The 2023 Ladies’s World Cup is in full swing, and these every day recordsdata provide the newest reporting from across the match in addition to betting strains, what-to-watch-for info and greatest reads. Examine in with ESPN all through the match as we convey you the newest from Australia and New Zealand.
The lead: Spectacular France ebook quarterfinal date with Matildas
ADELAIDE, Australia — After a poor efficiency of their opening 0-0 draw towards Jamaica, France coach Hervé Renard warned everybody: “Kadidiatou Diani will quickly be at her greatest once more.”
The PSG striker has proved him proper since: an help towards Brazil, three objectives towards Panama, one purpose and two assists towards Morocco. Diani is on fireplace, and like her, France are going from power to power.
Les Bleues destroyed Morocco 4-0, with three objectives between the fifteenth and twenty third minutes in essentially the most spectacular spell of soccer we’ve got seen in the course of the knockout spherical to this point. The motion, triangles, patterns of play and mixtures had been excellent. Diani’s purpose got here from a beautiful transfer between Élisa De Almeida, Sakina Karchaoui and Selma Bacha. Kenza Dali’s got here from an outstanding one-two with Diani. Eugénie Le Sommer added a 3rd after a mistake on the again, and the sport was just about over as quickly because it began.
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Tactically, Renard is doing a formidable job with this crew in possession: with huge and excessive full-backs, Sandie Toletti’s place as a 3rd centre-back, Le Sommer dropping deeper, Bacha’s freedom, Grace Geyoro’s management and Diane’s runs. The ultimate results of this match might have been worse for Morocco.
France now head to Brisbane to face co-hosts Australia within the quarterfinals. Solely as soon as earlier than have they certified for the final 4 of a World Cup — again in 2011. They’ve by no means been so near doing it once more. Beware, Australia, beware. — Julien Laurens
Information of the day
England ahead Lauren James faces a nervous wait to find the size of her ban after being despatched off in the course of the crew’s round-of-16 penalty shootout win towards Nigeria. The Chelsea star will certainly miss the Lionesses’ quarterfinal recreation towards Colombia on Saturday however might be suspended longer ought to England advance additional. James, 21, was proven a pink card within the 87th minute after she intentionally stepped on Michelle Alozie, who was on the bottom on the time. James was first proven a yellow card, however then issued a pink after the referee consulted the VAR.
Jamaica and Colombia have met earlier than … in a nightclub. Reggae Girlz coach Lorne Donaldson revealed earlier than their round-of-16 conflict that the 2 groups, who share a love for music and dancing, made some new associates early within the match. “I used to be in Sydney, our first recreation … we went to a membership that evening. On the backside was Colombia partying. And on the prime, it was Jamaica,” he said. “So we went down there, some Jamaicans attempting to celebration with the Colombians, and it was nice. I believe it makes it higher that you’ve nations like this who take pleasure in life first. There are extra essential issues in life than soccer.”
Australia coach Tony Gustavsson mentioned he was initially hesitant about subbing in Matildas star Sam Kerr in the course of the late portion of the crew’s 2-0 round-of-16 win over Denmark. Kerr, arguably the world’s prime participant, had missed the entire group stage with a lingering calf harm however lastly made her tourney debut within the eightieth minute of Monday’s recreation. “I might sit right here and say [putting Kerr on] was simple, nevertheless it wasn’t,” Gustavsson advised reporters postgame.
As we speak in USWNT camp
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Krieger praises ‘unimaginable’ Megan Rapinoe as her USWNT profession ends
Ali Krieger discusses the influence of Megan Rapinoe on ladies’s soccer after the USWNT’s elimination from the World Cup marked the top of her enjoying profession.
What elements contributed to the USWNT’s early World Cup elimination?
Accidents? The U.S. wasn’t the one nation to come across accidents — England was with out 4 key gamers, and France had a number of out — so the U.S. cannot cite accidents alone for its exit. However the USWNT would have had a stronger crew if its gamers had been more healthy.
Unsuitable lineup? Whereas the protection carried out effectively regardless of Becky Sauerbrunn’s absence, the ripple impact meant that Julie Ertz wasn’t accessible in midfield. From there, Vlatko Andonovski had restricted choices, although a few of his choices had been perplexing, even with out the harm influence.
No chemistry? On the sector, they appeared tight and as if they had been attempting to power one thing to occur. Regardless of an anticipated objectives (xG) via 4 video games of round 9 objectives, they managed 4. They created probabilities, however the person probabilities had been principally not adequate, and after they had been adequate, the gamers could not end.
There are many causes the USWNT will now be watching the remainder of the match from house, and ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle and Caitlin Murray break all of them down right here.
Sights and sounds
A studying curve for Morocco
ADELAIDE, Australia — It was at all times going to be an enormous problem for Morocco to increase Africa’s participation at this World Cup into the quarterfinals and actuality hit house laborious and early of their defeat towards France. With 71 locations between fifth-placed France and Morocco (76th) within the FIFA world rankings, the gulf at school and expertise was clear and Reynold Pedros’ crew in the end exited the competitors on the similar stage as fellow African nations Nigeria and South Africa.
However with three groups making it into the spherical of 16, it has been a great World Cup for Africa. The foundations are clearly in place for a fair higher efficiency by the continent in 2027 and Morocco, who might but co-host the 2030 Males’s World Cup with Spain and Portugal within the occasion of a profitable bid, are prone to be a number one contender to develop into the primary African nation to stage the Ladies’s World Cup sooner or later.
Shedding 4-0 to France will nonetheless harm, although, regardless of Morocco’s performances on this match. Wins towards Colombia and South Korea shortly overshadowed the 6-0 defeat within the opening group recreation towards Germany and emphasised the expertise within the squad. However by conceding twice within the first 20 minutes towards France, there was no manner again on this recreation or this World Cup.
Morocco, and African soccer, are quickly shifting on their studying curve, although, so there are solely positives to take from their 2023 marketing campaign. — Mark Ogden
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How Colombia reached their first Ladies’s World Cup quarterfinal
Joey Lynch recaps Colombia’s 1-0 win over Jamaica within the round-of-16 of the Ladies’s World Cup.
Colombia depend on expertise and followers to get them via
MELBOURNE — For the fourth match in a row at this World Cup, the Colombia followers confirmed up in numbers and made a chilly night in Victoria really feel extra like a chilly night in Medellin. The one pauses of their cheering throughout Tuesday’s 1-0 victory over Jamaica got here after they booed the Reggae Girlz after they obtained into harmful areas or put in questionable challenges.
Chants for 18-year-old celebrity Linda Caicedo — “LIN-DA, LIN-DA” — had been unmistakable as they echoed across the stadium, bouncing off the stadium’s bubbled roof. However as spectacular as she was, it wasn’t the younger sizzling shot who made the distinction — it was Colombia document scorer Catalina Usme. The 33-year-old took a chic spark off Ana Maria Guzmán’s fantastic cross-field cross early within the second half to open up the angle earlier than curling her shot house.
With Caicedo effectively marshalled, this recreation was in regards to the older gamers who had been there throughout Colombia’s final World Cup marketing campaign in 2015. It was about Usme’s efforts up entrance, Diana Ospina García’s tireless work within the center and Carolina Arias’ reliability on the again. It was about Leicy Santos, simply a teen in 2015, who constantly discovered area in Jamaica’s field and precipitated the defence points. It was a recreation for these gamers who had felt the heartbreak of going out within the World Cup’s spherical of 16 (to the U.S.) and had been decided to not endure the identical destiny.
There isn’t a doubt that Caicedo is the long run, however Colombia wanted expertise to interrupt via a Jamaica defence that had not conceded a purpose all match. With many within the squad enjoying their final World Cup, it was a time to dig deep. Buoyed by unimaginable assist, Colombia held on and the stadium shook with noise at full-time. Colombia’s nonetheless not carried out with making noise: A quarterfinal assembly with England awaits. — Sophie Lawson
Jamaica eradicated, however not disgraced
MELBOURNE — An unimaginable 360 minutes. That is how lengthy Jamaica went at this World Cup with out conceding a purpose. The Reggae Girlz repelled Panama, France and Brazil within the group stage, taking as a lot pleasure from doing the soiled work as they might have from scoring a purpose — albeit they solely did that after, towards Panama.
For many of the opening 51 minutes of their round-of-16 conflict with Colombia, they had been once more compact, bodily and dedicated in presenting opponents with a brick wall painted black, yellow, and inexperienced. There was a short flurry of exercise within the early phases that prompt Jamaica might need a brand new strategy, however the gamers shortly retreated into a well-known, defensive block.
It was a bodily recreation: our bodies flying in every single place because the underdogs appeared to knock the South People off their stride. Neglect vibes or pleasure, this was a battle — Drew Spence’s judo-esque throw on Linda Caicedo, a frequent goal of this physicality, might attest to that.
However Usme’s purpose simply after the restart modified issues. Behind in a match at this match for the primary time because of an uncharacteristically sloppy piece of defending, Jamaica wanted to come back out of their shell and did so gamely, getting numbers ahead to assist Khadija Shaw, who had been remoted. They got here near grabbing an equaliser when Spence headed a Tiffany Cameron header simply huge, however their incapacity to discover a manner via, hidden by their defensive power beforehand, was plain to see.
Colombia threatened to capitalise on the pockets of area in behind, nevertheless it ended 1-0. Eradicated, however not disgraced, what comes subsequent for Jamaican ladies’s soccer is now essential. Regardless of battling for sources and correct assist, they confirmed what they had been able to in reaching the knockout phases for the primary time of their nation’s historical past in males’s or ladies’s soccer.
If their federation places them ready to proceed to develop and develop, a brand new era of Reggae Girlz can construct on their success. — Joey Lynch
Matildas smash rankings data
MELBOURNE — The Matildas did not simply win on the sector after they beat Denmark 2-0 on Monday night, they smashed data off it as effectively. Days after serving to to set a brand new document for whole attendance at a Ladies’s World Cup, figures launched by free-to-air broadcaster Channel 7 declared that 6.54 million individuals had been reached over the course of the printed, with a median viewers in the course of the recreation itself at 3.56m.
Going off Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that put Australia’s inhabitants at 26,674,042 on Tuesday afternoon, which means 24.5% of the nation noticed some a part of the sport, with the common viewers representing 13.3%. Not solely did this make it the No. 1 present on all of Australian tv in 2023, it bested the viewers figures posted by each NRL Grand Closing since 2016 and 4 of the final six AFL Grand Finals — the Rugby League and Australian Guidelines competitions lengthy having held a stranglehold over the rankings figures.
However this document is anticipated to final all of six days till Tony Gustavsson’s facet takes half within the quarterfinals of the World Cup subsequent Saturday at 5 p.m. native time. It is an unimaginable flip of occasions, provided that previous to the present cycle, the largest-ever viewers for a Matildas match was 571,000 viewers, set in the course of the 2019 World Cup. – Joey Lynch
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Australia’s ‘mature efficiency’ will get them to the quarterfinals
Marissa Lordanic reacts to Australia’s 2-0 win over Denmark to advance into the World Cup quarterfinals.
Quarterfinal matches
Friday, Aug. 11
Spain vs. Netherlands – (Wellington Regional; 1 p.m. native / 9 p.m. ET [Thursday] / 2 a.m. BST)
Japan vs. Sweden – (Eden Park, Auckland; 7.30 p.m. native / 3.30 a.m. ET / 8.30 a.m. BST)
Saturday, Aug. 12
England vs. Colombia – (Stadium Australia, Sydney; 8.30 p.m. native / 6.30 a.m. ET / 11.30 a.m. BST)
Australia vs. France – (Lang Park, Brisbane; 5 p.m. native / 3 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. BST)
Options of the day
England seek for Ladies’s World Cup mojo after Nigeria scare
England did not play effectively towards Nigeria, and should transfer up a degree within the Ladies’s World Cup quarterfinals.
Matildas show calm assurance of World Cup title contenders
Australia have now reached the Ladies’s World Cup quarterfinals 4 occasions. They’ve by no means progressed additional, however they’ve by no means reached this level in such poised style.
Race for the Golden Boot: Who’ll be the Ladies’s World Cup prime purpose scorer?
Two gamers led the race for the Golden Boot heading into the knockout section, however there are a lot extra nonetheless in rivalry.
And, lastly …
Chloe Kelly has been one of many chief architects of unimaginable moments in England’s current historical past. She scored the winner towards Germany within the Euro 2022 remaining, after which — in one of the crucial iconic moments in English sport — ran off celebrating together with her prime swirling above her head. Some supporters had that picture tattooed, whereas the sequence and pictures went viral.
Now, Kelly has probably created a brand new pattern together with her penalty movement within the shootout win over Nigeria on Monday, as she hopped earlier than her run up, much like the tactic employed by Italy males’s midfielder Jorginho. When requested afterwards if she expects younger supporters to observe her run-up, she mentioned: “Perhaps — if it really works for them then hopefully!”
KELLY WINS IT FOR ENGLAND 💪
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🇳🇬: ❌❌✅✅ pic.twitter.com/5hJnXW7XX4— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) August 7, 2023
DIFFERENCE 👏 MAKER 👏
When England wants her essentially the most, Chloe Kelly at all times delivers within the greatest moments 🏴 pic.twitter.com/l4FEOqqIGy
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) August 7, 2023
After she scored the successful penalty, she then went over to console Nigeria goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and fended off a digicam close by because it sought to seize the second, gaining admiration on social media within the course of. “Stepping up, I simply thought I am gonna rating,” she advised reporters afterwards. “That is the way in which I have a look at penalties, it is assured I do know however I believe once you win that psychological battle, it is at all times essential.”
Her penalty was additionally the quickest shot clocked at this World Cup match. Measured by the Linked Ball Know-how within adidas´s Oceaunz OMB, Kelly’s effort was struck at an unimaginable 110.79 km/h, however sadly it will not go onto the general leaderboard because it wasn’t a purpose scored in regulation or extra-time. — Tom Hamilton
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