USA, the current champions, have crashed out of the World Cup on penalties in front of more than 27,000 fans in Melbourne. Lina Hurtig’s spot-kick sent Sweden to the quarter-finals, helped significantly by the brilliance of Zecira Musovic between the sticks. It is the first time in the tournament’s history that USA have been eliminated at this early a stage.
In the end, it came down to a matter of millimetres as Alyssa Naeher desperately clawed at the final penalty but ultimately failing to keep it out. “It’s a tough moment,” Vlatko Andonovski said.
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