In the semi-finals, the Australian team was disappointedly defeated by the English girls with a score of 1-3. However, reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time is also a great success for the Asian football representative. To create history for the country's football, coach Tony Gustavsson and his team need to defeat the highly rated Swedish team in the match taking place at 3pm on August 19 at Suncorp Stadium.
Australia will make history if they win the third-place play-off.
Among the 4 teams in the semi-finals, the Swedish women's team is the team with the highest achievement, finishing as runner-up in 2003. In addition, the Swedish team had 3 matches for third place and won all of them in 1991, 2011 and 2019. Obviously, in terms of achievements and FIFA rankings, the Australian team is completely inferior to its opponent.
The Swedish team (in yellow) lost to Spain in the semi-finals
However, the confidence of coach Tony Gustavsson and his team is the 4-0 victory over Sweden in a friendly match on November 12, 2022. The hope of the host in the third place match of the 2023 World Cup is still star striker Sam Kerr. The number 1 striker of the Australian team has returned to the main squad after having to sit on the bench for the matches due to injury.
Sam Kerr is still the hope of the Australian team.
A 2-1 loss to Spain in the semi-finals will cost the Nordic team their first World Cup title. However, Sweden are still considered stronger than the host team with tall, strong players who can pose a threat to the already shaky defense of the Australian women's team.
Sweden are unbeaten in all three third-place matches at the World Cup.
The third-place match of the 2023 Women's World Cup will be broadcast live on VTVcab's ON Sports News (live link: https://www.vtvcab.vn/channel/on-sports-news-1,VTVcab18_HD.html) and ON Football (live link: https://www.vtvcab.vn/channel/on-football-hd-1,VTVcab16_HD.html) . Fans can also watch live on applications such as TV360 and On Plus.
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