LIVE: Underdogs cruelled by controversial VAR decision

Switzerland joins New Zealand astatine the apical of Group A with a tidy 2-0 triumph implicit the Philippines.

The Philippines enactment connected a beardown showing successful their archetypal ever FIFA Women's World Cup match, but yet succumbed to goals either broadside of half-time.

Switzerland snaps a seven-game losing streak, what a clip to bash it! 

It's a huffy goalmouth scramble and Switzerland has a 2nd goal!

The shot was hoicked into the container and the Philippines defence did their precise champion to support it retired of the goal, blocking a fig of shots, but the shot yet lands successful the way of Seraina Severin Piubel who would not beryllium denied.

It's a agelong mode backmost for the underdogs now.

Switzerland takes a 1-0 pb into the fractional aft a precocious punishment from Ramona Bachmann!

You can't accidental it wasn't deserved for the Swiss, who person had 75 per cent of the shot truthful far.

The punishment did travel successful dubious circumstances arsenic Coumba Sow went down wrong the container aft what looked similar a genuinely 50-50 clash. 

Philippines manager Alen Stajcic could not judge what helium was seeing erstwhile the referee looked astatine the VAR show and pointed to the punishment spot.

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.