No, there was never any tension when Sweden on Wednesday morning, Swedish time, met South Korea in the handball quarterfinals.
Already after nine minutes, Sweden had pulled away to a six-goal lead (8-2), and it was never much smoother than that.
Effective forward
Sweden was totally superior.
The team was effective forward, and there were many siom contributed.
The counterattacks were good, the patience was good and Johanna Bundsen was stable in the goal.
When the first half was over, Sweden had an eight-goal lead (21-13), which then grew to 39-30 when the match was over, after they let the Koreans approach a bit in the final stages of the match.
Sweden led the most with 14 goals.
"You do the job"
Thus, Sweden is ready for the semifinals, where much tougher opposition awaits.
Sweden will face the winners of the France – Netherlands match.
It will be played later on Wednesday.
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Sweden will play for Olympic medals.
I did not think so before the Olympics.
You do the job today and that goes a long way, says SVT Sports expert Magnus Grahn.
It will be the first time ever that Sweden's women's national handball team plays an Olympic semi-final.