On today’s pod: what a couple of days of football!
The co-hosts Australia are through and they didn’t even need Sam Kerr to knock out the Olympic champions, Canada. Nigeria join them in the last 16 after getting a draw against Ireland – if England top Group D, the Super Falcons will be their next opponents.
Elsewhere on Monday, Japan blow Spain away in their Group C decider, and Zambia earn a first-ever World Cup win. Japan will face Norway in the next round after they thrashed the Philippines to qualify at the expense of New Zealand, held to a draw by Group A winners Switzerland.
Then there’s Colombia, who caused one of the biggest World Cup shocks of all time by beating Germany 2-1, giving themselves a huge chance of qualifying for the knockout stages.
We’ll be back on Tuesday as Groups D and E play their final games – including England taking on China and USA going for top spot against Portugal.
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