Amanda Ilestedt 90th minute winner gave Sweden a 2-1 win over South African in their Women's World Cup Group G match on Sunday after Fridolina Rolfo had cancelled out Hildah Magaia's opener.
From Sweden's 11th corner of a game played out in pouring rain in the New Zealand capital, Ilestedt jumped highest and squeezed the ball home to save her team's blushes.
Earlier, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd's cross skewed off defender Lebohang Ramalepe and bounced into the net off Rolfo to hand the Swedes a lifeline in the 66th minute after South Africa's Magaia had broken the deadlock two minutes after the break.
The result left the third-ranked Swedes top of Group G, before Italy and Argentina play their opener in Auckland on Monday.
#SWE emerged victorious after an eventful second-half in Wellington / Te Whanganui-A-Tara!#BeyondGreatness | #FIFAWWC
— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 23, 2023
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