Emil Forsberg ousts Switzerland and sends Sweden into World Cup last eight

At some point, people might have to stop being surprised at Sweden’s progress. Written off at the beginning of qualification, they elbowed out the Netherlands en route to a play-off against Italy. Nobody gave them a chance in that contest but, once again, they found a way to win.

Spool forward to the finals and did anybody have them down to emerge from a group that contained Germany and Mexico? They did, finishing on top of it. Germany had become their latest big-name scalp.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2KvSey7

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