Crew GB girls’s soccer crew will face Australia in quarter-final after topping group with draw vs Canada

TEAM GB will face Australia within the quarter-finals of the ladies’s Olympic soccer match after topping their group.

A 1-1 draw towards Canada was sufficient to complete above their opponents – and Hege Riise’s aspect might now face world champions USA within the remaining.

Manchester Metropolis star Caroline Weir, 26, scored Crew GB’s equaliserCredit score: Getty

Canadian winger Adriana Leon threatened to grab high spot off the Brits when she opened the scoring within the second half.

However a late equaliser from Scottish midfielder Caroline Weir saved Crew GB towards the 2012 and 2016 bronze medallists.

Having already progressed, supervisor Riise made 5 modifications – resting three-goal Ellen White and including Fran Kirby to the bench after injury.

Team GB gained the higher hand within the first half, with Georgia Stanway going shut earlier than Rachel Daly was denied by a wonderful block from Ashley Lawrence.

The Brits turned sloppy after the break and had been made to pay when Leon transformed a neat ball from Lawrence within the 56th minute.

Team GB pushed for an equaliser and bought their reward 5 minutes from time when Weir’s 25-year effort deflected on it is method in.

Talking after the match, Riise mentioned: “I consider strongly on this crew, an ideal crew at all times finds a option to come again and we did.

“Nearer to the end we began to get some momentum, fortunately we had been ok to get the objective.

“It was an vital objective. We high the group, we’re staying right here and have slightly bit extra relaxation so we’re blissful.

“There are at all times stuff you wish to enhance on, now we have performed three video games towards three good opponents and have carried out higher and higher.

“We have not been collectively that lengthy so we’ll enhance each sport.

“Total we seemed robust and assured and that shall be vital going ahead.”

Earlier Olympic winners within the Ladies’s Soccer

Crew GB’s draw with Canada means they’ll face Australia, who completed third of their group, in the quarter-finals.

The winner of that tie will tackle both hosts Japan or Sweden within the subsequent spherical, with the latter recording a 3-0 victory against the US.

The Individuals are within the different aspect of the draw and should defeat European champions Holland if they’re to face Canada or Brazil within the semi-finals.

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