Norway break Australia's hearts
Some games of football need only a single error, a single moment of brilliance to decide them. Others can feast on a cornucopia of chances yet never be sated. In Nice, Australia and Norway were two teams whose refusal to lose was only matched by an equally fervent reluctance to win.
ETEMADONLINE| Some games of football need only a single error, a single moment of brilliance to decide them
Others can feast on a cornucopia of chances yet never be sated. In Nice, Australia and Norway were two teams whose refusal to lose was only matched by an equally fervent reluctance to win.
It was fitting perhaps that a winner was found via the lottery of penalties - Norway's were taken with aplomb while Australia's were erratic and anxious. In the decisive moment, up strode Ingrid Engen and the team that has featured in the final four of one in every two World Cups claimed its birthright.
Martin came with a game plan against France and felt aggrieved that a VAR-inspired intervention prevented his team. Here the fates were on his side. A seemingly cast-iron penalty for handball was awarded by the referee, but an interminable wait followed. Kerr juggled on the spot as all awaited. Players gathered in huddles like bored gossipers at the crossroads before the decision was reversed on review and Norway celebrated.
But after 120 minutes and just seven penalties, Norway's smiles had returned. An exhilarating rollercoaster of a match, in which the perhaps deserved result eventually came via the most tortuous route imaginable.
Brilliance aplomb erratic anxious interminable
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