Sweden have did not qualify for the upcoming 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris following a 1-0 loss to Switzerland in Matchday 5 of UEFA Ladies’s Nation League on Friday. It will mark the primary time since girls’s soccer was launched to the Olympics that Sweden is not going to characteristic.
The Swedes had been almost joined by England, who bounced again from a 2-0 deficit within the second half to win 3-2 towards the Netherlands at Wembley Stadium and stave off elimination.
Sweden out
The silver medalists from Tokyo 2020 and third-place finisher within the 2023 World Cup conceded a sixth-minute objective to Switzerland winger Ana Maria Crnogorcevic, and the remaining was historical past. The group had a number of alternatives to get the sport of their favor, with 24 shot makes an attempt in comparison with simply seven from the Swiss.
England dangle on
England supervisor Sarina Wiegman and the Lionesses put collectively a three-goal second half to cling onto an opportunity of profitable their group. The win places them tied at 9 factors with Netherlands, although the Dutch have a greater objective differential (+4 to +1) heading into the ultimate matchday.
Dutch striker Lineth Beerensteyn delivered a first-half brace to present the Netherlands an early two-goal lead, however the crew was unable to stave off the comeback by England. Two assists by Lauren James and objectives by Georgia Stanway, Lauren Hemp, and Ella Toone had been the distinction makers.
How UEFA Olympic qualifying works
The Nations League is about up in phases so as to crown an eventual champion of the occasion, but it surely additionally serves as qualifiers for future FIFA Ladies’s World Cup, Olympic and Ladies’s Euro tournaments. The highest two groups in Nations League (excluding France) will e-book their tickets to Paris for the Olympics. So which means ought to France attain the ultimate, the third-place finisher will get the ultimate berth out of Europe
What’s subsequent
England have an opportunity to win their group however are now not answerable for their future. They’ll want a win, make up objective differential, and a loss or draw by the Netherlands to advance and maintain the dream of Olympic qualifying. The Lionesses will face Scotland on Tuesday at Hampden Park in Glasgow, whereas the Netherlands meet Belgium at residence in Tilburg.
