2023-08-06 17:07:22
The Netherlands team will be Spain’s rival next Friday the 11th in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, after defeating South Africa 2-0 this Sunday at the Sydney stadium.
Manchester City player Jill Roord opened the scoring after nine minutes, taking a corner and scoring her fourth goal in the competition, the eleventh for her team. Roord’s contribution has once again been key to directing the clash, just as it happened against the United States, when she scored the goal that allowed her team to finish first in the group. The goal against made South Africa react, which, despite having a lower percentage of ball possession (30-70), had two clear chances to equalize the game, although Daphne van Domselaar was impeccable in the Dutch goal.
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After going into the break with the slimmest lead, the Netherlands once again demonstrated their superiority when Lineth Beerensteyn sent a shot straight on goal and on a clear miss Kaylin Swart was unable to prevent the ball from ending up on goal.
The 2-0 came in the 68th minute and despite the efforts of South Africa, which had 14 shots compared to 12 for the Netherlands, a match was almost over, which was attended by 40,233 spectators, who recognized the trajectory in the World Cup African team, eliminated in the round of 16, after finishing ahead of Italy and Argentina in their group and behind Sweden.
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