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Goals and Highlights: Sweden 5-0 Italy in Women's World Cup
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Sweden now play Argentina on Wednesday (2). Italy play South Africa on the same day in their final group game of the tournament.
END OF MATCH
Sweden are unforgiving as they sweep past Italy to win the Women's World Cup!
50' GOAL FOR SWEDEN
Blomqvist received the pass, dribbled past the defender, sprinted into the box and slammed home a low shot, adding to his tally!
43'
Substitution for Sweden: Blackstenius out, Blomqvist in.
42'
Blackstenius got the pass through the middle to Jakobsson, who tapped it over the goalkeeper with the offside flag already ticked.
29'
Double substitution for Sweden: out came Kaneryd and Rubensson for Seger and Jakobsson. Italy: Beccari out, Giacinti in.
26'
Italy substitution: Caruso out, Cernoia in.
17'
Double substitution for Sweden: out came Asllani and Rolfo for Janogy and Schough.
13'
Triple substitution in Italy: Bonansea, Dragoni and Di Guglielmo out for Lenzini, Greggi and Serturini.
4' GOAL FOR SWEDEN
And once again from a corner kick, Ilestedt outpaced the entire defense to head the ball high, turning the win into a rout!
2'
On a breakaway where the Italian defense failed to clear the ball, Angeldahl got the ball on the edge of the box and hit it hard, sending the ball to the right of the goal!
SSECOND HALF STARTS
Cantore gets the first touch on the ball and it's off to the second half!
Teams on the pitch
The teams return to the pitch to start the second half. Sweden and Italy return unchanged for the second half.
END OF FIRST HALF
In an intense finish from Sweden, where the match went from tense to a wide victory for the Swedes over Italy, we closed out that first half with a 3-0 win!
46' GOAL FOR SWEDEN
Kaneryd received the pass, tabled with Asllani and crossed from the right into the middle, where Blackstenius appeared to finish and send the ball into the back of the net!
44' GOAL FOR SWEDEN
And from a corner on the right, again taken by Andersson, the ball was deflected at the first post and Rolfo appeared at the second post to hit the goal, extending the score!
43'
Linari's back-heeled error saw Blackstenius come face-to-face with Durante and the goalkeeper did very well to save Italy with a trolley, where the defence cleared the rebound for a corner.
39' GOAL FOR SWEDEN
Andersson's corner from the right was met by Ilestedt, who outpaced his defender in the penalty area to head home the opener with no chance for the goalkeeper!
30'
After a start where they came under a lot of pressure, Sweden equalized the game and are now in charge.
23'
Rubensson shot from outside the area and sent the ball into Durante's hands.
15'
Cantore received a pass on the right side of the box and hit it hard, but Musovic parried it away and the ball fell to Di Guglielmo, who hit the net from outside the box!
10'
It is a game, so far, dominated by Italy, who manage to exchange passes and control the game.
1'
Cantore received the pass on the right and shot hard, but Musovic parried and got the rebound!
HERE WE GO
Blackstenius gets the first touch on the ball and it's off to the first leg of the match!
National Anthems
Now the national anthems of Sweden and Italy are played before the ball rolls.
Teams on the pitch!
The players take to the pitch to start the match!
Italy lined-up!
Sweden lined-up!
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Sky Stadium
The match will take place at Sky Stadium, also known as Wellington Regional Stadium, which is located in the city of Wellington, New Zealand. Home to rugby teams Wellington Lions and Hurricanes, as well as soccer team Wellington Phoenix FC, the stadium has a capacity of 34,500.
Probable Italy
Italy's probable team for the match is: Durante, Di Guglielmo, Linari, Salvai and Boattin; Giugliano, Caruso, Bonansea, Beccari and Girelli; Giacinti.
Probable Sweden
Sweden's probable team for the match is: Musovic, Bjorn, Ilestedt and Eriksson; Kaneryd, Angeldahl, Rubensson and Andersson; Asllani, Rolfo and Blackstenius.
Strong names
Both teams have no absentees for the match. On the Swedish side the big name is Rolfo, the strong name of the team. Italy's main name is Bonansea, who is the hope for Italy's play.
Group G
In Group G, Sweden leads with three points, tied with Italy, where both have only one game done. South Africa and Argentina have one point with two games played so far in the competition. The Women's World Cup will operate as usual in soccer competitions. There are eight groups with four teams each. The top two teams from each group qualify for the round of 16, with knockout rounds until the World Cup final. Remember that the games are one-way only, with three games between the teams in the group stage and single games in the knockout stage.
Last Matches: Italy
Italy arrive with two wins and a draw from their last games. The draw was on July 1 in a friendly against Morocco, without goals. On Friday (14), in another friendly, the victory was 1-0 over New Zealand. And in the debut at the World Cup, on Monday (24), the victory was 1-0 over Argentina, with a goal by Girelli.
Last Matches: Sweden
Sweden come into the match with one loss, one win and one draw in their last games. The defeat came on April 7 to Denmark in a friendly, 1-0, with a goal from Larsen. On the 11th, the draw was with Norway 3-3, with goals from Rolfo, Bjorn and Schough, while Maanum (2) and Saevik drew. And in their World Cup opener on Sunday (23), they came from behind to beat South Africa 2-1, with Magaia opening the scoring, Rolfo equalizing and Ilestedt turning the game around.
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