- Updates from the game in Ibaraki Kashima Stadium
- Kick-off time is 5pm local, 6pm AEST, 4am EDT, 9am BST
- Any thoughts? Email or tweet @emmavkemp
Doesn’t last Tuesday seem a long time ago. It was on day four of these Games that Australia held the USA 0-0 in their final Group G match. Since then, the Americans have beaten quarter-final the Netherlands – in a 2019 World Cup final rematch – on penalties and fallen 1-0 to Canada in a major semi-final upset. Megan Rapinoe yesterday lamented her uncharacteristically flat world No 1 side don’t “have that juice that we normally do”.
The Matildas, conversely have been drinking some sort of special concoction since that nil-nil result nine days ago, undoing Team GB 4-3 in extra-time before coming undone 1-0 against Sweden and narrowly missing out on a shot at gold.
