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A thrilling day of quarterfinals comes to an end with Australia and England victorious in their respective matches. The Matildas and the Lionesses will play each other in Sydney on Wednesday, adding another chapter to the storied sporting history between the two countries. The Matildas will be buoyed by the epic penalty shootout victory over France which secured a place in the last four for Australia for the first time, matilda vs france highlights, but after minutes of play and 20 penalty kicks, energy and emotion will have been exerted in creating history. Australia will also have home advantage — tens of thousands cheering them matilda vs france highlights against a country the Australians love to beat, no matter which sport.

Australia has an injury concern to address after Tameka Yallop hyperextended a leg and hobbled off, while the French also copped a blow when defender Selma Bacha was stretchered from the field. The Matildas will begin their World Cup campaign against the Republic of Ireland next Thursday, while France will get its tournament underway against the Republic of Ireland next Sunday. The French also cop a gutting blow as defender Selma Bacha goes down injured in the dying moments. She hyperextends a leg as she challenges for the ball 75 minutes into the clash, but tries to jog it off as the game resumes. Hayley Raso takes a dart down the right wing and fires in a ball to Fowler, before the gun forward rockets the ball past the French goalkeeper.

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Watch Eurosport Anytime, Anywhere. Players of Australia celebrate their side's victory in the penalty shoot out after Cortnee Vine of scores the winning spot kick at Brisbane Stadium on August 12, in Brisbane, Australia. Watch Results. Football Snooker Tennis. Sign In. Most Popular Sports. Mountain Bike. All Sports. Alpine Skiing. Cross-Country Skiing.

Cortnee Vine scored the decisive spot kick, after Mackenzie Arnold had saved multiple French efforts but also missed when she herself had the chance to win it.

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The Matildas have beaten France in a dramatic sudden-death penalty shootout in Brisbane , with Mackenzie Arnold and Cortnee Vine the heroes. Australian keeper Arnold saved three French spot kicks — all while missing one of her own — in a penalty spectacular that had all 49, fans in Brisbane Stadium on tenterhooks. Australia's tenth-choice penalty taker Vine slotted the deciding kick to send the Matildas into the World Cup semifinals for the first time in their history. She smashed her kick against the post though, extending an enthralling spot kick contest. Arnold then saved from Kenza Dali but VAR saw, correctly, that she was off her line and ordered a retake. Dali had a second chance, but she could not take it and Arnold, after looking at the referee for confirmation, raised her arms. Up stepped Vine to slam the kick home and send an emotionally exhausted Brisbane Stadium into delirium. In front of a TV audience of millions, the Matildas seemed weighed by the buzz of expectation that had built around the country in the opening exchanges of the match.

Matilda vs france highlights

Gone were the ghosts of France The nightmare in Nice of four years ago — when the Matildas departed the last World Cup after a penalty shootout — a distant memory. You would have been forgiven for thinking this was a summer World Cup in balmy Brisbane, and even when the sun went down the heat did not dissipate for a second as Australia and France fought for a spot in the semi-finals over more than three hours. The game teetered back and forth. Regulation time ended goalless, as did 30 minutes of extra-time, and an epic penalty shootout was required to separate these two sides. In Sydney on Wednesday they will face England, victors against Colombia. With the crowd on their feet, Matildas goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold raised the roof at Brisbane Stadium by saving the first penalty of the shootout from Selma Bacha. Caitlin Foord scored hers, and Australia were tangibly in front for the first time.

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Van Egmond steals in and squares for Fowler, right in front of goal, but De Almeida flies in to block on the line. Related Matches. Subs: Kerr 6, Vine 6, Yallop 6. ET, August 12, It is the first time the host nation has advance past the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup since Darts Home Fixtures - Results. F1 Home Results Race calendar Standings. What more do you want? Winter Sports. She hyperextends a leg as she challenges for the ball 75 minutes into the clash, but tries to jog it off as the game resumes. At the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Matilda had picked an Australian scarf when predicting the winner of the quarterfinal between the co-host and France. Australia's Sam Kerr celebrates her team's victory. World No.

The Matildas have beaten France in a dramatic sudden-death penalty shootout in Brisbane, with Mackenzie Arnold and Cortnee Vine the heroes. Australian keeper Arnold saved three French spotkicks, while missing one of her own in a penalty spectacular that had 49, fans in Brisbane Stadium on tenterhooks. Australia's tenth-choice penalty taker Vine slotted the deciding kick to send the Matildas into the World Cup semifinals for the first time in their history.

England manager Sarina Wiegman called her team's upcoming semifinal clash against Women's World Cup co-host Australia "huge. Nine Sport Football. Sarina Wiegman speaks at the flash interview. The score remains in England's favor, but Colombia refuses to roll over. The Ocean Race. The Matildas will begin their World Cup campaign against the Republic of Ireland next Thursday, while France will get its tournament underway against the Republic of Ireland next Sunday. The Lionesses have looked much more organized after the half-time break, and their effort has eventually paid off. England's Alessia Russo scores their second goal. England has come from behind to take a lead against Colombia as Alessia Russo smashes it in to put the European champion ahead. England's Alessia Russo celebrates with Georgia Stanway and Ella Toone after scoring their side's second goal of the game. England's victory over Colombia in the semifinals is "keeping the dream alive" of winning the Women's World Cup, says striker Alessia Russo. Subs: Kerr 6, Vine 6, Yallop 6.