Tokyo Olympics: Women's Football: Semi-Finals, USA vs Canada Live Blog, catch all the action here
The first semi-final of women's football at the Olympics is here, the USA take on Canada in a fight for the place in the final
USA take on Canada in the first semi final of the Tokyo Olympics Women's football event.
The defending world champions the USA take on their continental counterpart Canada in the first semi-finals of the Women's football event at the Tokyo Olympics.
The match kicks off at 1:30 pm IST, and you can catch all the live-action here on the blog.
Both teams had a nervous quarterfinal and required penalty shootouts to clear all the nerves. The USA beat the Netherlands in 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw could not separate them in normal and extra time. Canada pipped Brazil 4-3 on penalties, in which their goalkeeper Labbe, saved the team by saving the two penalties of Brazillian players.
The winner of today's matchup will face the victor of the second semifinal between Sweden and Australia (Aug. 2 at 4:30 pm) in the gold medal match. The final game will kick off from Tokyo's Olympic Stadium on Aug. 6 at 6:30 am IST, while the bronze medal match will be played at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium on Aug. 5 at 1:30 pm.
After two successive bronze medal finishes Canada finally change the colour of the medal.
What a special moment for Canada. The Candadians are celebrating as if they have already won the match.
The USA will play the Bronze medal match.
Canada beat the USA 1-0 through a penalty goal from Fleiming to qualify for the gold medal match.
Christine Sinclair Off. Jordan Huitema is On, with two minutes to go.
Cross by Rapinoe, and what a header by Llyod. The ball hits the crossbar and goes away.
Header from Christian Press directed towards goal but lands in the hand of Labbe.
Chelsea's Christine Fleming strikes it hard on the right side, keeper guesses it right but cannot make the save.
1-0 Canada!
What a composed penalty by the 23-year-old.
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