In an exhilarating showdown within the quarterfinals of the Girls’s Soccer World Cup, Australia managed to beat France in an intense penalty shootout, securing their first semi-final berth within the match’s historical past.
Australia beat France in a penalty shootout on Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the Girls’s Soccer World Cup for the primary time. Cortnee Vine scored Australia’s tenth penalty from the penalty spot and transformed it calmly, giving the Matildas a 7-6 victory on penalties after the quarter-final match ended 0-0 at time regulation and additional time.
Australia goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold saved the Matildas within the recreation into further time and made a collection of essential saves within the penalty shootout, earlier than and after lacking her personal attempt that might have sealed the victory.
Australia will play both England or Colombia subsequent Wednesday in Sydney looking for a spot within the last. The Australian group overcame a longstanding curse from the match hosts by changing into the one group apart from the USA to advance previous the quarterfinals of a Girls’s World Cup because the host nation.
Australia had misplaced on three earlier events within the quarterfinals of the Girls’s World Cups to date and confronted intense stress on this knockout recreation as six of the earlier hosts had been knocked out within the quarterfinals, together with France in 2019. Australia co-hosts the match together with New Zealand.
Supply: Euronews Espanol
