Matildas Win against Sweden, and Nigeria wins against USWNT, Australia comes FIRST. Matildas Win against Sweden, and USWNT wins against Nigeria, Australia comes SECOND. Sweden win against Matildas, and USWNT wins against Nigeria, Australia comes THIRD. Sweden win against Matildas, and Nigeria wins against USWNT, Australia comes FOURTH. and various other permutations with DRAWS. If we come third, the most probable opponent will be Germany - and then we'll go home. If we come second, the most probable opponent will be Brazil - thats going to be a cracker of a match !!!! If we come first, the most probable opponent would be Costa Rica or France. [ But we're not going to come first - seriously, the USWNT will pwn the Nigerians about 3-0. ]. GO MATILDAS !!!
Brazil in the next round then! Match Report for the Sweden game below: http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/match/1973565/australia-vs-sweden/report
FIFA women’s World Cup round of 16 Brazil 0 Australia 1 (Kyah Simon 80m) at Moncton Stadium Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania) Crowd: 12.054. http://www.news.com.au/sport/footba...h-quarter-finals/story-fndkzvnd-1227408975669
Summary after the loss to Japan this morning: http://www.news.com.au/sport/footba...tralias-knockout/story-fndkzvnd-1227419020826
Tough group to get through to the Olympics: http://www.news.com.au/sport/matild...s/news-story/e5243ee5bd67a1a4f8d7427db06d5f98 MATILDAS’ PATH TO OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION February 29 — v Japan March 2 — v Vietnam March 4 — v South Korea March 7 — v North Korea March 9 — v China
It will definitely be a good test for them. If they want to compete with the best at the Olympics they need to show they deserve to be there by beating all comers.
The Matildas beat Japan 3-1 last night (in Japan) as part of the final round for Olympic qualifiers. A great result against the pre-tournament favourites!
Great assist by the ref on the second goal! Highlights in the link: http://www.news.com.au/sport/footba...a/news-story/a53282d6c18b0768ef3c6f2705e48110
Yeah it is one of those goals you blame on bad luck, but really the pass should have been better in the first place. Nice ball by De Vanna through to Heyman though (keeper was never going to get there and probably should have tried to make herself big instead of going down). Nice finish for all goals by the girls though!
Not a recent video, but I thought this was relevant to this thread. Crossbar challenge battle between the Matildas and Korean women's national team. EDIT: the scoreline on top left reads: Korea x-x Australia
Matildas Algarve Cup squad: 1 Lydia WILLIAMS (Gk), 2 Caitlin COOPER, 3 Hannah BREWER, 4 Clare POLKINGHORNE, 5 Laura ALLEWAY, 6 Chloe LOGARZO, 7 Steph CATLEY, 8 Elise KELLOND-KNIGHT, 9 Emily CONDON, 10 Emily VAN EGMOND, 11 Lisa DE VANNA, 13 Tameka BUTT, 14 Alanna KENNEDY, 15 Emily GIELNIK, 16 Hayley RASO, 17 Alex CHIDIAC, 18 Mackenzie ARNOLD (Gk), 19 Katrina GORRY, 20 Samantha KERR, 21 Ellie CARPENTER, 22 Larissa CRUMMER, 23 Michelle HEYMAN. Draw v Norway. Kick-off: 5.30am (AEDT), Thursday, 1 March. Broadcast: Live Fox Sports 503 v Portugal. Kick-off: 2am (AEDT), Saturday, 3 March. Broadcast: Live Fox Sports 506 v China PR. Kick-off: 6am (AEDT), Tuesday, 6 March. Broadcast: Live Fox Sports 501
ASIAN CUP GROUP STAGE April 8: Matildas v Korea Republic at King Abdullah Stadium II, Amman, Jordan. Kick off: 2.30am (CST) TV: Fox Sports. April 11: Vietnam v Matildas at Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Kick off: 2.30am (CST) TV: Fox Sports April 13: Japan v Matildas at Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan. Kick-off: 11:15pm (CST) TV: Fox Sports
Teams are divided into two pools at the tournament. Group A: Jordan (Current FIFA world ranking: 50), China PR (13), Thailand (29), Philippines (70) Group B: Japan (8), Australia (6), Korea Republic (15), Vietnam (31)
Matildas v South Korea: Australia open Asian Cup campaign in Jordan with frustrating 0-0 draw https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...w/news-story/e4c2ca42abe2b4f65f4b06e35485df29