Today is going to be busy in the world of Women’s football prominent among the matches is the World cup play in Africa and North America
Let’s start with the 2022 Women’s Euros in England, UEFA European Women’s Football Championship known as UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 started on Wednesday last week and will end on Sun 31 July 2022.
Group D matches will start at the Manchester City Academy Stadium at 16 GMT today. Italy will play their second game in the group stage game with Iceland.
This is the third time both teams are meeting, Italy has beaten Iceland once and drew in the second match in their previous encounter.
Italy set off this competition with a poor start after they were hammered 5-1 by France in their first group game, Iceland, on the other hand, drew one all with Belgium being their first match. The game is predicted to go in favour of Italy but Iceland has been in good form before the campaign; They won 8 in their last 10 matches with only one draw and a 5-0 loss to Almighty USA.
The next Fixture in the Group D of the UEFA Women’s Euros will be tournament favourite France going head to head with Belgium at the Aesseal Net York Stadium in Rotherham. Cheryl Foster from Wales will officiate the game,
Following the massive win over Italy in the opening game, France is hoping to clinch another win over the Belgian side, who managed a draw with Iceland in their first group game. In-form players like Grace Geyoro and Marie-Antoinette Katoto can turn the wheels for the French side to win the game. the French side has won all their 8 matches scoring 16 goals in their last three.
Belgium Women’s team have a difficult game on their hand, a draw will be a good result for them
In the CONCACAF Women’s Championship Semi-Finals. USA women will play Costa Rica Women for a slot for the qualification of the FIFA 2023 Australia and New Zealand showdown this evening at the Estadio Universitario.
The Mighty USWNT have remained unbeaten from the group stage until now, and are hoping to extend their winning streak to the Final.
Canada will take on Jamaica in the other semi-final encounter at the Estadio BBVA. The winners from these Semi-finals will have a guaranteed spot at the FIFA Women’s Cup.
In the Women Africa cup of Nation quarter-final, the Super Falcons of Nigeria will clash with The Cameroon Women at 5:00 PM GMT. This match will surely be a repeat of the 2016 WAFCON final as the two Giants must battle out to qualify for the Semi-final and also earn the spot to qualify for the 2023 FIFA World Cup.
The Carthage Eagles of Tunisia will play tournament favourite Banyana Banyana of South Africa this evening in the last quarter-final match in this year’s WAFCON.
The game will be a tough one for the Tunisians, however, they remain optimistic that they have a chance against the South Africans, Head Coach of the Carthage Eagles stated in an interview
“We know that South Africa is one of the best teams in Africa, We saw their match against Nigeria and other teams and they have a very good offence and defence, however, we prefer to play against strong teams, we want to see how good we can be. As they say, everything will happen on the pitch” he averred
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