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we were a bit fragile mentally because after two goals, we were not able to stay calm.' 'The first half-hour, we actually gave them a hard time. 'They have a lot of weapons, a lot of arrows in their quiver. 'They are very strong, they're very physical and they're very skilled, especially with their set pieces,' she said. Having opened the tournament with a 1-0 win over Argentina, their tournament will be over if they lose their final group match against South Africa on Wednesday.Ĭoach Milena Bertolini conceded they were overwhelmed by Sweden's physicality after a strong start. Sixteenth-ranked Italy, who suffered their heaviest defeat in 14 World Cup matches, went into half-time shellshocked after enjoying the better of the early stages. 'Maybe I didn't expect three goals but I know that's one of my strengths and it's something we're working on a lot at training.' 'It feels a bit unreal but I'm very pleased,' she said. Ilestedt was surprised by her prolific start to the tournament after being named player of the match for a second straight game. 'And we hope Amanda will go all the way and win the golden boot.' 'Unreal' for Ilestedt 'The service is very important and Jonna is very good at this and has been doing it for many years. 'Set pieces are very much structure and it's also technique and then it's courage,' he said. Gerhardsson admitted corners are an important part of his team's attack.

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Their set-piece prowess was on full show, with three of the goals coming from left-footed inswinging corners delivered by Jonna Andersson. It was a flexing of the muscles from one of the tournament favourites, who have a history of near-misses at the World Cup. The Swedes are assured of finishing in the top two in Group G, becoming the third team to book a place in the knockout stage after Spain and Japan. Substitute Rebecka Blomqvist rounded out the rout in stoppage time in front of nearly 30,000 in Wellington.