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| Source: @svenskfotboll |
Fifa Women World Cup reached the quarter-final stage and one of the more interesting clash was between the Japanese team, who dominated its group also thanks to a 4-0 win over Spain, and the Swedish team who eliminated from the competition the US team after a dramatic sequence of penalties.
Both team are recognized as having a clear identity on the pitch while also able to be very pragmatic during each match by accepting both scenario in which they are deemed to play the ball or leave the control of the play to the opponents.
The clash ended with Sweden winning 2-1 thanks to a better interpretation of the match for about 70 minutes, the last third of the match was quite dominated by Japanese team helped by a physical (and mental?) drop of Sweden team. However it was not enough to change the outcome, with yellow-black girls reaching the semifinals.
This article wants to describe the main pattern of both teams.
