It didn’t bother her at all.
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Germany netted an insurance goal in 59th minute, when Sara Daebritz – positioned in the left side of the box – did well to cut inside and fire home inside the near post.
And it was the second time Dahlkvist had come through under pressure on penalties: Her kick ousted the favoured USA women in the quarterfinals.
BRASILIA, BRAZIL – AUGUST 12: Meghan Klingenberg #7 of United States battles for the ball against Lotta Schelin #8 of Sweden in the first half during the Women’s Football Quarterfinal match at Mane Garrincha Stadium on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 12, 2016 in Brasilia, Brazil.
So, for the second Olympics in a row, Canada will be fighting for the third place on the Olympics podium as they face host country Brazil for the Bronze medal.
It is now 334 minutes since Lindahl last conceded a goal.
Sweden continued their fairytale run at the Olympic Games, as they eliminated hosts, Brazil in the semi-finals on Tuesday evening. Brazil’s charismatic forward won FIFA’s Women’s World Player of the Year five consecutive years from 2006-10.
One fan lofted a sign that said “Marta We Love You”.
“Nothing will take the shine off the work we did during the whole year”, Marta told SporTV. “We have to go fight the Brazilians for a bronze medal”. “My responsibility is to try to find a way to win”.
There will be no United States, the three-time defending gold medalist and victor of four of the five gold medals ever awarded in women’s soccer. It is also the first all-European final since women’s soccer became an Olympic sport in 1996. Facing another penalty shootout, Swedish goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl came up with two huge saves to help her team to the victory. Afterward, U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo drew attention for calling Sweden “a bunch of cowards” for its style of play.
Brazil has not scored a goal in its last three matches, playing to scoreless draws in each game.
“I remember we played in ’95 against each other and Sweden won, in Sweden”.
If Sweden are kissing gold medals on late Friday evening-to paraphrase Pia Sundhage-won’t give a crap as they would be winning in Rio, while the other teams are at home.
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The Brazilians have twice won silver medals at the Olympics. I won’t say it’s an indictment of the sport, and I won’t take Pia Sundhage to task for giving her team its best chance to win a gold medal. “They want us to play well and they want us to win the gold”. “I’m very happy but we are not finished yet”. The US and Brazil both playing into their hands as they stood firm to progress through the knock-outs by way of succesive shoot-out wins. “Still, were not satisfied”. “It is so hard to put in words what I am feeling, maybe when we get to Rio and Olympic Village for the first time in the Olympic Games we can celebrate a little bit”.
