Morocco creates history by reaching knockouts of Women’s World Cup, Germany out
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Pope also scored in the 57th minute but the goal was disallowed after the VAR (Video Assistant Referee) was invoked. Shortly after, Pope had another chance but his header hit the crossbar. Germany had two more chances to score in the 11th and 12th minute of injury time of the second half, but both times Sydney Lohmann’s shot was wide of the target. Germany, participating in the Women’s World Cup for the ninth time, failed to advance beyond the group stage for the first time.
Morocco scripted history by booking a place in the knockout stages of the Women’s Football World Cup with a 1-0 win over Colombia on Thursday, while two-time champions Germany failed to make it to the knockout stages for the first time after a 1-1 draw against South Korea. Morocco is the first Arab or North African country to have passed the group stage barrier of the Women’s World Cup and the first of the eight new teams playing in the tournament to qualify for the knockouts. Anissa Lahmari scored the winning goal for Morocco in first half injury time. The shot on the penalty kick was blocked by the opposing goalkeeper but Anissa scored on the rebound. Thanks to this victory, Morocco finished second in Group H behind Colombia and qualified for the knockouts.
With this, two-time champion Germany was out of the tournament. Colombia and Morocco both shared the same six points, while Germany managed only four. Morocco suffered a 0–6 defeat against Germany in their tournament debut but then went on to beat Korea and Colombia to enter the knockouts. World No. 2 Germany were to be defeated by South Korea in another group match running simultaneously in Brisbane but the match ended 1-1. Germany, led by skipper Alexandra Pope, created a lot of chances but failed to find the winning goal. South Korea took the lead in the sixth minute through Cho So-hyun but Pope made it 1-1 in the 42nd minute with a header from Svenja Huth’s cross.
Germany then made every effort to score the winning goal. Pope also scored in the 57th minute but the goal was disallowed after the VAR (Video Assistant Referee) was invoked. Shortly after, Pope had another chance but his header hit the crossbar. Germany had two more chances to score in the 11th and 12th minute of injury time of the second half, but both times Sydney Lohmann’s shot was wide of the target. Germany, participating in the Women’s World Cup for the ninth time, failed to advance beyond the group stage for the first time.
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