I have been feeling bad that I haven’t written anything about the Women’s Football World Cup, especially when I wrote so much about the Asian Cup earlier this year. And it’s not that the World Cup hasn’t been interesting – games have been delayed because of a typhoon and China has been accused of spying on the Danish football team.
In an attempt to even up the balance and do my bit for women’s sport, I can happily announce that both China and Australia have squeezed into the quarter finals. After being thrashed 4-0 by Brazil, China regrouped and defeated New Zealand 2-0 to knock the frustrated Danish team out of contention. And Australia kicked a goal in the dying minutes to draw with Canada 2-2 and advance to the next stage. Unfortunately, Australia’s next game is against Brazil. I watched a bit of the game between Brazil and China, so I can attest to the Brazilian team being very, very good. China might have more of a chance in its quarter-final against Norway, especially since China’s head coach is a Swede who probably understands a lot about the inner-workings of her Scandinavian neighbour. |
