The Battle For Third Place
Women’s World Cup Consolation Game
Sweden 2-1 France
The Blågult [Blue-Gold] take a hard-fought game from Les Bleues [the Blues], to win third place. The Swedes were ahead by one goal at the end of the first half, but the French responded in the second. The decider came at 82 minutes in from Hammarstrom. The Swedes were down to ten after Oqvist was red-carded.
The French dominated possession and shots on goal, as they did in their semi-final against the US, but were again unable to convert their advantage into goals.
