Unlucky Debutante Haiti has been eliminated by 10 women China via a lone penalty goal in a frustrating match played at the Hindmarsh Stadium in group D.
The penalty which was the 10th given at the tournament so far was approved by VAR after Mathurin had brought down Linyan in the box in the 74th minute and scored by Midfielder Racing Louisville player, Wang Shuang. Haiti escaped another possible penalty almost immediately after.
An obvious penalty to Haiti from Qiaozhui who fouled Etoissaint in the 90+3rd minute was cancelled by VAR and for the first time in the tournament the crowd began to boo every decision of the referee. Incidentally, England’s got a penalty against Haiti also.
The Haitians fought aggressively to get a goal but poor marksmanship was their undoing. Instead of their coach, Nicolas Delepine to calm down and focus on redeeming the match, he was busy making protests at every call of the referee. He was given the yellow on 90+12th minute.
Shandong Sports Lottery FC player, 34 year old Zhang Rui bagged a straight red in the 29th minute stamping the shin of Sherly Jeudy of Haiti with the studs raised. The Ref initially flashed her yellow card but made her see red when a conversion came from VAR verification.
China are only the second team in the 21st Century to win a women’s world cup match despite having a player sent off after Sweden against France in 2011.
England had beaten Haiti 1-0 and Denmark hit China by the same margin in the first round matches. England also beat Denmark earlier today. The 3rd round matches of Group D will be played simultaneously on Tuesday 1st August as China takes on England and Haiti plays Denmark.
China is in their 8th appearance where the team took Norway to the slaughter slab with a 5-0 win in the semifinal but at that final match at the Rose Bowl, USA before 90,185 fans lost via penalty 4-5 after a goalless full time.
China made 4th place at losing 0-2 to USA in 3rd Place match; got into the quarters in 1991; 2003 and 2015 with a Round of 16 appearance last Sweden 85 competition at the in 2019.
On Saturday 29th July Sweden will play the outstanding match of Group G second round against Italy 0830 hours at Wellington Regional Stadium. Two Group F matches will be decided. First France versus Brazil at Suncorp Stadium at 1100 hours and Panama will slug it out at 1330 hours with Jamaica at NIB Stadium.
By Eniola Olatunji
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