FIFA Women's World Cup

FT Saturday, July 22, 2023
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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

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

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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