This match offers a contrast of situations, with Australia vs France Women being a straight up battle of health vs. host.
After you take out the top-ranked team in the world, what happens next? Sweden gets to find out, as it now has to come off that emotional high and turn around and face Japan.
The thing that really makes the Spanish dangerous is that they have the ability to leave the best player in the world on the bench until the last 20 minutes without issue…
What started as a long shot has now turned into a genuine chance for Jamaica to make history. After getting outscored 12-1 and losing all three of its matches in the 2019 Women’s World Cup, Jamaica hasn’t given up a goal in this tournament. And if the Reggae Girlz can keep that streak going for 90 more minutes, they’ll progress to the knockout stage in just their second appearance in the tournament.
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Truth be told, neither side comes in all that thrilled about their opening game performance. Both the Americans and the Dutch picked up three points and have a shot to essentially wrap up qualification to the knockout stages, but neither was impressive in their opening match.
Forget what the world rankings say: Italy genuinely believes that it’s the best side in Group G. Four years ago, the Italians made a splash by topping their group and winning a knockout stage game, eventually falling in the last eight to the Netherlands.
For the first time in the Women’s World Cup, a nation from the Arab world will compete on women’s soccer’s greatest stage. While the men’s game has seen the likes of Algeria, Egypt and Morocco itself make runs into the knockout stages, African women’s soccer has mostly been Nigeria and little else.
Can Brazil give its greatest player the same moment that Argentina’s men gave to Lionel Messi last year? That’s the hope in the Brazilian camp, as 37-year-old Marta begins her sixth and surely last World Cup