The United States has won four of the six Olympic titles since women’s football was introduced to the program in 1996, but the team itself knocked it out on penalties in the quarter-finals in Rio.
Such asGold medal favorites The United States began its bid for the women’s Olympic title with an embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Sweden, as Britain pulled out of the Tokyo Olympic campaign with a victory over Chile on Wednesday and the Netherlands scored 10 goals for its Zambian teammate. Carpentry.
The United States has won four of the six Olympic titles since women’s football was introduced to the program in 1996, but the team itself knocked it out on penalties in the quarter-finals in Rio.
Stena Blackstein scored twice before substitute Lena Hurtig added third to the 2016 silver medalist for Sweden in a match played on an empty stadium in Tokyo due to extremism. COVID-19
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The loss ended 44 games unbeaten for the Americans dating back to early 2019. This was only the second time they had lost a game in 90 minutes at the Olympics.
“They (Sweden) are one of the best teams in the world,” said American striker Megan Rapinoe. “There is no time to think or think about whether Sweden is living in our heads or not. We have another match in three days.”
The Dutchman made history in Miyagi when Arsenal striker Vivien Midama scored four goals in a stunning 10-3 win over Zambia.
Lieke Martens scored twice, while Shanice van de Sanden, Jill Roard, Linneth Berenstein and Victoria Pivlova each scored.
It was the match with the most goals in women’s Olympic history and the most scored by a single team in a match, but Zambia avoided a record defeat when Barbara Banda scored two late goals to secure a hat-trick.
The biggest win was Germany’s 8-0 win over China in 2004.
In Sapporo, Great Britain won the opening match of Group E 2-0, with Manchester City striker Elaine White scoring twice and the VAR disallowing an offside goal.
Team High Rise aims to become the first British team to win an Olympic football medal.
“When you’re in the league it’s very important to win the first game,” said Britain’s captain Steve Hutton.
“There are still a lot of things to improve, but three points on the board, we are very happy.”
Brazilian star Marta scored twice in the 5-0 win over China in Group F, which means she has now scored in five consecutive Olympics.
Debinha scored between Marta’s double before a late penalty from Andressa and Beatrice’s goal secured an all-out win in Rivo.
In another Group E match, Japan saved the host nation a 1-1 draw with Canada when Aston Villa’s Mana Iwabuchi scored the equalizer in the 84th minute.
Kristen Sinclair had put the Canadians ahead, marking her 300th appearance for her country with 187 international goals.
Australia are second in Group D early behind Sweden after Sam Kerr’s 2-1 win over New Zealand.
Many teams kneel
Players from the United States, Sweden, Britain and Chile rode before kick-off to highlight racial injustice.
“As players in Britain, we got to our knees in international and club competitions and felt very strongly that as a group we wanted to show support for those affected by discrimination and equality,” Hutton said.
“It was a proud moment because the Chilean players got on their knees to show how united we are as a sport.”
New Zealand did the same in its match against Australia, whose players stood an arm in front of their opponents.
The International Olympic Committee has relaxed some rules for protests during the Games and eased a long-standing ban on political protests at the global sporting event.
Athletes are now allowed to kneel before a match to highlight racial injustice, speak to the media and post their opinions online, or dress up with protest slogans at a press conference.
The IOC said political statements at events, victory ceremonies and in the Olympic Village were still off the table.
“It is right that we stand up for human rights,” said Swedish human rights defender Amanda Elist.
“For us it’s good to do that, and it’s something we defend as a team.”
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