It was a fixture that had promised a show and it delivered. Sweden embarrassed Germany after Carlotta Wamser’s bizarre handball save reduced Christian Wück’s side to 10 players and handed them a two-goal deficit that would grow to three.
Jule Brand had put Germany ahead early on before Stina Blackstenius levelled and the teenage full-back Smilla Holmberg gave Sweden the lead. Then came Wamser’s incomprehensible save with her hands to deny Fridolina Rolfö, who converted the resulting spot-kick before Lina Hurtig scored Sweden’s fourth late on.
Written by Suzanne Wrack at the Stadion Letzigrund
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jul/12/sweden-germany-womens-euro-2025-match-report under the title “Sweden make Germany pay for Carlotta Wamser’s handball to win Euro 2025 group”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
