Sweden all but through in World Cup play-offs after Schroder sinks Lithuania

[p]The goals have been a long time coming for marquee [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/4xlfVfnP/"]Real Madrid[/a] signing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schroder-felicia/vBijkSOn/"]Schroder[/a], who had failed to score in her first 11 caps. She was given the ideal opportunity to get off the mark midway through the first half when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rogaciova-loreta/4Gnc49Hk/"]Loreta Rogaciova[/a] fouled [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/anvegard-anna/WbnwYot7/"]Anna Anvegard[/a] inside the box, and [b]the teenager coolly dispatched the penalty.[/b][/p][p]That was the only goal until the 58th minute, when [b]Schroder had her second after combining with former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hacken/bDld9pGs/"]Hacken[/a] teammate Anvegard[/b], and only five minutes later [b]she had herself an international hat-trick after being played in by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vinberg-matilda/l4yIQIqq/"]Matila Vinberg[/a].[/b][/p][p]The 3-0 lead was the signal for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/hGWL8MmL/"]Sweden[/a] head coach Tony Gustavsson to make changes, and 10 minutes later two of them worked in tandem for goal number four, as [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jusu-bah-monica/2TfGJt43/"]Monica Jusu Bah[/a] teed up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/blackstenius-stina/tvFnIayL/"]Stina Blackstenius[/a].[/b][/p][embed guid="a82344fb-c628-4610-a03a-b7c7ba653a0a" url="https://x.com/svenskfotboll/status/2108617271627157921" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bjorn-nathalie/dYR02bcj/"]Nathalie Bjorn[/a] started her first game for Sweden after a long injury lay off, but was withdrawn at half-time. Her replacement,[b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ilestedt-amanda/2FObBKgB/"]Amanda Ilestedt[/a], completed the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/lithuania-8GWArQrn/sweden-hGWL8MmL/?mid=nyjJJo9F"]5-0[/a] rout eight minutes from time[/b] after good work from another substitute, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/angeldal-filippa/G0VvsllA/"]Filippa Angeldal[/a].[/p][p]Sweden need only avoid a calamitous home defeat in Solna on 13th October to progress to round two of the play-offs, where they will face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/belarus/dnzMc6rM/"]Belarus[/a] or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/italy/fiD8utDF/"]Italy[/a] for a place in Brazil.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/world/world-cup-women/"]Follow the 2027 Women's World Cup play-offs on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]