After a calmer first few minutes, the English were more dangerous in attack, and only the skill of the home goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold saved the home team after Georgia Stanway’s shot in the near corner of the goal. However, the home team was inspired by the huge support of the spectators – the game will take place in the Sydney Olympic Stadium, renamed “Stadium Australia”, which can accommodate more than 82,000 spectators, but there are no free seats in the stands.
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Women’s World Cup quarter-final Australia – England 0:11min
The Australian national team created several sharp counterattacks, which lacked a productive conclusion. However, in the 36th minute, the English champions of Europe found a gap in the opponent’s defense and Ella Túna hit the goal accurately in the far upper corner.
England missed a good chance to double their lead in the second half after a corner kick, with Millie Bright’s close-range header narrowly missing the target.
The stands exploded with excitement in the 63rd minute – Australian captain Sam Kerr approached the goal in an individual raid from the center of the field at a distance of more than ten meters and without stopping powerfully sent the ball under the crossbar, achieving a 1:1 equalization.
The Australian women beat Denmark and France in the knockout tournament on their way to the semi-finals, while England’s women were superior to the Nigerian national team and the Colombian national team. The two semi-finalists also balanced on the edge of luck – England’s victory in the round of 16 over Nigeria was ensured only by a post-match penalty shoot-out, and the same scenario was the case for the Australians’ success in the quarter-final match against France.
England is the only remaining team that has never lost in this final tournament. However, neither England nor Australia have ever reached the World Cup finals in women’s football.
The winners of the Australia-England match will meet the Spanish team in the title match in Sydney on Sunday, who beat Sweden in the semi-finals on Tuesday. The losers of the semi-finals will determine the 3rd place winners on Saturday in Brisbane.
CONTEXT:
The World Cup will last until August 20, with the participation of 32 national teams in the final tournament for the first time, which were divided into eight groups of four teams in the first stage. Until August 3, the groups in New Zealand and Australia played a round-robin tournament, after which the two best teams each entered the round of 16.
The decisive games of the final tournament can be seen live on LTV7 and LSM.lv.
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2023-08-16 10:39:44
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