Australia missed the final ticket of the World Cup 2023

*Score: Kerr 63' - Toone 36', Hemp 71', Russo 86'.

In April, Australia won a friendly against England 2-0, cutting off the team's unbeaten streak of 30 consecutive matches under coach Sarina Wiegman. It was even England's only defeat so far with the Dutch military leader.

Under the cheers of a large audience on the 83,000-seat Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia confidently headed for a victory to reach the Women's World Cup final for the first time.

However, they could not resist the attacking ability of the defending European champions, despite playing with a low squad from the start. In the 9th minute, goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold excellently blocked Alessia Russo's shot in the face. But in the 36th minute, she gave up before Ella Toone's cheeky shot.

This match, the legend of Australian women's football Sam Kerr started for the first time, after five times he was only substituted or substituted due to not recovering from injury. The striker playing football for Chelsea club left a big impression with a 1-1 equalizer in the 63rd minute, in a quick counter-attack, crashed straight into the front of the penalty area and then shot a shot from about 20 meters away. Despite flying all the way, goalkeeper Mary Earps could not touch the ball to save.

But that is also the only highlight that Kerr and his teammates can do against the opponent.

71 minutes, England attacked with a long ball from home. Elli Carpemter got ahead of Lauren Hemp, was able to clear the ball but controlled and missed in succession, giving Australia's number 11 a chance to finish off goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold, raising the score to 2-1. The television camera lens immediately caught on to Kerr, with a shake of the head.

But it was Kerr who then missed the opportunity to equalize for Australia. In the 86th minute, goalkeeper Mary Earps punched England's corner kick, the ball reached the position of "number 20", but in an unaccompanied position and very close to the goal, she kicked the ball out. Kerr held his head regretfully not understanding what happened, and outside the touchline Tony Gustavsson sat down.

Sadness doubled for Australia when less than a minute later, her team had to concede a third goal. He stole the ball in the middle of the field and organized a quick counter-attack. Lauren Hemp, after scoring again, played the role of an assist with a twist of the back to tear the Australian defense apart for Alessia Russo to escape, shooting diagonally into the far corner to seal a 3-1 victory.

Beating host Australia, England entered the final of the World Cup 2023, meeting Spain, on August 20.