ICELAND MADE 308 PASSES, WITH A 68% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 13 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, BUT WITH AN OVERLY-PHYSICAL HILDUR ANTONSDOTTIR FIRSTLY RECEIVING A YELLOW FOR ARGEY-BARGEY AND THEN A RED FOR A CLUMSY TACKLE, IT LEFT ICELAND DOWN TO 10 LADIES! FINLAND MADE 405 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 56% POSSESSION) AND 16 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM KATARINA KOSOLA JUST 12 MINS. AFTER ANTONSDOTTIR’S RED AT 70 MINS., MEANING THAT FINLAND WON THE MATCH 1 – 0. THE FINLAND HEAD COACH MARKO SALORANTA SAID AFTERWARDS “IT’S BEEN 16 YEARS SINCE FINLAND LAST WON AT A MAJOR TOURNAMENT, WHEN THE WOMEN’S EURO WAS PLAYED IN FINLAND IN 2009. SINCE THEN, WE’VE HAD NO VICTORIES AT THE 2013 AND 2022 TOURNAMENTS. I’M VERY SATISFIED TO START WITH THREE POINTS!”
UEFA EUROS 2025 – ICELAND VS FINLAND – 02/07/2025
SWITZERLAND MADE 422 PASSES, WITH AN 81% PASS ACCURACY (AND HAD 55% POSSESSION), AND 17 SHOTS WITH 7 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A SUPERB GOAL FROM NADINE RIESEN AT 28 MINS. WHICH HAD THE HOME FANS IN RAPTURES! NORWAY MADE 364 PASSES, WITH A 72% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 8 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM ADA HEGERBERG AT 54 MINS. SO IT WAS ALL SQUARE FOR A FEW MINUTES, UNTIL (AN EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE) OWN GOAL FROM SWITZERLAND’S JULIA STIERLI AT 58 MINS. MEANT THAT NORWAY HAD A 2 – 1 LEAD, AND AS THERE WERE NO FURTHER GOALS, THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO NORWAY!
UEFA EUROS 2025 – SWITZERLAND VS NORWAY – 02/07/2025
