Minute-by-minute: The Matildas are out to kickstart their Paris 2024 campaign against the African heavyweights. Join Sarah Rendell for updates
Australia’s Matildas and Zambia meet in the Group B women’s football match at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Kick off in Nice is 7pm local/3am AEST.Australia’s Matildas and Zambia meet in the Group B women’s football match at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Kick off in Nice is 7pm local/3am AEST., the anthems will follow shortly and then we have kick-off. The stadium is really bare, it’s sad to see.
will have to silence in this match if they want to come away with the win. Australia Tony Gustavsson is aware of the threat and said: “Will there be a couple of times where she gets a one-on-one with the keeper? Yeah, most likely. Even against the US, she was three times one-on-one with the keeper behind the backline, so we need to try to stop it.” Read more here:. Both teams head into the game off the back of a loss and a win will be fundamental to get out of the group.
The group also consists of the USA and Germany and it is only the top two teams and three of the best third-place teams will progress to the knock-out stage. In the first round Australia fell to a 3-0 loss to Germany with Jule Brand spearheading a phenomenal performance by the Germans. For Zambia, they lost 3-0 to the USA in a first half that was an impressive outing for Emma Hayes’ side.
The team news will be interesting, especially for Australia who have had a fair few injuries in the build-up to the tournament. Captain Steph Catley was okay to start against Germany but she went through the wars in the match.
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