Australians filled pubs, lounge rooms, and public viewing areas to watch the Matildas take on France. Now standing in their path to the final is England.
Matildas' winger Cortnee Vine stepped up to score the winning penalty in Australia's shootout with France that sealed their semi-final berth.The 25-year-old was the 10th penalty taker on coach Tony Gustavsson's list when the match went down to a shootout.
She coolly drilled her penalty into the bottom corner to end the longest shootout in Women's World Cup history."In those moments, you just need to be confident in what you've practised and in that moment I feel like Macca did the job before I had to.Matilda’s Coach Tony Gustavsson's tenure may have been questioned in the past and he would have been entitled to feel vindicated after Saturday night's triumph.
She said she'd been unwell for both the round-of-16 win over Denmark and Saturday night - but was "never" going to miss either.For Arnold, who only became first-choice goalkeeper in February, it capped off her incredible rise from third choice at the Tokyo Olympics to Matildas hero."I definitely haven't processed it,” she said.
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