Penalties galore during opening round of FIFA Women's World Cup | The Queanbeyan Age
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We've rated each spot kick of the opening round of matches.
We've rated each spot kick of the opening round of matches.
We've rated each spot kick of the opening round of matches.
Hikaru Naomoto and Aoba Fujino scored two minutes apart in the first half to lead Japan to a 2-0 Women’s World Cup victory over Costa Rica on Wednesday, and the Japanese qualified for the knockout stage later when Spain beat Zambia. Japan and Spain — 5-0 winners over Zambia — were the first teams in the tournament to move on to the round of 16. Japan and Costa Rica kicked off in front of a sparse crowd of 6,992 at Dunedin Stadium, a huge differential from the record sales of over 1.5 million tickets for this year’s tournament.
DUNEDIN, New Zealand--Hikaru Naomoto and Aoba Fujino scored two minutes apart in the first half to lead Japan to a 2-0 Women’s World Cup victory over Costa Rica on Wednesday that put the Japanese on the brink of advancing to the knockout stage.