Japan eliminated, Saturday, August 5, Norway (3-1) of Ada Hegerberg in Wellington and qualified for the quarterfinals of the World Cup-2023.
Thanks to a goal against her side from Norway's Ingrid Syrstad Engen (15th), Risa Shimizyu (50th) and the tournament's top scorer with five goals Hinata Miyazawa (81st), the Japanese eliminated the Scandinavians, who had come back to score thanks to a header from Guro Reiten (1-1, 20th).
Norway, a strong nation in women's football since its world title in 1995, appears on the downward slope after being eliminated in the group stage of Euro 2022.
Even the late entry of star Ada Hegerberg, the first winner of the Women's Ballon d'Or, did not counter the perfectly oiled collective game of her opponent.
Japanese, titled in 2011, who will meet another leading nation in the quarter-finals. On Sunday, a tenor will fall by the wayside between the United States, in search of a hat-trick but in doubt after an unconvincing group stage, and Sweden, Olympic vice-champion and third in the last world.
With AFP
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