Monday 17 July 2017 22:23, UK
Holders Germany were held to a goalless draw by Sweden while Russia stunned Italy as Group B opened at the women's Euro tournament in the Netherlands on Monday.
In Breda, Sweden picked up their first point in 12 competitive encounters with Germany, who have won the European title six times in a row and eight times overall.
Earlier in Rotterdam, first-half goals from Elena Danilova and Elena Morozova handed Russia a surprise 2-1 win over Italy.
In a reprise of the Olympic final from Rio, Germany kept Sweden under pressure in an uneventful first half but they failed to create scoring chances against solid defence.
Their dominance continued in the second half, with substitute Mandy Islacker the biggest threat.
In the 65th minute, she flicked a low cross from Carolin Simon just past the post.
Sweden then demonstrated their strength on the counter-attack but Stina Blackstenius failed to deliver following a superb run as her weak shot was blocked by Almuth Schult, who also stopped Lotta Schelin's breakaway effort two minutes later.
Seven minutes before the end, Islacker flicked a low pass from captain Dzsenifer Marozsan under the crossbar, but Chelsea 'keeper Hedvig Lindahl cleared the ball over the bar.
In Rotterdam, Russia's Danilova struck nine minutes into the game with a low shot from outside the box that took Italian 'keeper Chiara Marchitelli by surprise at her left post.
On 26 minutes, Morozova headed in Ekaterina Sochneva's corner to give Russia a 2-0 lead, which Italy merely reduced through Ilaria Mauro's 88th-minute consolation.
Russia were avenging three 2-0 defeats from Italy at previous Euro tournaments, as well as a 3-0 loss in a friendly last December.
Russia's high pressing kept Italy at bay most of the time, and when that failed, their 19-year-old 'keeper Tatiana Shcherbak came to the rescue.
Shcherbak cleared a long-range left-foot blast from Marta Carissimi in the first half and then forced out a vicious long-range shot from captain Melania Gabbiadini.
Two minutes from the end, Shcherbak failed to react to a pass that Mauro barely touched but which ended up in the Russian net.
But she produced another superb save in stoppage time, sending Elisa Bartoli's header onto the crossbar and down onto the goal line, from which the Russian defence managed to clear .
