FIFA Women's World Cup

FT Saturday, July 22, 2023
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Denmark WWWWL 1
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Match Report

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Denmark score 89th minute goal to beat China in WWC Group D

Amalie Vangsgaard headed home a last-minute goal against China to give Denmark a winning start to their first Women's World Cup campaign since 2007.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
2
44.1
Possession
55.9
9
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
271
Accurate Passes
373
398
Passes
494
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.2
71
Long Balls
47
14
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.2
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
11
22
Tackles
26
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
8
Interceptions
7
31
Effective Clearances
23
31
Clearances
23

Head to Head

CHN leads series 1-0

Lineups

DEN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Lene ChristensenG
  2. 5Simone BoyeCD-L
  3. 3Stine Ballisager PedersenCD-R
  4. 11Katrine VejeLB
  5. 4Rikke SeveckeRB
  6. 6Karen HolmgaardCM
  7. 12Katherine Møller KühlLM
  8. 2Josefine HasboRM
  9. 10Pernille HarderF
  10. 14Nicoline SorensenLF
  11. 19Janni ThomsenRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Signe BruunSUB
  2. 17Rikke Marie MadsenSUB
  3. 7Sanne TroelsgaardSUB
  4. 18Luna GevitzSUB
  5. 13Sara ThrigeSUB
  6. 9Amalie VangsgaardSUB
  7. 8Emma SnerleSUB
  8. 16Kathrine LarsenSUB
  9. 21Mille GejlSUB
  10. 15Frederikke ThøgersenSUB
  11. 23Sofie SvavaSUB
  12. 22Maja Bay ØstergaardSUB

CHN · 4-4-2

  1. 12Xu HuanG
  2. 8Yao WeiCD-L
  3. 11Wang ShanshanCD-R
  4. 15Chen QiaozhuLB
  5. 2Li MengwenRB
  6. 13Yang LinaCM-L
  7. 10Zhang RuiCM-R
  8. 19Zhang LinyanLM
  9. 6Zhang XinRM
  10. 14Lou JiahuiCF-L
  11. 17Wu ChengshuCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Wu HaiyanSUB
  2. 1Yuri ZhuravlevSUB
  3. 4Wang LinlinSUB
  4. 20Xiao YuyiSUB
  5. 23Gao ChenSUB
  6. 7Wang ShuangSUB
  7. 22Pan HongyanSUB
  8. 21Gu YashaSUB
  9. 3Dou JiaxingSUB
  10. 9Shen MengyuSUB
  11. 16Yao LingweiSUB
  12. 18Tang JialiSUB

Timeline

  1. 40' Rikke Sevecke (Denmark) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, China PR. Wang Shuang replaces Zhang Xin.
  3. 62' Substitution, Denmark. Signe Bruun replaces Kathrine Kühl.
  4. 72' Substitution, Denmark. Rikke Madsen replaces Nicoline Sørensen.
  5. 78' Substitution, China PR. Shen Mengyu replaces Lou Jiahui.
  6. 85' Substitution, China PR. Gao Chen replaces Li Mengwen.
  7. 85' Substitution, Denmark. Amalie Vangsgaard replaces Janni Thomsen.
  8. 89' Goal! Denmark 1, China PR 0. Amalie Vangsgaard (Denmark) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pernille Harder with a cross following a corner.
  9. 90'+1' Substitution, China PR. Gu Yasha replaces Wu Chengshu.

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