2023-08-21 06:00:47
Women’s football is no longer confined to its traditional North American or northern European bastions: the World Cup was marked by the progress of nations deemed to be more modest, such as Jamaica, Morocco and South Africa, which reached for the first time the knockout phase.
This emergence led to the early elimination of favourites, such as Germany, Brazil and Canada, the reigning Olympic champions, most often following incredible scenarios.
The other big surprise comes from Team USA, who came to Oceania to win a third World Cup in a row. The United States fell by the wayside in the eighth round, once morest Sweden (0-0 ap, 5-4 tab).
Exit the American Megan Rapinoe (38 years old), the Brazilian Marta (37 years old) or the Canadian Christine Sinclair (40 years old), stars in decline who are regarding to hang up their crampons.
The tournament has brought to the fore a new generation of talented players: the tournament’s top scorer, Japan’s Hinata Miyazawa (23), Spain’s Salma Paralluelo (19), England’s Lauren Hemp (23 years) or the Colombian nugget Linda Caicedo (18 years old).
“It’s been an incredible World Cup, a lot of teams have improved“said Sweden coach Peter Gerhardsson.
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