Amanda Ilestedt’s 90th minute winner gave Sweden a 2-1 win over South African in their Women’s World Cup Group G match on Sunday after Fridolina Rolfo had cancelled out Hildah Magaia’s opener.
From Sweden’s 11th corner of a game played out in pouring rain in the New Zealand capital, the tall defender Ilestedt jumped highest and squeezed the ball home to save her team’s blushes.
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