First game: United States women's football team vs Germany women's football team
Match analysis: United States women's soccer team won all of their group stage to advance. They dominated the group stage, winning all three matches with an aggregate score of 9-2. That included a 4-1 win over Germany in the group stage.
In the quarterfinals, most expected the United States women's team to win comfortably against Japan, but the Japan women's team fought bravely, so the regular 90 minutes ended in a goalless draw, despite the United States women's team having 71% possession and more good chances. The hero of the United States women's soccer team was Tracy · Rodman, who scored the winning goal in extra time.
United States Team News
United States women's soccer head coach Emma · Hayes has played most games with the same or nearly identical lineup. Even some United States coaches said in the match against the Japan women's football team that if the United States women's football team lost, it was because Emma · Hayes did not like to rotate players. Although the United States women's football team only has two days of rest, it should be expected that the same lineup for this game against Germany women's football team.
This United States women's squad, led by Tracy · Rodman and Mallory · Swanson. Not only did Rodman create multiple chances, averaging over two goals per game, but he also scored three goals in four games. In addition, she assisted in the match against Germany women, the only game in which she did not score. Rodman was excellent at shooting. So far in those games, she has shot at goal 15 times with 7 of them on the scoresheet. Swanson also scored three goals at this Olympics, one of which came against Germany. Just like Rodman, she also had assists in the game. The forward duo constantly created chances for each other and scored a lot of goals. Swanson had 12 shots on goal in the match with 5 of them scored.
Sofia · Smith is the player with the most shots on goal at this Olympics. She has shot 18 times in the match so far with 7 of them on target. Smith has scored just two goals so far but has also provided two assists so far. Both goals came in the same game, a 4-1 win over Germany Women. In addition, she created nearly three shots per game at this Olympics, while leading the midfielder and forwards in forward passes. Lindsay · Holland also created chances in midfield. She has two assists in games so far. Horan has not been a leading scorer with just six shots on goal so far, two on target. Still, her passing and defending are excellent.
At this Olympics, Alyssa · Nel excelled in goalkeeping. She made 12 saves, conceded just two goals and made 10 saves. Nel has also kept two clean sheets at the Olympics so far.
The Germany women's football team has won four medals at the Olympics, but the only gold medal was won in 2016. It was also their last medal. Germany women's football team is in the same group as United States women's football team this year, and this is the only defeat for Horst · Hrubesch's side so far. In the quarter-finals, Germany Women's Team will need to go through a penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals against 2021 gold medalists Canada Women's Team. The Canada women's soccer team had 16 shots on goal in the match, more than their opponents, but failed to score. Subsequently, the Canada women's football team was punished in a penalty shootout.
Germany team news
After winning the penalty shootout against Canada, Germany women's head coach Horst · Hrubesh was very satisfied. 'We played well in the first half today and then what we expected happened,' he said. If you don't win the duel, it's going to be difficult. Canada women's football is not an Olympic champion for no reason. In an Olympic competition like this, you always have to see the next race from one game. The work that the players are doing is fantastic. ”
The goal for the Germany women's team started by Leia · Schuller. Schuler has scored three goals in the game so far and is the only player in the Germany team to have scored more than one goal so far. She's also very good at seizing opportunities. She is third in the team for total shots on goal with 11. Despite this, she leads the team in shot accuracy and has seven shots on target, which means she hits 1.75 shots on target per game, which is 63.6% of her total shot on goal. Julie · Brand was by far the top scorer on goal. She had 13 shots on goal in those games with 3 of them on target. In addition, she leads with 3.71 shots per 90 minutes, which is close to one goal per 90 minutes at most. Although Brand scored only one goal in the game.
So far, Clara · Boole and Guila · Gwen have also performed well in the competition. Bull is a midfielder so far with one goal and two assists in the game. She created the most shots for Germany in this tournament and was second in the team with 12 shots, three of which were on target. Guerra · Gwen didn't attack much from defensive positions, but she did have four shots on goal with two on target. In addition, her only goal was against the United States goal. Gwen also has two assists in games so far and has the most forward passes.
The two teams met in the group stage, where the United States women's soccer team won 4-1. Emma · Hayes' team is now significantly stronger than Germany women's football, so United States women's football should be expected to win and advance to the final.
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Favor United States to win 2-0 2-1 3-1
Match 2: Malmo vs Thesalo
Match Analysis: Champions League qualifying continues with Malmo taking on Thesalo at the Estadio de Eleda.
For Malmo and Cesalo, the Champions League dream is still alive as they locked the horn in the first leg of the third qualifying round. With a playoff spot in contention, a potentially cautious game can be expected when these two teams meet in this game.
While Malmo remain at the top of the Sweden Premier League, Malmo's recent form has been mixed. Henrik · Riedström's side have lost three of their last five matches, including a surprise 0-1 defeat to Sirius in the Sweden top flight.
Malmo team news
Malmo boss Ledström has no new injury concerns ahead of this Champions League qualifier. Daniel Goodjohnsen and Oscar Leviki remain long-term absentees for Malmo.
Despite losing 3-2 to Clark in Iceland last week, Malmo secured their place in this game and a 4-1 victory in the first leg ensured a 6-4 aggregate victory for Malmo.
PAOK Thesall secured their trip to Sweden with a hard-fought victory over the Bazakh Warriors. After winning 1-0 in Bosnia last week, Thesalo comfortably advanced with an aggregate score of 4:2.
Team Thessalono News
PAOK Thesall arrived in Sweden with a fully healthy squad. If head coach Lucescu chooses to challenge his squad for this game, Zhivkovic could get a start.
While the form of both teams is difficult to predict, goals can usually be expected when these two teams are playing. Malmo have scored over 2.5 goals in nine of their last 10 matches, while PAOK Thesalo have scored more than two goals in eight of their last 11 matches since the end of last season.
Perhaps this one is unlikely to be a goal-laden thriller, but both teams will be confident of a positive result and both teams should be able to get on the scoresheet.
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Look for a draw of 1-1 2-2 3-3