Sweden 3 – 1 Canada
Goals From:
Caroline Segar 7’ (Sweden)
Lotta Schelin 53’ (Sweden)
Kosovare Asllani 78’ (Sweden)
Sophie Schmidt 87’ (Canada)
Sweden Women’s Head coach Thomas Dennerby got the answer he wanted when Sweden beat Canada 3 – 1 today, he wanted to see the team put up a good performance and they did not let him down, it took just seven minutes for Sweden to open the scoring with a goal from Caroline Segar, we had to wait till the second half to see more goals one from Lotta Schelin 53’ and another from Kosovare Asllani 78’,Canada did pull one goal back through Sophie Schmidt in the 87’ but at the final whistle Sweden had won the match 3 – 1.
Canada Line up:
Erin McLeod
Kaylyn Kyle
Rhian Wilkinson
Candace Chapman
Desiree Scott
Christine Sinclair, captain
Sophie Schmidt
Melissa Tancredi
Kelly Parker
Lauren Sesselman
Chelsea Stewart
Sweden Line up:
Hedvig Lindahl
Charlotte Rohlin
Stina Segerstrom
Caroline Seger
Lotta Schelin
Sofia Jakobsson
Lina Nilsson
Therese Sjögran
Lisa Dahlkvist
Nilla Fischer, the team captain
Marie Hammarström
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Great result for Sweden!