Women World Cup Can Go "Wild and Crazy"

In the end of women's football world cup 24 teams has been gradually diminished to just '8'. The quaterfinals are ready and the display of tournament is approximately a week away.Megan Rapinoe US captain expects the tournament to be a "wild and crazy" ride. Here are some of the teams which are still striving to get their hands on the trophy in Lyon on 7 July, 2019 among which 7 of them are European.

Quaterfinal 1: Norway vs England (Thursday)

Norway reached the last 8 after keeping Australia in a fluctuating encounter,ultimately decided by penalities, and the side of Martin Sjogren has been proved  unruffled expeding four spot kicks to Australia's one. Norway had tried hard in its first four matches due to absence of world's best player Ada Hegerberg,who is ceased from international duty over a disagreement with the country's football federation.The team done its best. Though England is favourite to beat Norway in Le Havre on Thursday, but there is no let-up for which side beats- France or US will be waiting in semifinals.

Quaterfinal 2: US vs France (Friday)

The US is the only non-European representative left in the competition, puffed through the tournament's early stages, setting records and scoring goals for fun.When Spain demonstrated against the defending champion 9 minutes into their round of 16 match the first goal the US had conceded all tournament.

Les Bleues have, got profitable in front of goal. Only the United States has scored more so far in this tournament, and the Americans presented against Spain that their backline can be disobeyed. Yet head coach maintained that fans are still expecting best from the home-side. She told that ' they were not 100%but the target is to hit 100% for the upcoming game.

 Quaterfinal 3: Germany vs Sweden (Saturday)

Germany has gone about its business with quiet readiness in France after most of the exposure given on a free-scoring US side.Martina Voss-Tecklenburg's team has gently developed into the tournament. Scoring 7 out of its 9 goals in the games against Nigeria and Africa. Voss-Tecklenburg's said that they have played very tough 4 matches in hard conditions and have handled all very well. She also shows her happiness for one week relaxes to prepare for quarter-finals.Germany deals with a good news is that the star playmaker Dzsenifer Marozsan is near a come back to injury and might be there for quaterfinal against Sweden.

Quaterfinal 4: Italy vs Netherlands (Saturday)

In these 20 years of football tournaments, Italy is competing for the first time, and is regarded as the dark horses for competition with a good reason. The form of its women has impossible to ignore where for years, men's football is treated like a religion.Le Azzure has ranked 1 in a group containing Australia and Brazil and disposed of former China finalist in last 16 to equal its best performance in tournament. The attack and defence was steady enough.

After having victory over China - Italian coach Milena Bertolini told that their team has a mission to 'try and have Italian public to discover and appreciate women's game. She also believes that this allowed women's game to prove new grounds other than homes. The Netherland is the last team to proceed for the quaterfinals, and hence needed a penalty of 90-minutes to see off Japan in a 2-1 win to reach the last postion for the first time in the years.

The winner in the Rennes will be facing either Italy or the Netherlands on the all-European side of the draw.

By: Saksham Gupta

Content:https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/26/football/womens-world-cup-quarterfinals-preview-spt-intl/index.html