Olympic soccer results: Germany beats Sweden to win gold
By Nicole Bosco
Germany has beaten Sweden to secure their first women’s soccer gold medal in team history. The German team was able to outscore Sweden 2-1 and bring home the gold.
Germany has done what only two other countries have done before, win Olympic gold in women’s soccer. The match took place in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and would be a match that will live on in German soccer history. The German team was coming into this match with Sweden after knocking out the top team in their group, which was Canada. Germany had lost to Canada earlier in the Olympics and was able to rally back and earn this spot in the finals. This was an opportunity that this German team was not willing to let slip through their fingers.
The game started off slow, with both teams missing some choice opportunities. After a scoreless first half, the two teams set out to start the second half with purpose. Marozsan of Germany was the first to strike, as she got a shot past two defenders, and right past the Sweden goalkeeper. Next after an own goal scored by Sweden’s Sembrant, Germany was up 2-0 and looking at slowing the game down and playing safe.
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Sweden was able to get one of their own, scored by Blackstenius and there raised the hopes that they could make it back in this match. Unfortunately that was not the case and Sweden was unable to score again. The Swedish team would walk away with the silver medal and hopes to improve over the next four years.
This is the first Olympic medal for Sweden in women’s soccer. Before this, their best finish in an Olympic games was fourth place in 2004. This vast improvement is no doubt due to their amazing coach Pia Sundhage, who led the U.S to two Olympic gold medals, and one silver at the World Cup as their coach from 2008-2012.
Germany finished the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics with the bronze medal. After that they failed to qualify in 2012, now the are leaving Brazil as champions.