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By Neil JohnstonBBC Sport astatine Eden Park
Last updated connected 2 minutes ago.From the conception Women's World Cup
Sweden produced a magnificent show to publication a semi-final day with Spain and permission Japan's Women's World Cup dreams successful tatters.
Japan were seen arsenic rubric contenders aft gliding done the radical signifier and defeating Norway successful the past 16.
Here, they fell down to Amanda Ilestedt's extremity earlier Manchester City midfielder Filippa Angeldahl doubled Sweden's pb from the punishment spot.
Japan were awarded a arguable penalty, but Riko Ueki's 76th-minute effort deed the bar, earlier West Ham's Honoka Hayashi pulled a extremity backmost successful the 87th minute.
That lifeline came moments aft Aoba Fujino deed the woodwork from a free-kick, but Sweden saw the crippled retired to marque it into the past four.
New Arsenal defender Ilestedt has emerged arsenic 1 of the players of the tournament, and she present has 4 goals.
She struck from the borderline of the six-yard container successful the 32nd infinitesimal aft Japan failed to clear.
Goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita kept Japan successful the contention erstwhile she tipped an effort by Sweden skipper Kosovare Asllani onto the post, portion Stina Blackstenius had earlier missed a glorious accidental erstwhile the crippled was goalless.
There looked to beryllium nary coming backmost for Japan erstwhile Angeldahl doubled the pb from the spot aft the video adjunct referee (VAR) spotted a handball by Japan's Liverpool midfielder Fuka Nagano.
Japan person shone astatine this World Cup, scoring 14 times successful their erstwhile 4 matches.
But they struggled to trial Sweden keeper Zecira Musovic capable astatine Eden Park arsenic Sweden moved to wrong 1 triumph of a archetypal World Cup last since 2003, erstwhile they mislaid to Germany successful the last successful the United States.
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Japan
Squad number1Player nameYamashita
Squad number12Player nameTakahashi
Squad number4Player nameKumagai
Squad number3Player nameMinami
Squad number2Player nameShimizu
Squad number10Player nameNagano
Squad number14Player nameHasegawa
Squad number6Player nameSugita
Squad number15Player nameFujino
Squad number11Player nameTanaka
Squad number7Player nameMiyazawa
Squad number9Player nameUeki
Squad number13Player nameEndo
Squad number16Player nameHayashi
Squad number17Player nameSeike
Squad number20Player nameHamano
Sweden
Squad number1Player nameMusovic
Squad number14Player nameBjörn
Squad number13Player nameIlestedt
Squad number6Player nameEriksson
Squad number2Player nameAndersson
Squad number16Player nameAngeldahl
Squad number23Player nameRubensson
Squad number19Player nameRytting Kaneryd
Squad number9Player nameAsllani
Squad number18Player nameRolfö
Squad number11Player nameBlackstenius
Squad number7Player nameJanogy
Squad number8Player nameHurtig
Squad number10Player nameJakobsson
Squad number20Player nameBennison
Line-ups
Japan
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Yamashita
- 12TakahashiSubstituted forHamanoat 90+2'minutes
- 4Kumagai
- 3Minami
- 2Shimizu
- 10NaganoSubstituted forHayashiat 81'minutes
- 14Hasegawa
- 6SugitaSubstituted forEndoat 45'minutes
- 15Fujino
- 11TanakaSubstituted forUekiat 52'minutesBooked astatine 79mins
- 7MiyazawaSubstituted forSeikeat 81'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Miyake
- 8Naomoto
- 9Ueki
- 13Endo
- 16Hayashi
- 17Seike
- 18Tanaka
- 19Moriya
- 20Hamano
- 21Hirao
- 22Chiba
- 23Ishikawa
Sweden
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Musovic
- 14Björn
- 13Ilestedt
- 6Eriksson
- 2Andersson
- 16Angeldahl
- 23RubenssonSubstituted forBennisonat 84'minutes
- 19Rytting KanerydSubstituted forJakobssonat 84'minutes
- 9AsllaniSubstituted forJanogyat 72'minutes
- 18RolföSubstituted forHurtigat 73'minutes
- 11Blackstenius
Substitutes
- 3Sembrant
- 4Lennartsson
- 5Sandberg
- 7Janogy
- 8Hurtig
- 10Jakobsson
- 12Falk
- 15Blomqvist
- 17Seger
- 20Bennison
- 21Enblom
- 22Schough
Referee:Esther Staubli
Attendance:43,217
Live Text
Match ends, Japan 1, Sweden 2.
Second Half ends, Japan 1, Sweden 2.
Foul by Stina Blackstenius (Sweden).
Saki Kumagai (Japan) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Risa Shimizu.
Attempt missed. Maika Hamano (Japan) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the close pursuing a acceptable portion situation.
Foul by Filippa Angeldahl (Sweden).
Aoba Fujino (Japan) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Substitution, Japan. Maika Hamano replaces Hana Takahashi.
Attempt missed. Kiko Seike (Japan) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Riko Ueki.
Attempt saved. Riko Ueki (Japan) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Aoba Fujino with a cross.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Magdalena Eriksson.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Zecira Musovic (Sweden).
Goal! Japan 1, Sweden 2. Honoka Hayashi (Japan) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost near corner.
Aoba Fujino (Japan) hits the barroom with a close footed changeable from extracurricular the container from a nonstop escaped kick.
Foul by Magdalena Eriksson (Sweden).
Aoba Fujino (Japan) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Substitution, Sweden. Sofia Jakobsson replaces Johanna Rytting Kaneryd.
Substitution, Sweden. Hanna Bennison replaces Elin Rubensson.
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