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Sweden beat Japan to advance to semi-final with Spain

Sweden beat Japan to advance to semi-final with Spain

admin, August 11, 2023

Sweden produced a magnificent performance to book a semi-final date with Spain and leave Japan’s Women’s World Cup dreams in tatters.

Japan were considered a title contender after coming through the group stage and beating Norway in the round of 16.

Here they fell behind Amanda Ilestedt’s goal before Manchester City midfielder Filippa Angeldahl doubled Sweden’s lead from the penalty spot.

Japan were awarded a controversial penalty but Riko Ueki’s 76th-minute attempt hit the bar, before West Ham’s Honoka Hayashi netted a goal in the 87th minute.

That lifeline came moments after Aoba Fujino hit the woodwork with a free kick, but Sweden saw the game end in the last four.

New Arsenal defender Ilestedt has become a player of the tournament and now has four goals.

She struck from the edge of the penalty area in the 32nd minute after Japan failed to clear.

Goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita kept Japan in the competition when she tipped an attempt by Sweden captain Kosovare Asllani over the post, while Stina Blackstenius had previously missed a glorious chance as the game was goalless.

There seemed to be no coming back for Japan when Angeldahl doubled the lead after the video assistant referee (VAR) spotted a handball from Japanese Liverpool midfielder Fuka Nagano.

Japan have shone at this World Cup, scoring 14 times in their previous four matches.

But they struggled to sufficiently test Sweden goalkeeper Zecira Musovic at Eden Park as Sweden fell within a win of a first World Cup final since 2003, when they lost to Germany in the final in the United States.

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Japan

  1. squad number1player nameYamashita

  2. squad number12player nameTakahashi

  3. squad number4player nameKumagai

  4. squad number3player nameMinami

  5. squad number2player nameShimizu

  6. squad numbertenplayer nameNagano

  7. squad number14player nameHasegawa

  8. squad number6player namesuggested

  9. squad number15player nameFujino

  10. squad number11player nameTanaka

  11. squad number7player nameMiyazawa

  1. squad number9player nameUeki

  2. squad number13player nameEndo

  3. squad number16player nameHayashi

  4. squad number17player nameSeike

  5. squad number20player nameHamano

Sweden

  1. squad number1player nameMusovic

  2. squad number14player nameBjorn

  3. squad number13player nameIlestedt

  4. squad number6player nameEriksson

  5. squad number2player nameAndersson

  6. squad number16player nameAngeldahl

  7. squad number23player nameRubensson

  8. squad number19player nameRytting Kaneryd

  9. squad number9player nameAsllani

  10. squad number18player nameRolfö

  11. squad number11player nameBlackstenius

  1. squad number7player nameJanogy

  2. squad number8player nameHurtig

  3. squad numbertenplayer nameJakobsson

  4. squad number20player namebennison

Alignments

Japan

Training 3-4-3

1Yamashita

12Takahashi4Kumagai3Minami

2ShimizutenNagano14Hasegawa6suggested

15Fujino11Tanaka7Miyazawa

  • 1Yamashita
  • 12TakahashiReplaced byHamanoTo 90+2′minutes
  • 4Kumagai
  • 3Minami
  • 2Shimizu
  • tenNaganoReplaced byHayashiTo 81′minutes
  • 14Hasegawa
  • 6suggestedReplaced byEndoTo 45′minutes
  • 15Fujino
  • 11TanakaReplaced byUekiTo 52′minutesBooked at 79 mins
  • 7MiyazawaReplaced bySeikeTo 81′minutes

Substitutes

  • 5Miyake
  • 8Naomoto
  • 9Ueki
  • 13Endo
  • 16Hayashi
  • 17Seike
  • 18Tanaka
  • 19Moriya
  • 20Hamano
  • 21Hirao
  • 22Chiba
  • 23Ishikawa

Sweden

Training 4-2-3-1

1Musovic

14Bjorn13Ilestedt6Eriksson2Andersson

16Angeldahl23Rubensson

19Rytting Kaneryd9Asllani18Rolfö

11Blackstenius

  • 1Musovic
  • 14Bjorn
  • 13Ilestedt
  • 6Eriksson
  • 2Andersson
  • 16Angeldahl
  • 23RubenssonReplaced bybennisonTo 84′minutes
  • 19Rytting KanerydReplaced byJakobssonTo 84′minutes
  • 9AsllaniReplaced byJanogyTo 72′minutes
  • 18RolföReplaced byHurtigTo 73′minutes
  • 11Blackstenius

Substitutes

  • 3semblance
  • 4Lennartsson
  • 5Sandberg
  • 7Janogy
  • 8Hurtig
  • tenJakobsson
  • 12falk
  • 15Blomqvist
  • 17Seger
  • 20bennison
  • 21Enblom
  • 22Schough

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