It took a full 14 rounds of penalty shots before a decision was made. First, Otto Stenberg, who scored his penalty in round 13, hit the post, and Eduard Sale was able to decide by outsmarting Marcus Gidlöf in the Swedish goal. Gidlöf was otherwise the one who, through great play, kept Sweden alive in the penalty shootout.
Extremely disappointing
We still wanted to fight for that bronze medal, so it's disappointing that we're eliminated on a lottery. Extremely disappointing that this is the ending, says Axel Sandin Pellikka in Viaplay.
Sandin Pellikka was the only one, apart from Otto Stenberg, among the Swedish penalty takers who scored on their penalties.
It's a lottery, you never know who's going to score. Disappointing that we're eliminated in that way. We should pat each other on the back and hang out tonight. It's still the last night, after all.
The Canadian sports channel TSN's commentator James Duthie tries, in a post on X, to interpret the Swedish disappointment and at the same time console Canada's fans after the home team's loss in the quarterfinals.
Shattered dreams
"If you're depressed about Canada, think about being a Swedish supporter. You dominate in the group stage every year, but it always ends with shattered dreams", writes Duthie.
In the first two periods, it seemed like the junior crowns were going to cruise and mourn the loss against Finland in the semifinals.
The Czech Republic took the lead just over four minutes in through Jakub Stancl. Sweden came back through a goal by David Edstrom after 12.31, in a numerical superiority.
After just over nine minutes of the second period, it was time for the Czech Republic to take the lead again, this time through Eduard Sale. But six minutes later, David Edstrom equalized.
