Australia beat Sweden 4-0 in women's soccer friendly

Skipper Sam Kerrs 37th-minute toe-poke, her first international goal since playing New Zealand in April, gave Australia the lead in front of 22,065 fans at AAMI Park in Melbourne.Foord doubled Australias lead on 51 minutes and also netted in the 78th, five minutes after Mary Fowlers deflected strike.Foord said the teams strategy has greatly developed over the past 12 months to better balance the teams tactics.I feel like weve finally come together, found that sweet spot, Foord said.


PTI | Melbourne | Updated: 12-11-2022 15:23 IST | Created: 12-11-2022 14:42 IST
Australia beat Sweden 4-0 in women's soccer friendly
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Arsenal forward Caitlin Foord scored two goals on Saturday to lead Australia to a 4-0 win over Sweden in an international women's soccer friendly.

Foord has five goals in her past three internationals. Skipper Sam Kerr's 37th-minute toe-poke, her first international goal since playing New Zealand in April, gave Australia the lead in front of 22,065 fans at AAMI Park in Melbourne.

Foord doubled Australia's lead in 51 minutes and also netted in the 78th, five minutes after Mary Fowler's deflected strike.

Foord said the team's strategy has greatly developed over the past 12 months to better balance the team's tactics.

''I feel like we've finally come together, found that sweet spot,'' Foord said. ''We want to be an attacking team, want to be aggressive, and we play our best when we're like that.'' It was the fourth meeting between the teams in less than two years. Sweden edged Australia 1-0 in the Tokyo Olympics semifinal, won a group stage match 4-2, and drew 0-0 in a pre-tournament friendly. 

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