European Championship Women – match Day 1 – 02/07/25 – 21:01
| time | icon | player | homeTime | Homeico | homePlayer | score | awayPlayer | he did not connect | awayTime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goal by Nadine Riesen after 28 ‘, 1 – 0 | |||||||||
| Goal Door Ada Hegerberg at 54 ‘, 1 – 1 | |||||||||
| own goal door Julia Stierli na 58′, 1 – 2 |
After the first match at the European Football Championship for women, Switzerland is left empty -handed, even though it was a boss of Norwegian women for a long time. But in 5 fatal minutes things went wrong for the host country.
The official opening match, although technically it was only the 2nd match of the tournament, kicked off with an impressive opening ceremony full of spectacle.
The teams took on the same spectacle. Switzerland immediately took the control and completely outspreted shadow favorite Norway before the break.
The deserved lead came in the name of flank defendant Riesen. After some fumbling for the goal, the ball suddenly lay on her feet. Without hesitation, she kicked him tight against the net.
Fair is fair: at halftime it could have just been 3-0. Switzerland played with Flair and Finesse, while Norway clearly still had to wake up.
5 doll minutes
The second half started as the first: Switzerland held the initiative, while Norway mainly had to defend.
Nevertheless, 5 Dolle minutes provided a surprising turnaround. Without playing better, Norway suddenly took the lead. Captain Hegerberg scored and defender Stierli worked unhappy a ball in his own goal, making it 1-2.
What followed afterwards? A bizarre phase, something you rarely see.
Norway received a penalty after a handball from Railer, but the Norwegian captain shot wide. Switzerland also received a penalty in the counterattack, but it was rejected by the VAR due to a toe length offside.
Norway then switched to time racks and used all means to hold the lead. With success: the shadow favorite wins the opening match – although that may not be completely earned.
The two Swiss goals
End: Switzerland is better, but Norway wins
What an opening match! Switzerland started strong and dominated the first half, supported by a fanatic home crowd. The deserved 1-0 lead therefore seemed to be the start of a party evening.
But after the break, everything tilted completely. Norway didn’t even play better, but in a crazy 5 minutes they turned the game completely. Suddenly they were the lead, to the surprise of just about everyone.
Then the game stopped, with many interruptions and little pace. Switzerland insisted and earned at least one point – maybe even more. But it couldn’t be. What a start of the tournament!
No, it looks bad for Switzerland. They hardly create any big chances and look the grip on the game.
The Norwegians know exactly how to stretch time. Switches that are painfully slow, strolling with a throw -in – they know all the tricks and apply them with verve.
There are 7 minutes extra time.
It doesn’t work
The final offensive is bursting there, but Switzerland is not awarded. Beney stands face to face with an empty goal, but just at the last minute a Norwegian defender still dives in between. No, no, no – this should have been the equalizer!
Almost the decision
Lidhusoy stands face to face with the keeper and has the chance to decide the match definitively, but her lob misses the goal and goes next to it. That’s how it stays 1-2. Switzerland is still alive.
Finally, the time rack is punished. Bjelde takes a little too much time for her throw -in and gets yellow. But she likes to take that, because for Norway that is a gift – so they forge costly seconds of the clock again.
What a mistake
No, that just has to be inside! For a moment it seemed offside, but nothing of that. Reuteler is completely free for the goal and only needs to slide it inside.
Yet she decides differently: she kicks the ball high. The chance of 2-2 slips through the fingers of Switzerland.
In the stadium the number of spectators is announced: 34,063 fans. A beautiful number and an atmospheric crowning of this fascinating competition.
The game is now remarkably often quiet and that clearly works to the disadvantage of the Swiss team. They lose their rhythm and no longer succeed in maintaining the pressure.
Dolle 5 minutes: Norway misses penalty, Switzerland gets penalty, until VAR offside sees
No penalty for Switzerland
What a turn again! Everything is going very fast now.
Riesen goes down in the sixteen and the referee resolutely points to the dot: penalty for Switzerland! But then the VAR intervenes … and yes, offside in the run -up. So no penalty! This competition remains at the sharpest of the cut – everything is still possible.
