SYDNEY : Underdogs Ireland may have opened their World Cup debut with a 1-0 loss to co-hosts Australia on Thursday, but coach Vera Pauw was proud of her 22nd-ranked team. Australia's Steph Catley, who stepped in as captain for injured Matildas striker Sam Kerr, scored a penalty in the 52nd minute to give
SYDNEY : Underdogs Ireland may have opened their World Cup debut with a 1-0 loss to co-hosts Australia on Thursday, but coach Vera Pauw was proud of her 22nd-ranked team.
Yet the 10th-ranked Matildas were forced to hang on for the win as they absorbed wave after wave of pressure from the Irish, who went close several times in the dying seconds at Stadium Australia. "Next game, it will be clear that like this game we went in for results, to play for results, not just to be part of a nice tournament in Australia," Pauw added.
"She's okay," Pauw said."I think if you play for the first time in the World Cup... and you get a penalty against, it's quite normal you're upset."
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