Canada makes its first appearance at the World Cup today. Here’s who is playing, where to watch and news from the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in Australia
After all the preparations, buildup and hard work, both on the pitch and off it, Canada will kick off its Women’s World Cup campaign – Thursday night in Canada, Friday lunchtime in Melbourne, Australia – against Nigeria, the world’s 40th-ranked team.
On paper, the Olympic defending champions, currently ranked seventh in the world, should feel confident heading into the opening match, having played Nigeria twice just over a year ago in British Columbia, winning one and drawing the other. However, Bev Priestman’s team was handed a timely reminder – if indeed any were needed – that in a tournament such as the World Cup, upsets lurk around every corner. The 26th-ranked New Zealand Football Ferns, the tournament co-host along with Australia, got the event under way in fine style earlier on Thursday, upsetting 1995 Women’s World Cup winner Norway 1-0 to register its first win at a World Cup at the 16th time of asking.
More important to Canada and its aspirations of getting out of Group B, Australia beat Ireland 1-0 in the other game of the opening day. That result means that Canada needs a win against Nigeria to keep pace with the Matildas – as Australia’s women’s team is known – at the top of the group, with the top two teams after the round-robin advancing to the knockout round.
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