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Match 21 Shenyang - Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium
15 August
Sweden
0:2
Germany
0:2 a.e.t.
  • Kerstin GAREFREKES (105')
  • Simone LAUDEHR (115')

Referee Dagmar DAMKOVA

Summary

Germans outlast brave Sweden

Germans outlast brave Sweden

 Germany scored twice in extra time to finally extinguish Sweden's challenge and book a semi-final with Brazil in the Women's Olympic Football Tournament. After a goalless 90 minutes, Kerstin Garefrekes and Simone Laudehr found the target to settle a game that could, in truth, have gone either way. The first half began as a chess match, with both sides assuming a cautious stance ...

Line-up

SWE
GER
Substitute(s)
Coaches
Thomas DENNERBY (SWE)
(GER) Silvia NEID
Officials
  • Referee: Dagmar DAMKOVA (CZE)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Irina MIRT (ROU)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Katarzyna NADOLSKA (POL)
  • Fourth official: HONG Eun Ah (KOR)

Photos

  • Players of Germany celebrate after scoring
  • Germany's goalkeeper Nadine Angerer (C) saves
  • Birgit Prinz of Germany reacts after failing scoring
  • Jessica Landstrom (R) of Sweden vies with Ariane Hingst of Germany
  • Lotta Schelin (C) of Sweden vies with Renate Lingor of Germany
  • Birgit Prinz (R) of Germany gets the ball as the goalkeeper of Sweden is on ground
  • Sweden's goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl saves a goal during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games quarter-finals
  • Linda Bresonik (C) of Germany heads for the ball
  • Anja Mittag (L) of Germany vies for the ball with Sara Larsson of Sweden during the 2008 Beijing Oly

    • Quotes

    "We kept the strikers [Jessica] Landstrom, [Victoria] Svensson and [Lotta] Schelin well under control today, and we kept it nice and tight in the middle and on the wings. We closed down the space and our attacking game improved as the match went on," Silvia Neid, Germany coach.

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