FIFA Ladies’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 – Group A – Philippines v Switzerland – Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand – July 21, 2023 Switzerland’s Seraina Piubel celebrates scoring their second purpose REUTERS/Molly Darlington
DUNEDIN, New Zealand–Switzerland made a successful begin to its Fifa Ladies’s World Cup marketing campaign with a 2-0 victory over debutant Philippines at Dunedin Stadium on Friday, because of Ramona Bachmann’s first-half penalty and a close-range effort from Seraina Piubel.
Inka Grings’ facet was awarded a penalty by VAR after midfielder Coumba Sow was caught by a stray boot from Jessika Cowart within the field late within the first half, with ahead Bachmann coolly slotting the ball previous goalkeeper Olivia McDaniel.
The Filipinas, coached by former Matildas supervisor Alen Stajcic, made historical past as they turned the primary staff from their nation – male or feminine – to seem on the finals of a world soccer event.
And so they had been denied an early opener when midfielder Katrina Guillou’s strike was dominated out for offside.
Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic, Switzerland’s prime scorer and most capped participant, fired over from shut vary earlier than Bachmann’s penalty put them forward.
Switzerland dominated the second half and deservedly doubled its lead by means of midfielder Piubel, who smashed house within the sixty fourth minute after McDaniel denied Crnogorcevic and Sow.
There have been loads of empty seats within the 30,000-capacity stadium on Friday, regardless of FIFA freely giving 20,000 free tickets for video games in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin amid considerations in regards to the sluggish tempo of gross sales in New Zealand.
Switzerland prime Group A on purpose distinction forward of co-host New Zealand, which upset Norway 1-0 on Thursday.
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