The Swedes lasted 45 minutes. Or almost. Not unfortunate considering the two amounts found by Michael Olise and Kylian Mbappé, the Scandinavians only cracked at the very end of the first period. Graham Potter’s men would nevertheless ultimately lose 3-0 and easily recognized the superiority of the Blues at the end of the match.
“I personally haven’t seen a better team. The quality of this team in all positions and the options on the bench are incredible,” said the Swedish coach after the meeting, adding: “Even if we had been perfect, I don’t know if it would have been enough. The opponent was of a very high level. It’s not a shame to lose against France, who are a team with very high class players. »
However, some Swedish players did not hesitate to complain about the refereeing after the match, believing that Danny Makkelie had been too intransigent. “
We wanted to be aggressive in the duels and show that we were serious about getting a good result. I find that sometimes they get free kicks a little easy”notably regretted Victor Lindelof.
Two refereeing errors on Kylian Mbappé’s two goals
Others, like former Lille player Gabriel Gudmundsson, even believed that the Blues had clearly had an advantage. “ It’s like that when we face France. There are a lot of stars, the referees perhaps don’t whistle as much. They could have whistled more often than they did.” he regretted, Viktor Gyökeres going so far as to say that Sweden had not benefited from a single free kick in the second half.
Note that replaying the match shows that the two goals scored by Kylian Mbappé are marred by two small refereeing errors. On the first in fact, Ousmane Dembélé does not wait for the ball to be still before quickly playing the corner with Michael Olise. As for the second, it follows a six-meter whistle in favor of the Blues after a duel between Taha Ali and Jules Koundé in the tricolor area while the images clearly show that it is the former Bordeaux player who takes the ball out and that Sweden should therefore have benefited from a corner.
