Denmark Scores Late Goal To Beat China At The Women’s World Cup

In a thrilling group D encounter on Saturday afternoon, Nigerian time, Denmark overcame a 16-year slump to defeat China 1-0 in the last seconds at the Perth Rectangular Stadium.

Amalie Vangsgaard of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), who came off the bench in the 85th minute, received a lob from D. Harder that was floated into the area and headed it in at the 89th.
Before approving the goal, VAR looked to see if there was an offside or interference with the action.

England had in the first group D game played earlier narrowly beaten debutante Haiti by a lone goal.

China is in their 8th appearance where the team took Norway to the slaughter slab with a 5-0 win in the semifinal but at that final match at the Rose Bowl, USA before 90,185 fans lost via penalty 4-5 after a goalless full time.

China made 4th place at losing 0-2 to USA in 3rd Place match; got into the quarters in 1991; 2003 and 2015 with a Round of 16 appearance last Sweden 85 competition at the in 2019.

Denmark is in their 5th appearance and had when two quarterfinal outings t China 1991 where she lost to Germany 1-2 after Extra Time and Sweden 1995 she lost to Norway 1-3.

The second round matches of this group will be played on Friday July 28 with England taking on Denmark and China taking on Haiti at 12 noon.
The last group matches will be played simultaneously on Tuesday, August 1 as China takes on England and Haiti plays Denmark.

On Sunday, July 23, Sweden will take on South Africa; Netherlands will take on Portugal and France will take on Jamaica.