Matchday two within the 2023 Girls’s World Cup group stage is already over, with the knockout phases of the competitors now quickly approaching.
Sunday’s fixtures noticed the final units of groups play their recreation, whereas some started matchday three.
There have been some big outcomes of word, in spherical two of the group stage, together with historic wins for Philippines, Jamaica and Morocco, a monumental efficiency from Colombia, as nicely vital outcomes for Nigeria, Spain, France and Sweden.
Learn on to see who made it into 90min’s group of matchday two.
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GK: Olivia McDaniel – An excellent save in stoppage time towards New Zealand preserved a clear sheet and secured a primary ever World Cup win for Philippines.
RB: Hanane Ait El Haj – The Morocco full-back offered the cross for her nation’s first ever World Cup objective, but it was additionally a wise defensive efficiency.
CB: Allyson Swaby – An enormous efficiency underpinned Jamaica’s first ever World Cup win, solely days after their first ever factors. Scored the one objective towards Panama.
CB: Amanda Ilestedt – The Sweden centre-back is bizarrely among the many World Cup’s main scorers because of her capability to maintain getting on the tip of balls from Jonna Andersson.
LB: Manuela Vanegas – Colombia’s matchwinner towards Germany not solely had an affect by scoring the decisive stoppage time objective, however was defensively sound as nicely.
CM: Filippa Angeldahl – Did Sweden’s soiled work in midfield to cease Italy from gaining a foothold, battling laborious and successful the overwhelming majority of her duels. Used the ball nicely too.
CM: Teresa Abelleira – Nonetheless the largely unsung hero in Spain’s midfield, though it will likely be more durable to go underneath the radar after scoring a screamer of their rampant win towards Zambia.
CM: Alexia Putellas – The back-to-back Ballon d’Or winner began her first aggressive recreation in 14 months in matchday two and it was like she had by no means left.
RW: Rasheedat Ajibade – The objectives got here from elsewhere in Nigeria’s victory over Australia, however the winegr did a superb job out of possession by urgent from the entrance to drive errors.
ST: Jenni Hermoso – The veteran ahead is making up for misplaced time after lacking out on Euro 2022. Two extra objectives for Spain towards Zambia took her tally for the event to 3.
LW: Linda Caicedo – It was solely three years in the past that the Colombian teenager was identified with ovarian most cancers, however she is now on prime of the world and scored a stunner towards Germany.
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