LIVE: Insane double save denies football powerhouse

We permission Australia and transverse implicit the Tasman oversea to New Zealand for the archetypal of the remaining 2 matches tonight.

Philippines are taking connected Switzerland with kick-off conscionable astir the country astatine 3pm AEST, earlier Spain and Costa Rica fastener horns astatine 5.30pm.

The archetypal lucifer volition instrumentality spot successful Dunedin earlier the 2nd takes spot successful Wellington.

Nigeria and Canada are forced to stock the points astatine AAMI Park aft this 1 finishes a 0-0 draw.

A monolithic effect for Nigeria, a precise frustrating 1 for Canada, and a monolithic assistance for the Matildas.

Australia remains connected apical of Group B with 3 points, portion Canada and Nigeria are connected 1 constituent each.

The Matildas look Nigeria adjacent successful a week's time.

Some precocious play arsenic VAR is called erstwhile again!

Nigeria's Deborah Abiodun is fixed a reddish paper aft stomping connected the ankle of an hostile during a somewhat precocious challenge.

The Super Eagles volition person to support with 1 little for the last fewer minutes here.

Canada wants different penalty, but they're not going to get it this time!

Star guardant Jordyn Huitema fired a left-footed changeable towards the extremity and it was blocked by a Nigerian defender who had her hands by her side.

Huitema sees the shot deed the stationary limb of the defender and thinks it's grounds for handball, but her pleas spell unheard.

Just implicit 17 minutes near successful mean clip and we're inactive deadlocked astatine 0-0.

Brilliant goalkeeping from Nigeria's Chiamaka Nnadozie to support things level astatine AAMI Park!

The Nigerians were shattered aft Francisca Ordega was ruled to person fouled Canadian skipper Christine Sinclair wrong the box.

It was initially waved disconnected by the referee, but the on-field telephone was overturned by the VAR.

Sinclair went to the bottommost close with the punishment attempt, but Nnadozie was adjacent to it and past did good to thenar the shot distant arsenic Sinclair looked to person a 2nd wound aft the archetypal save.

Nigeria lasting steadfast and frustrating the Canadians.

The 2nd fractional betwixt Nigeria and Canada is underway astatine Melbourne's AAMI Park.

Nigeria kicking disconnected to get america underway.



While fans whitethorn person expected the Matildas to stroke distant Ireland successful past night's World Cup opener, Ellie Carpenter has explained the value of escaping with the 3 points.

Matildas skipper Steph Catley admitted the hosts were "sloppy" past night, but Carpenter believes the squad volition spell from spot to spot arsenic the tourney progresses.

"It's truthful important," Carpenter said of the win.

"We've talked astir this for the past 3 years successful our preparation, that this archetypal crippled would truly dictate however we spell successful this tournament. Everything we've been talking astir is this archetypal crippled and those 3 points.

"Now that we've checked that archetypal crippled disconnected and got retired each the nerves, we're truly going to deed the crushed moving successful the adjacent game."

A pulsating archetypal fractional is successful the books!

Canada and Nigeria caput into the sheds tied astatine 0-0, and some teams volition deliberation they could've perchance led.

The Canadians came retired of the gates connected fire, but Nigeria was the squad that mustered the champion accidental of the half.

Both teams are of people successful the Matildas' group, and the Aussies volition beryllium wholly good with the scoreline remaining arsenic it is.