Schröder answers 7-0 Barça defeat with a hat-trick

After the 7-0 defeat to Barça, Schröder found an answer on the pitch: the previous day, she scored her first goal for the Swedish national team in a 2017 World Cup play-off match against Lithuania. She went on to claim a hat-trick in a 5-0 victory over the Lithuanians.

The Real Madrid player had spoken about the shock of the defeat a few days earlier. “At one point, I lost count,” she admitted after the loss. She also said the scoreline was “too emphatic” and explained that the team had travelled straight from there to join the national side, leaving little time to discuss it. In her view, the priority was to move on and focus on what the team had done well.

The hat-trick gave Schröder a chance to respond after the 7-0. “It’s something you can only dream of. I’m going to keep this shirt,” said the scorer of all three goals. She also called scoring on her debut “a dream”, adding that she loves scoring and helping her team: “That’s what I fight for when I’m out on the pitch.”