Recently, she scored the Champions League goal for Arsenal and a few days later made a hat-trick against Denmark (total 6–1) in the Nations League finale.
Now the Arsenal striker showed the way when Sweden started the European Championship rehearsal in the best possible way – at least in the attack game.
Already after a quarter of an hour, the first goal came, when Johanna Rytting Kaneryd played forward to Blackstenius after a Swedish model attack. Just before the break, Rytting Kaneryd also played forward to Filippa Angeldahl's 2–0 goal.
In the match start, Madelen Janogy – who replaced injured Fridolina Rolfö – had also hit the post and been close to a header goal.
Rolfö's foot injury a question mark
Rolfö's foot injury has otherwise been the big topic of conversation during the week.
Before the rehearsal at Ullevål, SVT published pictures of the Barcelona star when she, seemingly quite unhindered, arrived together with the team. Her European Championship participation is, however, still uncertain.
- You have to take it day by day. We have to rely on the medical team, says Peter Gerhardsson.
Another topic of discussion before the European Championship has been the Swedish goalkeeper lineup.
Jennifer Falk is indeed experienced and well tested. Neither Emma Holmgren nor Tove Enblom had, before the rehearsal, played a single minute in the A-national team.
It became Falk from the start – and two cannon saves in the first half. But after the break, Tove Enblom's national team debut finally came, who has been with the team for a long time but previously only got to sit on the bench.
Enblom, who normally plays for Norwegian Vålerengen, was close to conceding a goal after just a few minutes, but also made a fine save a little later and kept a clean sheet in her debut half.
Norway struggled against Sweden's attack
Norway's women's national team has had a few tougher years but has – with stars like Barcelona's Caroline Graham Hansen and Lyon's Ada Hegerberg – high hopes before the European Championship.
The team certainly had a hard time withstanding the Swedish attack game – but took advantage of a number of mistakes in the Swedish defense that could very well have led to some Norwegian goals.
In the end, Sweden, however, held on to a stable victory in the rehearsal.
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July 4 (18.00): Denmark–Sweden, Geneva.
July 8 (21.00): Poland–Sweden, Lucerne.
July 12 (21.00): Sweden–Germany, Zurich.
July 17 or 19: Possible quarterfinal.
July 22–23: Possible semifinal.
July 27: Possible final.
