Sweden inflict Germany's biggest-ever Euros loss

Sweden handed Germany their biggest-ever decision astatine a Women's European Championship, with a 4-1 triumph to unafraid apical spot successful Group C.

Germany, who besides spell done to the quarterfinals arsenic runners-up, were hampered by a first-half reddish paper for Carlotta Wamser.

The Swedes finished apical of the radical with a cleanable 9 points from their 3 games and volition instrumentality connected the runners-up successful Group D -- which features France, England, Netherlands and Wales -- with the Germans taking connected the winners of that group.

It was the archetypal clip Sweden bushed Germany astatine the Euros and secured a perchance easier way to the final, avoiding the anticipation of facing World Cup winners and Euro 2025 favourite Spain successful the semifinals.

"It's precise important to physique connected a bully feeling and summation confidence, present we tin look forward," goalscorer Stina Blackstenius said.

It was the archetypal clip Germany had conceded 4 goals astatine a Women's Euro. They had antecedently lone mislaid 1 lucifer by aggregate goals successful the competition, with a 3-1 decision to Denmark successful 1993's third-place match.

"We started the crippled precise well. We were afloat successful it and the amended team," Germany's Klara Buhl said.

"We past springiness the crippled distant successful 10 minutes, that's incredibly bitter. We person to enactment that down america arsenic rapidly arsenic possible."

Germany got disconnected to a flying start, slicing Sweden unfastened done the mediate arsenic Wamser slid the shot into the way of Jule Brand, who managed to gaffe it past Jennifer Falk contempt the Swedish keeper getting a touch.

The Swedes struck backmost wrong 5 minutes, striker Blackstenius expertly timing her tally successful down the defence and latching connected to Kosovare Asllani's shot earlier flashing a changeable past Ann-Katrin Berger to level.

Though the Germans looked unsafe each clip they crossed the halfway line, it was the Swedes who took the pb done Smilla Holmberg successful the 25th minute, the fullback marauding into the container earlier losing power and past steering an attempted clearance into the nett from a choky angle.

Germany's situation fell isolated successful the 32nd infinitesimal erstwhile Wamser was shown a consecutive reddish paper for a deliberate handball. and Fridolina Rolfö scored from the spot to marque it 3-1 successful her 100th international.

"The reddish paper was decisive," Germany manager Christian Wück said. "We couldn't combat backmost into the crippled with 1 little subordinate connected the pitch."

While Germany made the unusual unsafe foray successful the 2nd half, Sweden exploited their numerical vantage and substitute Lina Hurtig enactment the crippled beyond scope with a close-range decorativeness successful the 80th minute.

Sweden play their quarterfinal successful Zurich adjacent Thursday, portion the Germans volition person 2 other days of remainder earlier playing their crippled successful Basel connected Saturday.

Information from ESPN Research, Reuters and The Associated Press and was utilized successful this report.