A late solo strike by Norway ahead Caroline Graham Hansen secured a 2-1 victory in opposition to Finland within the Ladies’s European Championship on Sunday, because the two-time champions secured qualification for the knockout part.
Norway’s second Group A win put them prime of the standings with six factors and ensures a spot within the quarter-finals of the competitors. Finland, who defeated Iceland of their opening recreation, stay on three.
“We buzzed our way to three points in one way or another, but that’s what counts in championships. There’s a bit to work with, but we won, it helps,” participant of the match Graham Hansen advised Norwegian broadcaster NRK.
Eva Nystrom’s personal purpose put Norway forward after three minutes as Graham Hansen’s cross hit the Finland defender and slid cruelly into the web.
The Norwegians had been unfortunate to not rating once more once they hit the woodwork twice inside a minute, Ingrid Syrstad Engen’s close-range header putting the crossbar earlier than Finland goalkeeper Anna Koivunen tipped Vilde Boe Risa’s nook onto the publish.
Finland equalised within the thirty second minute when midfielder Oona Siren discovered ahead Oona Sevenius with a exact by way of ball. Sevenius hammered a left-foot shot into the highest proper nook to attain her first worldwide purpose for over a 12 months.
Graham Hansen then stepped as much as seal the win within the 84th minute, fooling two defenders with fast ft as she drifted in from the appropriate and rifled a shot in off the far publish.
Finland face Switzerland on Thursday when Norway play Iceland to conclude Group A.
Switzerland beat Iceland to remain alive
Switzerland stored alive their hopes of reaching the group levels of Euro 2025 with a 2-0 win over Iceland – a end result that confirmed Norway as group winners.
Geraldine Reuteler broke the impasse 14 minutes from time and Ayalah Pilgrim added a tremendous second to ship Iceland residence as Switzerland recorded their first win at a European finals since they beat the identical opposition 2-1 at Euro 2017.
Iceland had gone shut contained in the opening minute when Ingibjorg Sigurdardottir struck the crossbar, however the host nation dominated for a lot of the recreation and completed as deserving winners.
They thought that they had a first-half opener when Svenja Folmli’s header was diverted in by Glodis Viggosdottir from a nook, however referee Marta Huerta De Aza was despatched to the screens and disallowed it as Folmli had barged Karolina Vilhjalmsdottir out of the way in which.
