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Topscorer vs. Topscorer
By Rudi Dalsgård
The last match in group A between Austria and Sweden was also a
match between Swedish Åsa Eriksson and Austrian Ausra Fridrikas
- the two players at Euro 2002 who have scored the most goals on
their respective national teams.
Prior to Euro 2002 Åsa Eriksson had scored 940
goals on the Swedish national team in 221 matches. Fridrikas had
scored 927 in 116 matches.
The top scorer title changed hands as a result of
Sweden's weak matches at Euro 2002 and Fridrikas' passion for goals.
Today Fridrikas scored nine goals which brought her total to 953
overtaking Eriksson by two goals.
Fridrikas will have at least three more matches in
which she can increase her total whereas Åsa Eriksson must
return to Sweden. So it may take quite a while before anyone reaches
the same total as the hard-shooting Austrian left back.
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