Sports League – Olympic News 2106: The Canadian national team managed to beat the Australian national team with a score of 2-0 in the match of the group stage of women's soccer at the 2016 Olympic Games, while the team Panzer went on a rampage crushing the African representatives. with half a dozen goals.

Canada's women's national soccer team managed to achieve positive results in the opening match of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday (3/8) local time. Entertaining the Australian national team, Canada immediately scored a goal after just one minute of play, thanks to the action of Janine Beckie.

Behind a quick goal in the match which took place at Corintias Stadium, Australia then showed itself to be more dominant throughout the match. It was proven that the national team coached by Tajic Alen was capable of making 22 shot attempts, including 12 aimed at the goal, compared to Canada's 8 shot attempts, including 4 aimed at the goal.

However, poor finishing kept the Australian team from scoring a single goal until the first half whistle. In the second half, Australia again dominated the match, but once again poor finishing and a good performance from the Canadian defense managed to keep their goal intact.

When Australia's KeASIan attacked, Canada managed to add to their total in the 78th minute thanks to player Christine Sinclair. There were no more goals scored until the end of the second half, Canada beat Australia.

In another Group G match, Germany's strong European team faced representatives from Africa and Zimbabwe. In the match held at the Corintias Arena stadium, 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 played out like a battle between David and Goliath, Germany appeared strong against Zimbabwe. It was recorded that the Panzer team managed to complete 34 kick attempts, 13 of which were on target, compared to Zimbabwe's 2 attempts. With this result, Germany managed to temporarily take the lead in Group G, while Canada followed.

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