Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Women’s Soccer Highlights: Hosts Required to Draw Canada

Bola.com, Tokyo – The host women’s football team Japan played 1-1 against Canada in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Group E match. The match was played at the Sapporo Dome on Wednesday (07/21/2021).

The Canadian National Women’s Soccer Team scored in the 6th minute. Christine Sinclair’s goal had already hit the crossbar before the vomited ball was kicked again by center-back number 12. It was the fastest goal in Tokyo Olympics 2020 so far.

Feeling threatened, Japan finally tried to rise to dominate the game and score goals. However, the national team defense led by Bev Priestman has always succeeded in repelling the barrage of attacks from Sakura Country.

There are no extra goals from either team until the referee whistles to mark the end of the first half.

In the second half, right-wing forward Nichelle Prince nearly scored Canada’s second goal with a powerful shot from outside the box. But the linesman saw that Prince was in position off-side.

Not so long ago, Japanese forward Mina Tanaka was raped by the Canadian goalkeeper in the penalty area. As a result, the goalkeeper received a yellow card. Still, a golden opportunity from Mina Tanaka’s penalty was saved when Stephanie Labbe could read the direction of her shot.

In the 58th minute, the Canadian national team made a substitution. Stéphanie Labbe was sent off after sustaining an injury and was replaced by second goalie Kailen Sheridan.

Despite this, Canada almost scored a second goal after a fatal error by Japanese goaltender Sakiko Ikeda, but the goal was disallowed after learning that Canada was in an offside position.

Japan and Canada tried to dominate each other in the second half, with both teams still failing to score goals. However, in the 83rd minute striker Mana Iwabuchi had a great chance to score, he managed to hit the opponent’s crossbar but the Japanese striker was previously considered to have committed. handBall by the referee.

A minute later, Mana Iwabuchi finally managed to equalize on a volley from outside the penalty area. After there was no attempt by either team to add more goals, the game ended with a final score of 1-1 for both teams.

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