In the round of 16 of the Women's World Cup, the Swedish women's soccer team and the defending champion U.S. women's soccer team had a goal battle on Sunday (6). Although the Swedes faced many close calls, goalkeeper Schislame Suevi made a number of heroic saves to keep the goal intact, and the two sides exchanged goals in the 120-minute match. In the penalty shootout, Sweden narrowly defeated the United States 5-4, and will have a tough match with Japan on the 8th.
Despite the fact that the U.S. team was on fire on the offensive end, with a whopping 21 shots on goal, 11 of which were on target, while Sweden looked to be at a disadvantage with only 7 shots on goal. However, faced with the outstanding performance of Swedish goalkeeper Schisla Mesuwick, the U.S. team's core players such as Alex Morgan and Sophia Smith made several attempts to break through, but were never able to break through the Swedish defense. Both teams were unable to break the deadlock in legal time and overtime, and the final score was decided by penalty kicks.
