Soccer-Swiss weather havoc forces Swedes to change training plan

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Women's Euro 2025 - Group C - Denmark v Sweden - Stade de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland - July 4, 2025 Sweden coach Peter Gerhardsson before the match REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo

THUN, Switzerland (Reuters) -Sweden had to change their planned training session as soaring temperatures that have affected the Women's Euros gave way to torrential rain on Monday that soaked the pitch in Lucerne where they face Poland in their second Group C game on Tuesday.

With several games played in temperatures of over 30 degrees Celsius, a sudden change saw the weather cool quickly as violent rainstorms broke out on Monday that forced organisers to impose some restrictions on the Swedes' training on the stadium pitch.