Clinical Sweden top Group G after 2-0 win over Argentina

Sweden will next face holders United States in a blockbuster clash in Melbourne on Sunday - a rematch of the Olympic quarter-finals in 2021 when the Europeans won 3-0 en route to the final.
Clinical Sweden top Group G after 2-0 win over Argentina

USA AWAIT: Sweden's Rebecka Blomqvist, left, celebrates. Pic: AP Photo/John Cowpland

Argentina 0 Sweden 2

A much-changed Sweden side reached the Women's World Cup last 16 with a perfect record after Rebecka Blomqvist's second-half header and substitute Elin Rubensson's 90th-minute penalty helped them beat Argentina 2-0 on Wednesday.

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