A place in the quarter-finals was up for grabs before the match in Nice. Although Colombia lost the match, they advanced as one of the two best threes. So it turned out afterwards that there were two winners on the pitch.
After just over an hour, Vanessa Giles headed in a free kick and fixed a place in the playoffs. It has been a turbulent time to say the least after the drone scandal where Fifa discovered they had been spying on New Zealand’s training.
Olympics in Paris 2024
Rafael Nadal after the Olympic loss – career could be over: “If it was the last time…”
This is how three Olympic sports work
Fifa handed down a harsh punishment where assistant coach Joseph Lombardi, national team captain Bev Priestman and assistant coach Jasmine Mander were all handed a one-year ban from working in football.
They have all been sent home and the team is now led by a new constellation.
The Canadian Football Association was sentenced to pay over three million kroner in fines.
– A week and a half: It feels like years that we’ve been here, says Vanessa Gilles to the Toronto Star.
– A lot has been taken away from us as players and the only thing we can control, the only thing we have in our grasp, is the pitch. That’s something they can’t take away from us, as much as they’ve tried, Giles continues.
Canada will now face Germany on Saturday.