Uzbekistan women's soccer team, ranked 47th in the world, faced the challenge of Australia women's soccer team, ranked 12th in the world, at their home stadium in the third stage of the women's soccer qualifying tournament for the Paris Olympics.
Prior to the match, Australia had suffered back-to-back defeats, but Uzbekistan had a slightly better recent record, meeting their opponents with a win and a loss. Nonetheless, in terms of overall strength, Australia is still seen as the better team. As a result, less than 20% of fans favor Uzbekistan to beat Australia at home.
In the first half of the match, Australia dominated but failed to score. In the second half, Australia opened the scoring in the 73rd minute with a header from Hayman in the penalty area. Uzbekistan then launched a fierce counter-attack, but the Australian team's superior strength and tight defense failed to break through the opponent's goal.
Fowler added another goal for Australia in the 85th minute of play.
Immediately after, in the 87th minute, Caitlin delivered the killer blow to seal the win for Australia.
In the end, Australia managed to take the lead with a 2-0 victory over Uzbekistan. It can be said that the Australian team has crossed the threshold to the Paris Olympics. Here, we would like to express our warm congratulations to the Australian team!
