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Football: Australia reach World Cup quarter-finals as Kerr makes comeback

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Peter STEBBINGS, Agence France-Presse 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Caitlin Foord of Australia celebrates scoring the 1-0 goal during the FIFA Women" s="" World="" Cup="" Round="" of="" soccer="" match="" between="" Australia="" and="" Denmark="" at="" Stadium="" in="" August="" Dean="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/08/07/080723_fwwc_aus_epa.jpg"/><figcaption>Caitlin Foord of Australia celebrates scoring the 1-0 goal during the FIFA Women&#x27;s World Cup 2023 Round of 16 soccer match between Australia and Denmark at Stadium Australia in Sydney, August 7, 2023. Dean Lewins, EPA-EFE.</figcaption></figure></div>SYDNEY, Australia -- Sam Kerr came off the bench as Australia surged into the Women&#x27;s World Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Denmark in front of nearly 76,000 fans in Sydney on Monday.The co-hosts will play France or Morocco on Saturday in Brisbane in the last eight after making fairly light work of a toothless Denmark.To cap a good night&#x27;s work for the Matildas, talismanic striker and captain Kerr came on with 10 minutes left to huge cheers for her first action of the tournament after a calf injury.The dangerous Caitlin Foord terrorized Denmark throughout and scored a fine first after being set up by Mary Fowler on 29 minutes.Hayley Raso grabbed a second to make the game safe 20 minutes from time.Denmark were contesting their first knockout game at the World Cup since 1995 and they had the first sniff of goal, but Rikke Madsen just failed to connect with the ball while sliding in at goal.The Danes, ranked 13th in the world to Australia&#x27;s 10, could have taken the lead on the quarter-hour at Stadium Australia but Pernille Harder shot straight at goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold.Australia were on the back foot early on but took the lead against the run of play when Fowler threaded a superb long pass down the left to play in Foord.The Arsenal forward still had plenty to do and she did it brilliantly, taking one touch with her right foot to guide the ball into her path and then firing with the left through the legs of goalkeeper Lene Christensen.Foord was all over the Denmark defense with her pace and movement down the left.Minutes later she rampaged down the wing again, chopped back inside and let fly with her right foot, the ball taking a big deflection and whistling just beyond the top corner.Into the second half and Foord seemed to be everywhere, sliding in to stop a Denmark counter-attack and earning vigorous applause from Australia coach Tony Gustavsson.Just past the hour and Denmark coach Lars Sondergaard had seen enough, bringing on forwards Signe Bruun and Mille Gejl as they went in search of the goal they needed to keep their World Cup alive.Defender Janni Thomsen decided she had had enough of Foord and was booked for crudely pulling her down as she arrowed towards the Danish box.The crowd sensed a second could be coming and it duly did, Fowler again playing a key part to set up Emily van Egmond, who teed up Raso to fire into the bottom corner.But the biggest cheer of the night was yet to come as Australia&#x27;s Chelsea predator Kerr belatedly came to the World Cup party as a substitute.© Agence France-Presse

Australia surged into the Women's World Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Denmark in front of nearly 76,000 fans in Sydney on Monday.

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Football: Australia reach World Cup quarter-finals as Kerr makes comeback

Peter STEBBINGS,

Agence France-Presse

Published Aug 07, 2023 09:35 PM PHT

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