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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The roaring crowd at the Maracana Stadium desperately wanted Lisa Dahlkvist to miss.It didnt bother her at all.Dahlkvist just pretended all those Brazilians were cheering for Sweden, and then she stepped up and buried her penalty kick to eliminate the host country and send the Swedes to the Olympic soccer final.The noise was for me, to get the ball in the goal. Simple answer, Dahlkvist said, laughing while describing how she tuned out the din at the nearly full stadium.Sweden advanced to the gold medal match in womens soccer for the first time by beating host Brazil 4-3 in a penalty shootout following a scoreless draw.And it was the second time Dahlkvist had come through under pressure on penalties: Her kick ousted the favored U.S. women in the quarterfinals.Brazil forward Marta, one of the biggest stars of the tournament, buried the first kick of the shootout. But at 3-3, Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl stopped Andressas shot before Dahlkvist beat Barbara to end it, stunning the packed home crowd.Sweden, which has never before played in the gold match at the Olympics, will face Germany for gold on Friday at the Maracana, the site of the mens World Cup final in 2014. The Germans defeated Canada 2-0 in the later match Tuesday in Belo Horizonte.Brazil will play for the bronze on Friday in Sao Paulo against Canada.Marta had one of Brazils best chances to put her team in the lead, but her free kick in the 115th minute bounced before the goal and Lindahl was able to snag it.The fans at the 78,000-seat Maracana -- the biggest crowd ever for a womens national team match in Brazil -- roared whenever Marta touched the ball. Brazils charismatic forward won FIFAs Womens World Player of the Year five consecutive years from 2006-10. But she has never won a major international tournament with her national team.One fan lofted a sign that said Marta We Love You.This loss wont take away from all that we have done to get here, Marta said. We have the match for the bronze medal now and we will fight until the end to get that medal. We have to pick up the pieces to try to win this medal.Both teams had their chances in the opening 90 minutes, and the intensity rose as the defensive-minded Swedes started going on the attack more.Sweden was riding high after knocking off the three-time defending champion United States in the quarterfinals. The loss sent the top-ranked Americans home without a medal for the first time since womens soccer joined the Olympics in 1996. The World Cup champions were vying for their fourth straight gold.Sweden deployed a defensive strategy against the United States and advanced 4-3 on a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in Brasilia. Afterward, U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo drew attention for calling Sweden a bunch of cowards for its style of play.Sweden coach Pia Sundhage used a similar tactic against Brazil, changing her approach after losing to Brazil 5-1 in group play. Marta and Beatriz scored two goals each in that first match.Sundhage said that Sweden did not use Solos comments as motivation against Brazil.What people are saying in the media, its not a big deal. Very often you say it, and I dont even really think you mean it, Sundage said. We talk about football.Sundhage coached the United States to gold medals at both the Beijing and London Games. A victory in Brazil would give her a third-straight Olympic title.The Brazilians have twice won silver medals at the Olympics. Both times, at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games, the United States won in the final.Swedens best finish was in Athens when the team fell to Germany in the bronze medal match. 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Premier League droughts 2016/17 Player Club Shots since scoring Zlatan Ibrahimovic Man Utd 42 Christian Eriksen Tottenham 33 Ross Barkley Everton 21 Riyad Mahrez Leicester 19 Ibrahimovic is getting chances - he has had more shots (57) than any other Premier League player this season - but hes failed to score with his last 42 attempts.Only three other players have had 30 shots and none of them have scored fewer than Ibrahimovic. In comparison, Premier League top scorer Diego Costa has seven goals from only 27 shots. Opta definition of a big chance: A situation where a player should reasonably be expected to score usually in a one-on-one scenario or from very close range. The 35-year-old cannot even point to the quality of his opportunities. According to Opta, he has missed eight of his nine big chances this season.Opta defines a big chance as one that a player might reasonably be expected to score, but of the 17 players to have had four or more of them Ibrahimovic has the worst conversion rate. Premier League big chances missed - 2016/17 Player Big chances missed Big chance conversion Zlatan Ibrahimovic 8 11% Theo Walcott 6 40% Jermain Defoe 5 44% Romelu Lukaku 4 50% Should Manchester United supporters be encouraged that their centre forward is getting such opportunities or alarmed that hes missing them?Here, we highlight some of Ibrahimovics best chances that have been squandered…Manchester CityUnited were dominated in the early stages of the Manchester derby but managed to get back into it thanks to Ibrahimovics expertly struck effort as he capitalised on Claudio Bravos mistake. But there were opportunities to equalise in the moments that followed.Ibrahimovic headed straight at Bravo from close range on the stroke of half-time and when the goalkeeper failed to deal with a situation in stoppage time, Ibrahimovic only had to beat the man on the line but scuffed his shot badly. City survived the wobble to claim the three points. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. WatfordPerhaps Uniteds most surprising defeat under Mourinho came at Vicarage Road where they went down 3-1 to Watford, losing for the third consecutive game in a row. But Ibrahimovic had the chance to give his side some momentum with the score goalless in the first half. Ibrahimovic missed a key chance in the 3-1 defeat away to Watford Rashfords low cross from the right found its way to the striker, but instead of turning the ball into the net with his left foot he could only find the side-netting. Watford took the lead 13 minutes later so this was another wastedd chance that proved costly.ddddddddddddStokeUnited looked set for a straightforward afternoon at home to a Stoke side that had taken just two points from their first six games of the season, especially when Ibrahimovic found himself one-on-one with Lee Grant inside three minutes. Stoke goalkeeper Lee Grant denies Ibrahimovic an early opener However, Ibrahimovic aimed for the near post with the space at the far corner gaping and Grant saved well before pouncing on the rebound. Anthony Martial eventually gave United the lead but Joe Allens late equaliser meant it was two points dropped.LiverpoolMourinho was accused of being overly defensive away to Liverpool and was aggrieved enough about that characterisation to contest the possession statistics in his post-match press conference. He could also point to the fact that Ibrahimovic had the best chance. Ibrahimovic miscued a good headed opportunity in the match at Anfield The striker wildly misdirected his header from close range early in the second half after good work by Paul Pogba on the right and United never got so close to scoring again. Ibrahimovics header was a big moment, Gary Neville told Sky Sports.ChelseaConceding a goal inside the first minute of what turned out to be a 4-0 defeat suggests United had little hope of getting a result, but Ibrahimovic did get the chance to come up with an equaliser inside the first 10 minutes of the game. Ibrahimovic headed over early on in the 4-0 defeat to Chelsea Having pulled onto the far post and easily out-jumped marker Cesar Azpilicueta, Ibrahimovic could only head over the bar. Gary Cahill put Chelsea two up soon after and any lingering belief among Uniteds players ebbed away after the break.BurnleyUnited were utterly dominant against Burnley, taking 37 shots in total, but failed to find the goal thanks to a mixture of wasteful finishing and brilliant goalkeeping by Tom Heaton. Manchester Utd 0-0 Burnley Zlatan Ibrahimovic accounted for 12 of their efforts on goal, two of which were defined as clear-cut chances. The worst of them came in the 89th minute when he miscued Paul Pogbas cross from a few yards out.You can watch Premier League and EFL Cup football, plus Englands tour of Bangladesh and the Mexican Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy six months at half price! Also See: Mourinhos now old-school More issues for Man Utd ' ' '