![]() Just to get to Glasgow, the Ukrainians had needed a favor from Sweden to advance because they lost two group games and had a negative goal difference. We needed to be strong and the players showed it today.”Īndersson said he confronted Shevchenko because “I felt like they were diving a bit toward the end.” “Everyone understood that the prize at the end was great. “It was a really hard game,” Shevchenko said. The game lost all rhythm and flow in scrappy extra time periods littered with fouls, injuries and an argument between the two coaches. It felt like we would score eventually.”Īndersson cited the momentum shift in extra time when Sweden defender Marcus Danielson was sent off in the 98th minute for following through on a challenge with a raised boot on substitute Artem Besedin. “In the second half we had four really great chances. “It’s a very bitter defeat,” Sweden coach Janne Andersson said. It was his fourth goal at Euro 2020, but a tournament lead-tying fifth eluded him in the second half despite curling shots off the post and the crossbar. ![]() Emil Forsberg’s deflected shot from outside the area in the 43rd minute equalized for Sweden. ![]()
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