Sweden hammer 10-woman Germany to top Euros Group C

Sweden laid down a marker at Euro 2025 by confidently beating 10-woman Germany 4-1 on Saturday and topping Group C with a perfect nine points.

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Peter Gerhardsson’s team will face the runners-up from Group D, potentially European champions England, in the quarterfinals after sweeping aside Germany with a powerful display in Zurich.

Sweden fans sung ABBA songs in the stands of the Letzigrund Stadium as goals from Stina Blackstenius, Smilla Holmberg, Fridolina Rolfo and Lina Hurtig saw off the Germans.

Sweden were hammered 4-0 by England in the semifinals of the last European Championship three years ago but Gerhardsson said he is looking forward rather than backwards to that heavy defeat.

"I don’t focus on that game. That's history, it’s a new game if we play England, we'll write a new history, a better history, a good history," he told reporters.

"We can only take it one game at a time. Today we had Germany and now we have the quarterfinal. Maybe it’s a dull answer but that's how I work."