Colombia clinched a matchup with England within the quarterfinals, due to a second-half aim by Catalina Usme.
The Colombian captain scored within the 51st minute to present her facet a 1-0 win over an underdog Jamaica group that had been top-of-the-line tales of the Girls’s World Cup.
Jamaica pushed ahead for the ultimate 40 minutes after Usme’s aim however wasn’t capable of finding an equalizer. The Jamaicans’ greatest probability got here only a few minutes after Usme scored when Jody Brown hit the publish with a header off a nook kick.
Drew Spence additionally got here shut within the remaining 10 minutes.
Colombia’s matchup with England might be one of many extra fascinating quarterfinal video games. The English girls are the World Cup favorites and won’t have Lauren James after her crimson card towards Nigeria. Colombia has gained three of its 4 video games on the World Cup and has been top-of-the-line defensive groups on the match. The Colombians have allowed only one aim over their 4 video games.
Jamaica’s match is over after they scored only one aim over 4 video games however superior to the knockout rounds on the heels of a stingy protection. A 1-0 win and two 0-0 ties within the group stage have been ok to get the Jamaicans into the Spherical of 16 earlier than permitting their first aim of the match to Usme.
France 4, Morocco 0
France scored three first-half targets in an eight-minute span throughout a straightforward 4-0 win over Morocco.
France’s Kadidiatou Diani opened the scoring within the fifteenth minute as France obtained in behind Morocco’s again line.
5 minutes later, Kenza Dali obtained on the scoresheet off the publish.
Eugenie Le Sommer then scored the primary of her two targets within the twenty third minute. She added her second within the seventieth minute as France was merely seeing out the sport.
The defensive efficiency by the French was significantly better than within the remaining group stage sport. Coach Herve Renard was not thrilled with the group’s late defensive effort in a straightforward 6-3 win over Panama to finish the group stage. Whereas Panama by no means challenged France in that sport, France was up 5-1 earlier than permitting two targets within the remaining half hour.
France will play co-host Australia within the quarterfinals as the ultimate eight groups within the match are set. The primary quarterfinal is Thursday evening within the U.S. as Spain performs the Netherlands. Japan and Sweden will meet in an enormous quarterfinal sport early Friday morning.