Euro 2025: Sweden beats Denmark yet again this year on Filippa Angeldahl's goal

GENEVA (AP) — Sweden swept past Denmark yet again on Friday, winning 1-0 at the Women’s European Championship for a third victory this year over its near neighbor.

One month after a 6-1 rout in Stockholm, Filippa Angeldahl’s smart finish of a neat passing attack in the 55th minute was enough on another hot evening in Switzerland for another impressive Swedish effort. At the 2023 Women's World Cup, Sweden eliminated the defending champion United States in the round of 16.

Angeldahl severely tested Denmark goalkeeper Maja Bay Ostergaard to save a long-range free kick in the first half and beat her with more power in the second.

The midfielder exchanged passes with captain Kosovare Asllani — making her 200th appearance for Sweden — before striding on to shoot low past Ostergaard’s dive.

“There’s so much nerves before the first game," Angeldahl said in translated comments. "It was really important to win.”

Denmark star forward Pernille Harder's shot from distance rattled the Sweden crossbar in the 81st.

Sweden was later joined by Germany on three points in Group C when the record eight-time champion beat Poland 2-0.

It was the third time Sweden and Denmark opened a Women’s Euros facing each other and it ended 1-1 in both 2005 and 2013.

Sweden beat Denmark twice in a Nations League group this year, starting with 2-1 in Odense in February. That time, Harder was marked toughly by veteran Sweden defender Magdalena Eriksson who has been her partner since 2014.

Eriksson was a surprise absence from the lineup on Friday due to a muscle strain lingering since a warmup game. She was ably replaced by 38-year-old Linda Sembrant, playing her 157th game for Sweden.

Playing in 86-degree heat (30 C) at the 6 p.m. kickoff, both teams took breaks for drinks several times in each half.

The playing surface was mostly shaded by the stadium roof though fans along one length of the field were bathed in direct sunshine for the entire match.

“It was a fairly slow moving match, particularly in the first half. We didn’t have the tempo we really wanted," Sweden coach Peter Gerhardsson said,

Gerhardsson declined to blame the weather, though added he “wouldn’t mind a bit more of a breeze” when his team plays Poland on Tuesday. That has a later 9 p.m. local time start in Lucerne.

The drinks delays helped to add up to 16 minutes of total stoppage time, including a delay of more than four minutes for a video review early in the game.

Denmark thought it might be getting a penalty kick for a foul on Harder. The free kick was eventually awarded to Sweden by Brazilian referee Edina Alves because winger Madelen Janogy was tripped by a Denmark player before falling into Harder.

“We didn't understand anything at all,” Sweden coach Gerhardsson said. “We didn't see it on the (stadium) screen.”

Yellow-clad fans at the Salève mountain end of the stadium brought classic Swedish pop music into the game. They sang in both halves to the tune of Abba’s “Lay All Your Love On Me” accompanied by a beating drum.

Before kickoff the stadium observed a period of silence in memory of Portugal and Liverpool forward Diogo Jota who died this week aged 28 in a car crash in Spain.

Denmark coach Andrée Jeglertz said his players were not distracted by confirmation Thursday evening he will join the Manchester City women’s team after Euro 2025.

“It’s definitely not something that affects the players. They knew I was going to leave,” Jeglertz said in translated comments. “The most important thing for me was that this was announced before the tournament rather than mid-tournament.”

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Sweden's Kosovare Asllani celebrates her 200th appearance in Sweden's national team after the Euro 2025, group C, soccer match between Denmark and Sweden at Stade de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Sweden's fans celebrate after the Euro 2025, group C, soccer match between Denmark and Sweden at Stade de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Sweden's Filippa Angeldahl , background left, scores the opening goal during the Euro 2025, group C, soccer match between Denmark and Sweden at Stade de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, July 4, 2025. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Swedish fans cheer ahead of the Euro 2025, group C, soccer match between Denmark and Sweden at Stade de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Players of the two teams observe a minute of silence in memory of Portugal international and Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, before the Euro 2025, group C, soccer match between Denmark and Sweden at Stade de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Denmark's Frederikke Thogersen, left, fights for the ball against Sweden's Madelen Janogy during the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Group C soccer match between Denmark and Sweden at the Stade de Geneve stadium in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, July 4, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Denmark goalkeeper Maja Bay Ostergaard during the Euro 2025, group C, soccer match between Denmark and Sweden at Stade de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Sweden's Filippa Angeldahl celebrates after scoring her side's first goal during the Euro 2025, group C, soccer match between Denmark and Sweden at Stade de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Richard “Dick” Codey, a former acting governor of New Jersey and the longest serving legislator in the state's history, died Sunday. He was 79.

Codey’s wife, Mary Jo Codey, confirmed her husband’s death to The Associated Press.

“Gov. Richard J. Codey passed away peacefully this morning at home, surrounded by family, after a brief illness,” Codey's family wrote in a Facebook post on Codey's official page.

"Our family has lost a beloved husband, father and grandfather -- and New Jersey lost a remarkable public servant who touched the lives of all who knew him," the family said.

Known for his feisty, regular-guy persona, Codey was a staunch advocate of mental health awareness and care issues. The Democrat also championed legislation to ban smoking from indoor areas and sought more money for stem cell research.

Codey, the son of a northern New Jersey funeral home owner, entered the state Assembly in 1974 and served there until he was elected to the state Senate in 1982. He served as Senate president from 2002 to 2010.

Codey first served as acting governor for a brief time in 2002, after Christine Todd Whitman’s resignation to join President George W. Bush’s administration. He held the post again for 14 months after Gov. Jim McGreevey resigned in 2004.

At that time, New Jersey law mandated that the Senate president assume the governor’s role if a vacancy occurred, and that person would serve until the next election.

Codey routinely drew strong praise from residents in polls, and he gave serious consideration to seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in 2005. But he ultimately chose not to run when party leaders opted to back wealthy Wall Street executive Jon Corzine, who went on to win the office.

Codey would again become acting governor after Corzine was incapacitated in April 2007 due to serious injuries he suffered in a car accident. He held the post for nearly a month before Corzine resumed his duties.

After leaving the governor’s office, Codey returned to the Senate and also published a memoir that detailed his decades of public service, along with stories about his personal and family life.

“He lived his life with humility, compassion and a deep sense of responsibility to others,” his family wrote. “He made friends as easily with Presidents as he did with strangers in all-night diners.”

Codey and his wife often spoke candidly about her past struggles with postpartum depression, and that led to controversy in early 2005, when a talk radio host jokingly criticized Mary Jo and her mental health on the air.

Codey, who was at the radio station for something else, confronted the host and said he told him that he wished he could “take him outside.” But the host claimed Codey actually threatened to “take him out,” which Codey denied.

His wife told The Associated Press that Codey was willing to support her speaking out about postpartum depression, even if it cost him elected office.

“He was a really, really good guy,” Mary Jo Codey said. “He said, ‘If you want to do it, I don’t care if I get elected again.’”

Jack Brook contributed reporting from New Orleans.

FILE - New Jersey State Sen. and former Democratic Gov. Richard Codey is seen before New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at the statehouse, in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)