WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — Japan moved into the FIFA Women’s World Cup quarterfinals right here on Saturday, beating Norway 3-1 for his or her fourth straight win on the event.
Ingrid Syrstad Engen’s personal purpose put Japan forward within the fifteenth minute, however Guro Reiten leveled for Norway 5 minutes later.
In the second half, Risa Shimizu’s purpose noticed Japan take the lead within the fiftieth minute, earlier than Hinata Miyazawa scored her fifth purpose of the event.
“There is still a long way to go, but after I felt frustrated in 2019, I feel like I’ve overcome an obstacle. We’ll head to the next one, but I feel like we got a really great victory today,” stated Shimizu.
“In the knockout round there are tighter matches. We shared the feeling that we should display what we can do well and play in an aggressive way,” Japan coach Futoshi Ikeda stated afterwards.
Japan will now face both the United States or Sweden within the quarterfinals on Friday.