Hosts Sweden were held by Denmark in an exciting UEFA Women's EURO 2013 Group A match thanks to two Stina Petersen penalty saves.
Linköpings FC supplied three starters for the hosts, but it was one of their two Denmark players, Mariann Gajhede Knudsen, that opened the scoring midway through the first half. Club-mate Nilla Fischer headed an equaliser soon after. Denmark were then relieved when Petersen stopped Lotta Schelin's 67th-minute penalty and five minutes from the end she repeated the trick from Kosovare Asllani.
Inspired perhaps by the colourful opening ceremony, Sweden surged forward, Schelin finding strike partner Asllani, who shot over. Not long after, Asllani laid off to Caroline Seger, whose strike also missed the target.
Denmark's familiar 4-3-3 formation soon gave them width through Katrine Veje and Johanna Rasmussen, two of five Swedish-based players in their starting XI. And on 25 minutes another of that quintet got the first goal of the finals, Knudsen winning the ball off Seger in midfield, surging forward and curling in a shot from the edge of the box. More from UEFA.com
