Sports League – Olympic News 2106: The Canadian national team managed to beat the Australian national team with a score of 2-0 in the women’s soccer group stage match at the 2016 Olympic Games, while the Panzer team went wild by crushing the African representatives with half a dozen goals.
Canada’s women’s national soccer team managed to get positive results in the opening match of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday (3/8) local time. Entertaining the Australian national team, Canada immediately scored a goal after just one minute of play, thanks to Janine Beckie’s play.
Behind an early goal in the match at Corintias Stadium, Australia then showed more dominance throughout the match. It was proven that the national team coached by Tajic Alen was able to make 22 shot attempts, 12 of which were on goal, compared to Canada’s 8 shot attempts, 4 of which were on goal.
However, poor finishing prevented the Australian team from scoring a single goal until the first half whistle. In the second half, Australia dominated the game again, but again poor finishing and a good performance from the Canadian defense managed to keep their goal intact.
When Australia KeASIan attacked, Canada managed to add to their tally in the 78th minute through player Christine Sinclair. There was no more scoring until the end of the second half, Canada beat Australia.
In another Group G match, the strong European team Germany faced the representatives of Africa and Zimbabwe. In the match held at the Corintias Arena, Germany managed to beat Zimbabwe with a crushing score of 6-1. Germany’s goals were scored by Sara Daebritz, Alexandra Popp, Melanie Behringer (2 goals), Melanie Leupolz and Eunice Chibanda’s own goal. Zimbabwe scored a consolation goal through Kudakwashe Basopo.
The match was played out like a David and Goliath battle, with Germany appearing strong against Zimbabwe. It was recorded that the Panzer team managed to make 34 attempts at kicks, 13 of which were on target, compared to 2 attempts for Zimbabwe. With this result, Germany managed to temporarily take the lead in Group G, while Canada followed.
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