Ladies's Euro 2022: Sweden into quarterfinals as group winner with emphatic win regardless of Netherlands beating Switzerland

"I had enjoyable right this moment and I really feel like all the staff loved taking part in soccer. We're feeling nice. We've plenty of respect for Portugal, they've developed rather a lot, however on the identical time, we simply needed to go all in and be as aggressive as potential within the final third."

Three targets within the first half have been the nail within the coffin for Portugal and actually received Sweden motoring.

Manchester Metropolis's Filippa Angeldal capitalized on a poor little bit of dealing with from Portugal goalkeeper Patrícia Morais from a nook to begin the scoring halfway by the primary 45 minutes earlier than doubling the lead with a neat end from a well-worked set piece on the stroke of halftime.

However the scoring did not finish there within the first half as deep into added time, Carole Costa headed into her personal internet from a nook.

Asllani scored from the penalty spot to increase the result in 4 earlier than Stina Blackstenius lastly received her purpose, having had two dominated out earlier.

"We all know that we typically are excellent on set items so my function there may be merely to only go on the balls that dip down, then the second was a variant we have now checked out rather a lot, and right this moment, the chance lastly arose."

On the identical time, Netherlands was placing in its personal spectacular efficiency.

Regardless of the absence of star-striker Vivianne Miedema attributable to Covid-19, the Netherlands regarded harmful in assault.

However when the opening purpose got here, it was really by a Swiss head. As she tried to clear a Dutch nook, Ana-Maria Crnogorcević's header may solely discover her personal prime nook.

Simply 4 minutes later, Switzerland was stage by a tidy end from shut vary from Géraldine Reuteler.

With time winding down and a draw maybe wanting on the playing cards, Romée Leuchter's looping header simply made it over the road -- her first worldwide purpose -- earlier than one other substitute, Victoria Pelova, doubled the Netherlands' lead.

There was nonetheless time for Leuchter to seize her second of the sport, the Netherlands' fourth, because the Swiss drained and succumbed to the world No. 4 as she tapped dwelling from shut vary.

Netherlands coach Mark Parsons was filled with reward for his aspect afterwards, looking forward to the squad's highly-anticipated quarterfinal in opposition to France.

"It makes it enjoyable and entertaining, however we stored calm. We noticed some nerves at 1-1, however the gamers who got here on modified the sport. They gave us plenty of high quality and vitality and that is occurred in each sport up to now. We're very pleased with who's beginning, and we're very pleased with who's ending.

"We're taking part in an enormous opponent [France], and so are they. I do not assume they need to play us. [The last time we met], the outcome wasn't what we needed, however we mentioned that the following time we performed them, we have been assured that we might be higher. We noticed alternative."