Sweden beat co-hosts Australia to finish third at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 (on Fox and the Fox Sports app) at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.
With a goal in each half, Sweden was successful with constant offensive pressure and clear chances. Australia competed strongly against the roar of the home crowd but ultimately failed to score and Sweden finished third at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.
Here are the highlights of the third-place match!
95 min: Sweden in third place!
With the win, Sweden became the first country to finish third in the FIFA Women’s World Cup four times.
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77 min: Kerr goes down
Sam Kerr was hit hard and briefly went down, but recovered and left the field to a standing ovation from the home crowd.
70′: Lightning-fast reactions
Sweden’s Musovic reacted quickly to the chaos in the penalty area after the free-kick to prevent Australia from getting back into the game.
62′: Double!
The Swedes’ aggressive pressure paid off as they attacked in transition all over the field and Kosovar Aslani fired the ball into the far corner of the net to give Sweden a 2-0 lead.
Sweden’s Kosovar Aslani scored the goal. Australia at 62′
Sweden’s Kosovar Aslani scored the goal. Australia at 62′
52 min: Momentum in the second half
Sweden came out of the goal with renewed energy in the second half, finding defensive gaps and launching rout attacks.
51 min: Kerr fails
In the first half of extra time, Musovic made a superb save to keep out Sam Kerr’s rocket to preserve Sweden’s lead at halftime.
30 min: First goal of the game!
Australia was called for a foul in the penalty area, Sweden was awarded a penalty and Rolfo capitalized with a deft finish to put his side 1-0 up.
