Women’s Euro 2025: Sweden 4-1 Germany – as it happened | Women’s Euro 2025

Suzanne Wrack was at Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich Tonight. Her verdict is in, and here it is. Thanks for reading this MBM.

Sweden celebrate by bouncing around in front of their fans. A sea of yellow. Germany women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 get into a huddle to lick their wounds. “It feels like every year I become convinced that Sweden will win a major tournament. and every year they don’t,” writes Kári Tulinius. “I told myself it wouldn’t happen this time ‘round. And yet, after a performance like this… I think they just might do it!”

Some history has been made in the other game in Group C, too. Poland have won their first-ever match at a Euros final with a 3-2 win over Denmark. Sarah Rendell has the details of that. It means Group C finishes like this …

1. Sweden P3 W3 D0 L0 F8 A1 GD7 Pts 9
2. Germany P3 W2 D0 L1 F5 A5 GD0 Pts 6
3. Poland P3 W1 D0 L2 F3 A7 GD-4 PTS 3
4. Denmark P3 W0 D0 L3 women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 F3 A6 GD-3 PTS 0

… with Sweden playing the runners-up of Group D in Zurich on Thursday night. and Germany waiting for the winners of Group D in Basel two days later.

That’s a proper statement by Sweden. Germany may have played the best part of an hour with just ten women. but they were reeling before Carlotta Wamser’s dismissal anyway. The Germans started fast. leading through Jule Brand’s early goal, and they could have had a couple more in a whirlwind first ten minutes. But once Stina Blackstenius equalised, the run of play turned dramatically, and it was all Sweden from there on in. Blackstenius led the line impressively. Johanna Rytting Kaneryd caused all manner of mayhem down the right, and Kosovare Asllani held everything together in the middle of the park. Sweden go into the quarters with the wind in their sail. Germany progress too, but they’ve got a few things to think about.

Sweden finish top of Group C! They’re worthy winners in Zurich. It’s Germany’s biggest-ever loss at the Euros.

90 min +1: A free kick hooked into the Swedish box. Some pinball. Eventually Hendrich swivels and whips towards the bottom left. Falk tips it around the post magnificently. But the flag pops up for offside earlier in the move anyway.

90 min: There will be two additional minutes.

89 min: Hendrich’s weak header back nearly lets Wangerheim tear clear on goal. As it is, Hendrich gets back to block the ball out for a corner. Bennison hoicks the set piece straight out of play. Germany really want to hear the full-time whistle right now.

87 min: A free kick for Sweden out on the left. Andersson sends it into the mixer. Berger rises highest to claim well. It’s been quite the mixed bag for the Germany keeper tonight.

85 min: A route-one launch by Berger down the inside-left channel. Falk races out of her box in the hope of clearing, but Cerci gets there first. Cerci loops over the out-of-position keeper, but wide left of the goal. No consolation.

84 min: Senss is replaced by Däbritz.

83 min: A free kick for Germany out on the left. Bühl, looking extremely frustrated, swings it to the far stick. Cerci takes a fresh-air swipe. No consolation.

82 min: Zigioti Olme Comes On For Angeldahl.

81 min: This is now Germany’s biggest women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 defeat at the Euros. They’ve never before shipped four goals in a finals match.

This is a great team goal. Janogy blazes down the left. She crosses long for Rytting Kaneryd, on the women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 right-hand edge of the six-yard box. Rytting Kaneryd cushion-passes back infield for Hurtig, who flicks with almost contemptuous ease into the bottom right. Simple as that! Such a smooth move.

78 min: Nüsken is replaced by Cerci.

76 min: Wangerheim spins infield from the left. switches play to Rytting Kaneryd, racing into the German box from the other flank. Rytting Kaneryd catches her first-time shot well, but it’s straight at Berger, who handles well.

75 min: A sense that if both teams could declare here and now, they would.

73 min: Angeldahl plays a careless women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 backpass straight to Hoffmann, on the edge of the Swedish D. Hoffmann spins and aims a curler towards the top-left corner. Always wide and high, but it was a well-improvised effort nonetheless.

72 min: Janogy wins a corner down women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 the left. Bennison curls it long. Hendrich heads it wide at the far stick. The whistle goes anyway, for an imaginary foul on Berger.

71 min: Sweden are surely topping this group, so there’s no point their running Blackstenius women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 into the ground. Wangerheim comes on in her place.

70 min: Blackstenius scampers after a long pass down the right. Germany are woefully light at the back. but Minge does extremely well to race back and get ahead of women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 the striker, intercepting and clearing.

68 min: Janogy jinks her way down the left and fizzes a dangerous ball through the German box. Just behind Blackstenius.

66 min: Rytting Kaneryd back-heels Holmberg into space down the right. A cross comes in. Blackstenius tries to flick a header goalwards at the near post but it’s deflected wide. A corner instead. Andersson takes. Berger flaps. Angeldahl leans back and scoops the ball over the bar. It’s not been women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 a banner night for Berger.

64 min: Schüller Makes Way for Hoffmann.

62 min: Germany don’t look like getting back into this match. Sweden are happy enough to let them play it around the back. because they’re making no progress in advancing it up the park.

60 min: Lohmann hobbles about a bit, so play stops for a minute. She’s up again soon enough.

58 min: Bühl makes good progress down the left again. Both Bennison and Holmberg are afraid to get too close, else they get skinned. But Bühl has nobody up in support, and eventually runs out of road. The move fizzles out. Bühl is such an entertaining player, though. She nearly always makes something happen.

56 min: Asllani springs back up with the intention to continue … but she’s hooked by her coach. She’s not particularly happy, but women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 makes way for Hurtig.

55 min: Hendrich is fine to continue. When the game restarts. Linder barges Asllani in the back as the pair hare after a long ball down the Swedish right. Into the book she goes.

54 min: Hendrich is down in some pain, having been accidentally hoofed in the ribs by her own player Linder. On comes the physio. Time for everyone else to take on some liquid.

53 min: … and it’s blootered clear by Bennison.

52 min: Bühl had the measure of Holmberg during the women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 early exchanges. so perhaps she’s Germany’s best bet of getting back into this. And here she is romping down the left to win a corner off her opponent. Bühl to take it herself.

50 min: Rolfö is women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 in the dugout with an ice-pack taped to her right knee. Given that. she doesn’t look in too much discomfort, so hopefully that’s a precautionary measure rather than anything likely to keep her out of the quarters.

49 min: women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 This second half has started without really starting. Sweden have no reason whatsoever to push it.

47 min: Sweden are immediately on the front foot, winning a corner down the left. Asllani swings it in. Eriksson heads over harmlessly women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 from eight yards.

Sweden get the second half underway. They’ve made two changes, replacing Rolfö and Björn with Sembrant and Janogy. Germany have swapped out two players as well, Hendrich and Lohmann coming on for Knaak and Freigang.

In tonight’s other Group C fixture, Poland are leading Denmark 2-0 at the break. Sarah Rendell has details of that one. Put all together, that means the table currently looks like this …

1. Sweden P3 W3 D0 L0 F7 women’s euro 2025: sweden 4-1 A1 GD6 PTS 9
2. Germany P3 W2 D0 L1 F5 A4 GD1 Pts 6
3. Poland P3 W1 D0 L2 F2 A5 GD-3 Pts 3
4. Denmark P2 W0 D0 L3 F1 A5 GD-4 Pts 0

…. that as things stand, Sweden will play the runners-up of Group D in Zurich on Thursday evening, while Germany travel to Basel to take on the winners of Group D on Saturday.

This scoreline equals Germany’s biggest-ever defeat at the Euros. a 3-1 loss to Denmark in the third-place play-off in 1993. And their ten players still have another 45 minutes to negotiate. Will Sweden rewrite the history books tonight?

45 min +1: Angeldahl chests down in midfield and sends Asllani clear down the right. She’s one on one with the keeper … but eventually the whistle goes. Turns out the ball had hit the top of Angeldahl’s arm. That’s a generous free kick for Germany, one that most likely saved them shipping a fourth goal.

45 min: There will be two additional first-half minutes.

44 min: Berger races from her box and smacks another clearance straight to an opponent. This time Bennison receives the ball in the centre circle. but decides against going for long-distance glory, saving the out-of-position keeper some more embarrassment.

42 min: Sweden are just swanning around imperiously now. Germany chasing shadows. They desperately need the half-time whistle so they can regroup and reorganise.

40 min: Berger’s footwork tonight has been awful. While on walkabout. she blasts a simple clearance straight into Blackstenius, and the ball deflects into the path of Asllani, who should dispatch it into the unguarded net, but sends her shot sailing wide right. It should have been number four.