England suffers, but defeats debutant Haiti in the World Cup

A England won the Haiti 1-0 this Saturday, 22, for the opening of the first round of Group D of the Women’s World Cup. Favored in the confrontation, the Eurocup champion suffered to overcome the resilient Haitian selection, which made its debut in Cups. from penalty, georgia stanway scored the only goal of the game at Brisbane Stadium, in Australia.

The teams return to the field for the second round of the group next Friday, July 28th. At 5:30 am (Brasília time), the English face Denmark at Sidney Football Stadium. At 8 am, Haiti faces China in the Hindmarsh.

The game

If the fans expected a wide dominance of the England team in the first half, that was not what happened. Debuting in World Cups, Haiti surprised and showed strength against strong England, one of the candidates for the title. The Haitians even put goalkeeper Mary Earps in danger.

Despite showing strength to face the English, Haiti saw the opposing team open the scoring. In a touch of the hand by Batcheba Louis inside the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty in favor of England after a brief review by VAR.

Georgia Stanway went to the kick and saw goalkeeper Théus fly to make the defense in the right corner. However, the Haitian was advanced and the arbitration ordered the bid to be returned. This time, the English player did not hesitate, pumped her right foot and sent a bomb to move the archer: 1 to 0.

Haiti continued to show strength in the second stage and did not back down in the face of English pressure. The goalkeeper Théus had a lot of work in the beats of Russo and Stanway and held the opponent’s attack. On the other hand, the Haitians sinned in the submissions.

In the best chance of a draw, in the 36th minute, Éloissant came face to face with Earps and hit the opposite corner, but the English goalkeeper saved with her left foot and avoided the Haitian goal. At 46 minutes, Dumornay took the corner kick and put the archer in danger.