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27 Sports Wednesday, June 26, 2019 USA, Sweden reach quarter-finals as women’s World Cup heats up Sweden will face Germany on Saturday PARIS: Megan Rapinoe scored two penalties as decided the game left a bitter taste in their mouths. defending champions the United States beat Spain on “I didn’t touch her... they blew for that penalty Monday to set up a mouthwatering quarter-final because it was the United States,” a distraught against hosts France at the women’s World Cup, with Torrecilla said. Sweden joining them in the last eight. In Paris, more than 38,000 fans saw Sweden edge On another day in the limelight for VAR, Sweden’s out fifth-ranked Canada 1-0 at the Parc des Princes goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl made a brilliant second-half thanks to a solitary second-half goal scored by Stina penalty save as her country edged out Canada 1-0 in Blackstenius, superbly set up by Kosovare Asllani. Paris, meaning they advance to a similarly enticing tie Sweden then held on for the victory thanks to against Germany. Lindahl, who dived to her right to keep out Janine The showdown between the holders and the hosts Beckie’s 69th-minute penalty awarded after a VAR had seemed inevitable from the moment the draw was review showed Asllani had stopped a Desiree Scott made back in December, but after France laboured to shot with her arm. beat Brazil in extra time on Sunday, the USA did not “I was so happy, just pure joy, and my teammates felt find the going easy against Spain in Reims.
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