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A precocious solo onslaught by Norway guardant Caroline Graham Hansen secured a 2-1 triumph against Finland successful the Women's European Championship connected Sunday, arsenic the doubly champions took a large measurement towards qualifying for the quarterfinals.
Norway's 2nd Group A triumph successful a enactment near them apical of the array with six points. Finland, who bushed Iceland successful their opening game, remained connected 3 points.
Eva Nyström's ain extremity enactment Norway successful the pb aft 3 minutes aft Graham Hansen's transverse into the goalmouth deed the Finland defender and slid into the net.
The Norwegians pushed to treble their pb and were unlucky not to people again erstwhile they deed the woodwork doubly wrong a minute, with Ingrid Engen's close-range header striking the crossbar soon earlier Finland goalkeeper Anna Koivunen tipped Vilde Boe Risa's country onto the acold post.
But Finland equalised successful the 32nd minute, erstwhile midfielder Oona Siren recovered guardant Oona Sevenius with a precise done ball. Sevenius hammered a left-foot changeable into the apical close country to people her archetypal extremity for Finland since April 2024.
However, Graham Hansen stepped up to seal the triumph successful the 84th minute, fooling 2 defenders with speedy dribbling arsenic she moved successful from the close and dispatched a changeable that deed the acold station earlier uncovering the net.
Norway, who bushed Switzerland successful their opening game, could person a spot successful the quarter-finals confirmed with a top-two decorativeness successful the radical if the hosts bushed Iceland aboriginal connected Sunday, oregon if the lucifer results successful a draw.
Finland look Switzerland connected Thursday erstwhile Norway play Iceland.
