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Sweden’s women plot Olympic final revenge against Germany

Swedish captain Lotta Schelin says her team are hungry to avenge last year's Olympic final loss when they face Germany at the women's Euro championships in the Netherlands on Monday.

Sweden's women plot Olympic final revenge against Germany
Sweden's striker Lotta Schelin (L) and Germany's defender Tabea Kemme vie for the ball during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Gold medal match. Photo: Odd Andersen / AFP
Sweden have so far lost all 11 competitive encounters with the eight-time European champions, the last defeat dating back to Rio 2016 when they were beaten 2-1.
 
“We're always motivated when it comes to Germany — it's always tough games and it's always tight games,” said Schelin, who plays for Rosengard in the Swedish top flight, on Saturday.
 
“We have a bit of a feeling of a revenge when we look at the previous tournaments,” added the pony-tailed 33-year-old striker, who share's the captain's armband with Caroline Seger.
 
But she denied delving into history too much.
 
“We've been analyzing their team and what they're doing right now and what we can do to beat them,” said Schelin.
 
“I think that we just have to be here, in this moment, and think about the Euros and what we can do this summer to go all the way.”
 
Her German counterpart with the armband, midfielder Dzsenifer Marozsan, did not mind recalling the Olympic final.
 
“When I remember this final against Sweden and everything else at the Maracana stadium, it was unbelievable,” said the Hungarian-born, 25-year-old Olympique Lyon playmaker.
 
“But now it's a new tournament and I think it will be a really hard game. We start from 0-0.”
 
“We will see which team will win this fight because it's always a fight against Sweden,” added Marozsan.
 
The two teams face each other in Group B on Monday night, a day after the championships kick off with the Netherlands taking on Norway.

RACISM

VIDEO: Spain’s La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

Spain's La Liga on Monday said it was reviewing a video of a child making racist insults towards Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior during the 2-2 draw with Valencia at the weekend.

VIDEO: Spain's La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

“We’re in the process of studying and analysing the facts from a legal standpoint to see what we can and should do,” La Liga sources said.

In a video published by a journalist for ESPN Brasil, and picked up by Spanish media, a boy sitting in a woman’s lap can be heard calling Vinicius a “monkey”.

https://twitter.com/GravesenFumado/status/1764242481984491822

The Brazilian scored twice for Madrid as his team recovered from two goals down at Mestalla on Saturday.

Vinicius raised his fist in a “Black Power” salute after the first of his two goals at a ground where he was racially abused last season. Valencia subsequently banned three people from the stadium for life.

The 23-year-old has become a symbol of the fight against discrimination in Spanish football after suffering racist abuse on many occasions, and he was jeered repeatedly by home supporters on Saturday.

Jude Bellingham was sent off after the final whistle against Valencia for protesting after the referee blew the final whistle right before the England midfielder headed home what he thought was the winning goal.

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