The Portugal national team is left with only one point at the end of two rounds of the European Women’s Football Championship opener after finding itself twice falling behind twice. In the opening round she managed to return to 2: 2 against Switzerland despite suffering twice in the first five minutes, but tonight (Wednesday) another comeback of hers was not enough and she lost 3: 2 to the Netherlands – the reigning European champions who have now reached the top of the third house.
Damaris Agorola and Stephanie van der Harat put the Oranges ahead by a double in the 7th and 16th minutes, but Portugal shrank from a Carol Cost penalty in the 38th minute, after a lengthy VAR check. As mentioned, Portugal again came back from a double lag with a goal from Diana Silva with the opening of the second half, but Daniel van de Dunk took advantage of a mistake on defense to decide the tackle with a winning goal in the 62nd minute. The Netherlands are currently at the top of the table with four points and they will meet Switzerland on Sunday, which earlier tonight lost a dramatic 2: 1 to Sweden.
The Swedish team took a significant step towards advancing to the quarter-finals when they defeated Switzerland 1: 2 and achieved their first victory in the Euro held in England. The Swiss, on the other hand, will have to beat the Netherlands in the final round of the home stage on Sunday in order to maintain a chance of advancing.
After a goalless first half at the Ramel Lane Stadium in Sheffield, which was attended by about 13,000 spectators, it was Friedolina Rolfo who gave the Swedes the lead in the 53rd minute. Two minutes passed and Switzerland equalized to 1: 1 from a goal by Ramona Bachman, but the match was decided by Hannah Benson, who came off the bench in the 68th minute and 11 minutes later scored the winning goal.
In the previous round, Sweden separated 1: 1 against the Netherlands, so that it is also at the end of the second round with four points and lags behind the Dutch because they scored less.