The dying defeat of Sweden against England under penalties in the last match of coach Peter Gerhardson in charge brought them out Euro 2025 Thursday and plunged the team into a period of uncertainty, because many others in the installation also consider their future.
Gerhardsson announced earlier in the year that he would resign after the euros and former head coach of Australia Tony Gustavsson have already been announced as his successor, but what the team and Backroom team looks like when he takes the reins in the coming weeks.
“There are many of us in the team that will leave after that, so there are a lot of emotions involved. But when you make a decision … Even if you do not know how far you are going in a tournament, there is only this game at the moment” “ Gerhardsson told journalists.
The game in question was a thriller, a 2-2 draw crowned by a shooting in the fight against the hair that had stops, kicks sent goal and a goalkeeper in Sweden Jennifer Falk who saved four of the seven penalties, but has always been on the losing side after Smilla Holmberg, 18, missed for the Swedes.
Sweden crossed the group phase, winning the three games and took an advance from 2-0 to half-time in the break, but the late substitutions of England coach Sarina Wiegman resulted in two fast goals, an additional time and a painful repetition of the 3-2 defeat of Sweden against Canada in the 2021 Olympic final.
Falk’s overall performance would suggest that she will continue to be the first choice guard, but Captain Kosovare Asllani and winger Sofia Jakobsson are every two years, and the defender Linda Sembrandt is 38 years old, which suggests that they may have played their last championship for Sweden.
When asked what it was just to see people like Simirandt after the final whistle, striker Stina Blackstenius said she had found it difficult.
“Everything seems very emotional today from all points of view, it is difficult to put in words what you really feel, but yes, it’s difficult,” She told journalists before summarizing the eight years of Gerhardsson at the helm.
“Part of all that this championship was really something we saw coming, to have a good end for the time with Peter … I think we have built an incredibly good feeling during this championship. And it is clear that we would have liked to have a better end than that,” she said.
“It’s just sad that it cannot be like that. Peter has been in charge for many years and we have performed well in the championships, without really arriving where we wanted.”
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