In the early morning of August 4, Beijing time, the last 1/4 knockout match of the Olympic women's football team, the host France team was upset, they lost 0-1 to Brazil, and finally missed the top 4, while Brazil entered the semifinals, and their next opponent was Spain.
Due to the red card in the last game of the group stage, Marta, so she was suspended for this game, which also greatly affected the strength of the Brazil team. France are the favourites to advance, they are not only hosts, but also ranked second in the world, facing the world No. 9, the lack of attacking core Juan Mata, and the green and yellow Brazil team, the France team is undoubtedly confident.
In fact, France did create a lot of chances in this game. Just 12 minutes into the game, France were awarded a penalty when Castellino dribbled into the box and was pushed to the ground, and Brazil paid the price of the penalty. Unexpectedly, Calshavi, who then took the penalty, kicked a soft shot, which was saved by the Brazil goalkeeper and the visitors escaped.
Just before half-time, France drove a corner from the right into the box, only for Mubock to head in from close range, but unfortunately hit the crossbar and bounced. I have to say that the luck of the France team in the first half was indeed too bad, but if they could seize a chance, they would have already led the opponent.
In the second half, France continued to attack, but they were slow to break the deadlock in front of the court and made mistakes at the back at key moments. In the 82nd minute, Brazil counter-attacked, Gary Bouel cut forward at high speed in front of the field, and then fought his way through the two-man defense of France. In the box, she faced the France goalkeeper and calmly pushed home to give Brazil a 1-0 lead. After that, France fought back, but unfortunately could not equalize, even if the game lasted 16 minutes of stoppage time, the hosts were still unable to recover and finally regretted the exit.
In this game, Brazil defeated France 1-0, and finally broke out a big upset. On this night, three European teams played in the quarter-finals, and as a result, Spain and Germany defeated Colombia and Canada on penalties respectively, with only France out. As the host, in this Olympic Games, the goal of the France team is to win the championship, but they did not expect to fall at the feet of the Brazil team, this South American powerhouse has not been as strong as before in recent years, and it is no longer the original Brazil team, not to mention that they are still missing Marta. As a result, under such adverse circumstances, Brazil still won against France, which was indeed surprising.
So far, the top four of the women's football team have all been born, and after Brazil upset and qualified, their semi-final opponents are Spain, while United States plays Germany. Coincidentally, Brazil is in the same group as Spain in the group stage, before they lost 0-2 to their opponents, I don't know if the 4 strong battles, Brazil can take revenge, but now the gap between the strength of the two teams is not small, Brazil wants to advance, I am afraid it needs a little miracle!