Sweden had the knife to the throat before the first match in the intermediate round against Denmark.
Anything but victory and the medal chance would be gone.
Then there were trolls in the penalty shootout.
At the same time, Sweden missed the chances to take the lead and leave its Nordic neighbor in the second half.
- Sweden missed too much.
They had the chances to lead and guide matches forward but did not manage it, says Magnus Grahn, who judges the penalty shooter.
- It's too bad, to put it bluntly.
In order for Sweden to advance in a championship like this, you have to deliver more than two out of seven.
Magnus Grahn would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
- The problem is that the best, most experienced players can not deliver, it worries me.
Bella (Gulldén) and Hagman (Nathalie).
As I have said before, the best must be the best and deliver the most when it contracts and Sweden has not managed that.