Ahead of Sunday’s group stage match against Poland, the premises were simple. One point for Emelie Wibron was all it took to overtake Switzerland’s Corin Rüttiman in the WC scoring league and then also become historic as the leading scorer of all time in the WC context.
The audience in Brno didn’t have to wait very long either for history to be written in the hall.
With her patented shot, Emelie Wibron was able to slot in Sweden’s fourth goal of the match and a goal that entered Wibron in the history books.
For Wibron herself, this is an achievement she will enjoy more on the day her career ends.
– I think it means more the day I look back on my career, then I think it’s a cool milestone to look back on, says Emelie Wibron and continues to tell about the moment.
– Right now it was quite nice to have it finished when there has been talk that it was close. Now I can only focus on contributing to us winning the matches and winning another gold.
Wibron also managed to score WC points number one hundred in the meeting against Poland. Getting to score his first WC points in this tournament was important, says Wibron.
– It was the first goal of this championship and it was nice to be able to put a ball there. It would have been regardless of what number it had been in the order.
Sweden otherwise had a big ice break against Poland, where the majority of players were entered in the score sheet. As a result, many players leave today’s match with a good feeling.
– I think it was nice for many today that there were so many different people who got to put the ball there. I think it’s a good feeling to have with you for the upcoming matches.
What had you talked about focusing on before today’s match?
– We had mainly talked about raising the quality of the game with the ball. When we keep the quality up, we manage to put each other in good positions and we can shoot directly, then we also score goals. I think it is a key for us that we keep the quality up in the passing game.
Now awaits a final group stage match against Slovakia tomorrow. There, it is also decided who wins the group before the playoffs start in Ostrava. For blue-yellow, it’s now about not slowing down.
– It is clear that we will continue to go to win as much as we can, we would like to win the group. We will do everything we can to put on a good performance tomorrow as well.
Match facts
Poland-Sweden 0-21 (0-8, 0-6, 0-7)
First period
0-1 (02.12) Hanna Nordstrand (Evelina Petersson)
0-2 (07.32) Matilda Lindgren
0-3 (09.53) Cajsa Alm (Wilma Johansson)
0-4 (11.09) Emelie Wibron (Ellen Rasmussen)
0-5 (14.51) Mira Markström (Wilma Johansson)
0-6 (15.43) Evelina Petersson (Wilma Johansson)
0-7 Hanna Nordstrand (Evelina Petersson)
0-8 (19.15) Emelie Wibron (Ellen Rasmussen)
Second period
0-9 (02.23) Own goal
0-10 (04.54) Emma Stenberg (Lisa Carlsson)
0-11 (13.26) Emma Stenberg (Nellie Öhgren)
0-12 (13.44) Ellen Lundin (Mira Markström)
0-13 (16.10) Ellen Lundin (Wilma Johansson)
0-14 (19.56) Ellen Bäckstedt (Maja Viström)
Third period
0-15 (01.29) Mira Markström (Wilma Johansson)
0-16 (03.36) Mira Markström (Ida Sundberg)
0-17 (05.43) Ellen Lundin (Mira Markström)
0-18 (11.32) Mira Markström (Ellen Lundin)
0-19 (11.58) Hanna Nordstrand (Ellen Bäckstedt)
0-20 (18.30) Maja Viström
0-21 (18.48) Emma Stenberg (Nellie Öhgren)
