change in Sweden

Kaneryd in, Sembrant out.

Yellow card for Rubensson

Rolfo commits a foul in favor of Australia. 

Australia tries to go long to get away from their goal and try to keep a clean sheet.

Sweden dominates all facets of the game, has the most shots (11), shots on goal (5) and dominates possession with 56%. 

Ilestedt commits another foul for Sweden.

Rubensson commits another foul for Sweden.

Foul by Sweden

Kerr returns to the court, but is somewhat diminished. 

Sam Kerr goes down and the game is suspended due to a hit on the Australian star.

Changes in Australia.

Nevin and Chidiac come in. 
Porkinghorne and Carpenter come off.

Australia has no reaction, the second goal has hit them with cold water, it seems to be all set in this match. 

Australia's direct shot, well saved by Musovic.

Changes in Sweden

Hurtig and Bloqmvist come in. 
Asllani and Blackstenius come off.

Offside by Sweden

GOOOOOOOL FOR SWEDEN, Asllani scores the second of the match to give the Scandinavians the lead. A counter-attacking play, Blackstenius can't finish it and serves it back to Asllani, who smashes the ball just inside the post for the second of the game for the Europeans.

Subs Australia

Van Egmond and Vine in, Gorry and Raso out

Direct shot for Sweden

START TO SECOND HALF

Sweden 1-0 Australia

Direct shot for Sweden

Direct shot for Sweden

Direct shot for Sweden

GOOOOOOL FOR SWEDEN. Rolfo scores from the penalty spot, cross shot unkickable for goalkeeper Arnold.

Penalty confirmed for Sweden.

VAR Review- The VAR reviews a touch by Hunt against Blackstenius. He is going to whistle a penalty for Australia.

Direct shot for Sweden

Corner for Australia

Direct shot for Sweden

Corner for Australia

Direct shot for Australia. Very little excitement in this encounter.

Direct shot for Sweden

START TO GAME Starting Lineups Sweden: Musovic; Andersson, Eriksson, Ilestedt, Bjorn; Asllani, Angeldal, Rolfo, Kaneryd, Rubensson; Blackstenius. Australia: Arnold; Porkinghorne, Catley, Hunt, Carpenter; Foord, Raso, Gorry, Corney-Cross; Fowler and Kerr.

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This is the kick-off time for the Sweden vs Australia match on August 19, 2023 in several countries:
Argentina: 5:00 hrs. - DIRECTV Sports and TyC Sports
Bolivia: 4:00 hrs. - 
Brazil: 5:00 hrs. - Globo and SporTV
Chile: 4:00 hrs. - DIRECTV Sports
Colombia: 3:00 hrs. - Caracol TV, RCN Television and DIRECTV Sports
Ecuador: 3:00 hrs. - DIRECTV Sports
Spain: 10:00 hrs. - RTVE.es and TDP
Mexico: 2:00 hrs. - VIX
Paraguay: 4:00 hrs. - 
Peru: 3:00 hrs. - DIRECTV Sports
Uruguay: 5:00 hrs. - DIRECTV Sports and Claro Sports
Australia: 19:00 hrs. - Optus Sport
India: 13:30 hrs. - DD Sports and Fan Code
Nigeria: 13:00 hrs. - AfroSport TV 
South Africa: 12:00 hrs. - SuperSport Football
Japan: 17:00 hrs. -

Referee: Cheryl Foster
1st assistant referee: Michelle O'Neill
2nd assistant referee: Franca OVERTOOM
4th referee: Rebecca Welch

Sam Kerr, the 29-year-old forward is the key player for the Aussies. Although she missed most of the tournament due to injury, she has been able to play in the last three games of the tournament, scoring a great goal in the semis against the English. 
Kerr has been in the last three World Cups and in this Cup she will achieve the most important campaign for her country.

Sweden's Amanda Ilestedt is a standout player. The 25-year-old, who plays as a defender for Arsenal, is the team's top scorer in the current edition of the Women's World Cup with four goals. She has also played in all six matches of this World Cup.

There have been five meetings between the two teams, with two wins for the Europeans, one for the Australians and two draws. 

The Aussies are coming off a 3-1 semi-final loss to England and will have the support of the home fans in the match for third place in the championship. 

The Scandinavians were knocked out of the title race after losing 2-1 in regulation time to Spain. The Europeans will now be looking to secure third place in the tournament. 

The match will take place at the Suncorp Stadium, in the city of Brisbane (Australia), this will be the last match at this venue of the current World Cup. This stadium has a capacity of 52,500 spectators.

Hello everyone! Welcome to the blog commentary of the match Sweden vs Australia, valid for the third place of the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023. My name is Mario Meza May and I will be your host for this match. We will provide you with pre-match analysis on VAVEL.