{"id":1094143,"date":"2019-06-16T16:08:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T15:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1094143"},"modified":"2019-06-16T16:19:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T15:19:02","slug":"sweden-5-1-thailand-womens-world-cup-analysis","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/sweden-5-1-thailand-womens-world-cup-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Five things we learned as Sweden inflict another painful WWC record on Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sweden booked their place in the Women’s World Cup round of 16 following a comfortable 5-1 win over Thailand.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter Gerhardsson’s side began on the front foot and never looked in danger as they bolstered their goals column.<\/p>\n

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Linda Sembrant, Kosovare Asllani, Fridolina Rolf\u00f6, Lina Hurtig and\u00a0Elin Rubensson all got on the scoresheet to maintain Sweden’s perfect start with Kanjana Sung-Ngoen pulling one back. Thailand, who suffered a humiliating 13-0 defeat to United States earlier in the week, can take solace it wasn’t a repeat and the fact they had a goal to celebrate.<\/p>\n

As both sides move on to prepare for their next challenge here are five things we learned from this first time meeting.<\/p>\n

1. Fastest\u00a0championship\u00a0goal<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It took 12 minutes for the United States to go in front against Thailand, a game that ended with 13 goals flying past the hapless Sukanya Chor Charoenying, this wouldn’t be the case here today. Sweden, up for it from the get-go, immediately pegged their opponents back and with six minutes on the clock Linda Sembrant headed in an Elin Rubensson free-kick to break the deadlock.<\/p>\n

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The goal, recorded after five minutes and 24 seconds, goes down as the fastest scored at this summer’s tournament so far. It beat Eugenie Le Sommer’s ninth minute effort for France against South Korea in the championship opener.<\/p>\n

2. Shades of ’91<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sweden are no mugs at this level so it’s surprising to learn they haven’t always been this ruthless especially in the opening 45 minutes. Of course, a lot depends on the opposition, as proud Thailand are they haven’t exactly been the most difficult to break down. No matter the words uttered following their humbling defeat to United States it was a psychological blow, you don’t just brush that off, or improve the gap in quality with the big teams in such a short period of time. Sweden, smelling blood, went into a feeding frenzy.<\/p>\n

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#SWE<\/a> are, as it stands, 45 minutes away from the Round of 16!#SWETHA<\/a> | #FIFAWWC<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/b2PPKPjbLu<\/a><\/p>\n

— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) June 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n