Led by a new golden generation, the Swedes win their first title since 2002.
Le Monde with AFP
Sweden, led by his new golden generation, was sacred Sunday, January 30, beating Spain (27-26) in the EURO final in Budapest. This is the first title of Swedish since the triplet directed by the Great National Team between the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s (1998, 2000, 2002). Twenty years later, the Swedes meet the peaks, which had already dropped the money at the World 2021 in Egypt.
In a mad match end, the Scandinavians got a last penalty, transformed by Niclas Ekberg, who exploded the Swedish bench. In this duel that opposed the highly experienced Spanish team, double title, in Sweden, the suspense was total.
Liberation
The Swedes, taken up by their inexhaustable guard Andreas Palicka, elected man of the match, and their trio ekberg (five goals), Oscar Bergendahl (five goals) and Hampus Wanne (four goals), gave birth to a short delay a goal (14-13).
But, in a meeting where each team went for a shot, and where none of the two could really come off, the jet of seven meters obtained by Sweden rang as a liberation for a nation that was waiting This victory for twenty years.
Denmark completes the podium of this Euro 2022 after its victory against France, earlier in the day (35-32 after extension).