{"id":35665,"date":"2021-08-04T22:04:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T02:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=35665"},"modified":"2021-08-05T11:28:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T15:28:59","slug":"canwnt-aim-olympic-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/08\/04\/canwnt-aim-olympic-gold-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden and CanWNT aim to win first-ever Summer Olympic gold medal"},"content":{"rendered":"

PREVIEW<\/strong> – Both Sweden and CanWNT aim to win the first-ever Summer Olympic gold medal on Thursday. This will be Canada\u2019s first-ever final in the Olympics or the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup. This is also Sweden\u2019s second consecutive Olympic final appearance. They lost to Germany in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil.<\/p>\n

Sweden and CanWNT aim to make history on Thursday<\/h2>\n

CanWNT<\/h3>\n

The CanWNT road to the gold medal game started against host nation Japan. They ended up tying that game 1-1 after Japan scored a late equalizer<\/a>. They would end up winning against Chile 2-1 and tying against Great Britain by a scoreline of 1-1. The Great Britain game was unfortunate as a shot deflected off Nichelle Prince and went into the back of the net.<\/p>\n

The story for CanWNT in the knockout stages has been their defence. They are the only team in the knockout stages to not concede a single goal. This is a credit to players like Kadeisha Buchanan and Vanessa Gilles in games against Brazil<\/a> and the U.S. Also, Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labb\u00e9 played a big role in CanWNT getting the win over Brazil. This included the whole game, including the penalties against Brazil.<\/p>\n

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Thanks John, seeing the fruits of your work. Wish you were here to share the moment with us \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\udf41 onto the next one\ud83e\udd47<\/p>\n

— Bev Priestman (@bev_priestman) August 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n