The quarterfinal game was not the best start for Germany, the champions, who have lost their star center fielder Kim Kulig injury early in the game. The battle went into overtime after the teams played in a dead end without a voice in regulation. Japan scored the only goal in the match in overtime 1-0 to emerge winners, by giving Germany their first defeat of the World Cup in 12 years.
Although Germany controlled the game with ball possession exceptional, Japan has played a plan and stuck to their strengths, they ran hard and was extremely disciplined, and technically excellent.
Before the match, Australia held the World Cup Dark Horses But the Matildas did little to justify tag in a game dominated in Sweden. Sweden played well built up, and fell back to their greater experience in hand-beating Australia 3-1. It was not simply nothing to compare the Australian experience and fresh and made up of Swedes who played football, in fact, is a sultry day. I
Before the match, Australia held the World Cup Dark Horses But the Matildas did little to justify tag in a game dominated in Sweden. Sweden played well built up, and fell back to their greater experience in hand-beating Australia 3-1. It was not simply nothing to compare the Australian experience and fresh and made up of Swedes who played football, in fact, is a sultry day. I
t was an error-strewn game the team Down Under, and Collette McCallum has been fortunate that the shot back to his own keeper early in the game is not punished with Sweden's Lotta Schelin opportunistic forward. Schelin, but made no mistake, when Australia Kim Carroll made the same mistake after the game.