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[1/2]Soccer Football – FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 – Quarter Final – Japan v Sweden – Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand – August 11, 2023 Japan’s Aoba Fujino in action with Sweden’s Amanda Ilestedt REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File photo
AUCKLAND, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Sweden centre back Amanda Ilestedt looms as an unlikely candidate to claim the Golden Boot at the Women’s World Cup but it comes as no surprise to her team mates.
Ahead of Tuesday’s semi-final against Spain, Ilestedt has four goals for the tournament, one shy of the leading Hinata Miyazawa, who can no longer add to her tally after Japan’s elimination by Sweden in the quarter-finals.
All of Ilestedt’s goals have come from set pieces, while eight out of Sweden’s 11 goals at the tournament have followed dead-ball set-ups.
“I think set pieces is one our biggest strengths and something we work on,” Sweden…