Intriguing last-eight games await with Team GB v Australia, USA v Netherlands and Sweden v Japan all catching the eye
Australia qualified for the knockout stage as one of two best third-place teams but their tournament has not been a bad one. Predictably, the Chelsea forward and WSL golden boot winner Sam Kerr has led the way, scoring three of the Matildas’ four goals. She scored an equaliser for Australia against in-form Sweden and then gave her side the lead before they succumbed to a 4-2 defeat. Against the World-Cup winning US women’s national team Australia dominated possession and looked the more likely to make the breakthrough for significant portions of their final game in Group G before both sides settled for the draw that sent them both through.
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