Sweden complete late comeback win 2-1 to deny South Africa earlier strike in 2023 Women's World Cup Opener.
At Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington: Sweden 2 (Fridolina Rolfo 65’, Amanda Ilestedt 90’) South Africa 1 (Hilda Magaia 48’) HT: 0-0
- 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, the lanky 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 2022 Africa Cup of Nations champions South Africa came close to picking up their first point at a World Cup, having lost all three matches on their only previous world cup appearance in 2019.
The result left the third-ranked Swedes top of Group G, before Italy and Argentina play their opener in Auckland on Monday.
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