Sweden cruised into the quarter-finals of Euro 2025 alongside Germany after a cushty 3-0 win over debutants Poland.
Objectives from Stina Blackstenius, Kosovare Asllani and substitute Lina Hurtig have been sufficient for the Swedes to safe their place.
It was a hat-trick of headed objectives as Poland couldn’t cope with balls into the realm.
Sweden are prime of the standings on objective distinction forward of Germany, guaranteeing they may solely want a draw to win the group when the groups meet on Saturday.
Germany come from behind to undergo
Lea Schuller scored once more as Germany beat Denmark 2-1 – however they needed to come from behind after Amalie Vangsgaard scored for the Danes.
VAR calls had gone in opposition to the favourites till referee Catarina Ferreira Campos awarded a penalty for Katrine Veje’s 53rd-minute foul on Linda Dallmann.
Sjoeke Nusken stayed cool to equalize from the spot, and Jule Brandt arrange Schuller to comb within the winner as she was about to get replaced.
“I don’t know what’s up with Lea,” mentioned Germany coach Christian Wuck, who mentioned he and his teaching employees have been pondering of substituting the ahead.
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“It’s like she is aware of she’s about to return off so she scores a objective,” Wuck mentioned. “However precisely what units aside a goalscorer, that you simply don’t discover her a lot. I heard she truly didn’t have any ball-contact within the penalty field and the primary half, however then she’s there and scores that objective, which wasn’t straightforward both.”
Klara Buhl thought she’d damaged the impasse however the objective was chalked off after a VAR evaluation discovered Nusken had blocked goalkeeper Maja Bay Østergaard’s view from an offside place.
Germany was awarded a penalty after Buhl’s cross struck Frederikke Thogersen’s arm, however a VAR examine discovered the Roma midfielder was simply exterior the penalty space. The free kick got here to nothing.
The subsequent VAR name went Germany’s approach.
“We shouldn’t let issues like that distract us,” Schuller mentioned of the frequent interruptions. “How does it assist us? The choice was made and I feel we’re sturdy sufficient as a staff to get ourselves out of this.”
