Sweden Frustrated by Missed Chances in 1-1 Draw with Wales

The opportunities were there. But the goals were missing. Sweden had a frustrating evening against Wales in the Nations League. Yes, extremely frustrating, says Johanna Rytting Kaneryd after the 1-1 match.

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Sweden Frustrated by Missed Chances in 1-1 Draw with Wales
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One by one, the Swedish players came out for interviews and said roughly the same thing. This was a match that Sweden should have won.

It's a huge disappointment that we can't win it, says national team captain Peter Gerhardsson.

If you have 26-4 in shots on goal, it's clear that you should win.

Johanna Rytting Kaneryd can only agree. She herself had several good opportunities, including a free shot that "should be a goal ten out of ten times".

I feel like I had a definite free shot that should be a goal, she says.

I think she's on it and makes a save at the same time. But it doesn't matter, if you get such an opportunity, it should be a goal. It's like there's no discussion about it.

And then there was the situation at the beginning of the match, where Rytting Kaneryd laid the ball towards the goal and Kosovare Asllani - completely free - failed to get a shot off.

I think "Kosse" let it go because she thought it would go into the goal. But it feels like it's also one of those situations where we have to score, says Rytting Kaneryd.

With the loss of points, Sweden missed the chance to really take off in the Nations League group.

It's clearly crap. I'm really disappointed, irritated, angry, says midfielder Nathalie Björn, who is a little extra irritated over the equalizing goal that Sweden conceded.

It's frustrating that we can't keep a clean sheet and help our forwards. Because if it doesn't work out up there, our main task is to keep a clean sheet, she says.

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