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Amanda Ilestedt scored a first-half goal and Filippa Angeldal converted a second-half penalty to give Sweden the mild upset and send the Swedes to the semifinals for the fifth time.
Amanda Ilestedt then produced a perfect header from a corner with a minute left in regulation to help Sweden escape at the end of an unimpressive opening game effort.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/worldcup/womens-world-cup-roundup-july-23-1.6915292?cmp=rss
A tight contest was blown open in a seven-minute spell late in the first half when the Swedes, ranked third in the world, found the net three times, through Ilestedt, Fridolina Rolfo and Stina Blackstenius.
Not only has Ilestedt started all three group stage games and helped her team keep clean sheets in the last two, she's also scored a team-best three goals and counting — all of them headed home off corner kicks.
The 2019 semi-finalists showed why they remain, heavyweights of the women’s game, as Amanda Ilestedt, Fridolina Rolfo and Stina Blackstenius scored in the space of seven minutes at the end of the first half.
Source: https://www.ghanamma.com/2023/07/30/sweden-demolish-italy-to-reach-last-16/
Yet just as a historic draw loomed, up rose Ilestedt to meet a late corner and silence South African hopes in heartbreaking fashion.