Sweden’s 1-0 win over the United States at the Algarve Cup on Friday certainly was not understated back home.
Take this Swedish newspaper’s headline on the front page of the sports section, reading “The Crown Has Fallen” —
The front page of the sport section of Sweden's biggest daily. Sweden and the #uswnt undefeated streak pic.twitter.com/dodgVy5n69
— Daniel (@DandalBs) March 8, 2014
Just some perspective on what it means to beat the world’s No. 1 team and end their 43-game unbeaten streak.