The seventh-ranked Canadians can assure they advance to the knockout round with a win or a draw. The 10th-ranked Matildas need a victory to be certain of moving on
The stakes couldn’t be higher on the final day of Group B play.
The permutations favour seventh-ranked Canada, which will advance with a win or draw while the Matildas need to win to be certain of advancing.The Canadians can still keep going with a loss, providing Nigeria loses to Ireland in Brisbane and ends up on the wrong end of a tiebreaker. And Australia could advance with a draw if Nigeria is beaten and the tiebreakers favour the Matildas.Both had their issues getting past No.
Australia had the weight of a nation on its shoulders, knowing no host team has ever failed to make the knockout rounds at the eight previous editions of the tournament .Priestman’s team also had to recover from a tournament-opening draw in Tokyo’s Olympics before dispatching Brazil in a quarter-final penalty shootout, the world champion U.S. in the semi-final and Sweden on spot kicks in the final.
But the two took part in the portion of practice open to the media with Sinclair wearing SpiderTech tape on her right knee. Priestman said both will be available Monday.While Canada completed 790 of 969 passes over its first two outings, only nine of 30 shots were on target – seven of which were in the Ireland game. The Canadian setup has also been lacking with just 13 of 45 crosses completed.
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