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Editor | International Football
Canada, sanctioned with six penalty points for the New Zealand drone spying case, beat host France with a goal from Vanessa Gilles when the 12th minute of added time had passed and they still had to qualify for the quarter-finals of the women’s football tournament and continue to defend the other Olympic victory achieved in Tokyo.
After the first two rounds of Group A, Colombia, which beat New Zealand 0-2 today, is the leader with 3 points, the same as France, while Canada, third, and New Zealand, fourth, have 0 points. Canada will face Colombia on Wednesday and, if they win, they will qualify. The top two in the group and two of the three third-placed teams will go on to the quarterfinals.
United States to the quarterfinals
In Group B, four-time Olympic champions USA beat Germany 3-1 and qualified for the quarter-finals with six points after the first two games. The Germans now have three points.
Sophia Smith opened the scoring (10′) and closed it (89′) after Giulia Gwinn tied (22′) and Mallory Swanson put the Americans ahead again (26′).
A crazy Australia-Zambia (6-5)
In this same group, Australia added its first three points at the expense of Zambia, which remains at zero after a crazy match with eleven goals (6-5).
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After going 2-5 down before the hour mark after conceding a hat trick from Barbra Banda and a double of Racheal Kundananji, An own goal started Australia’s spectacular comeback, which made it 5-5 in the 78th minute through a penalty converted by Steph Catley before Michelle Heyman established the 6-5 in the 90th minute.
