Amanda Ilestedt 90th minute winner gave Sweden a 2-1 win over South Africa in their Women’s World Cup Group G match Sunday.
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.
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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 Monday