England edges Haiti in tough opener for European champs at Women’s World Cup
Brisbane, Australia (AP) — Despite a slender 1-0 loss in its opening match of the Women’s World Cup, Haiti handled followers to a spirited efficiency in opposition to European champion England.
The sort of spirit confirmed was nothing new for a Haiti squad that has confronted a troublesome journey simply to make it to the match being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, arriving for its World Cup debut with no sponsors and no dwelling video games to arrange.
The Haitians are representing a struggling nation that had been ready almost half a century to play on the sport’s largest stage. Its final involvement was when Haiti’s males’s staff performed within the 1974 World Cup in West Germany.
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“We’re very proud of our performance,” coach Nicholas Delépine stated. “We’ve worked very hard and for us it was a huge test. We were very close to England. We were very close.”
Due to violence in Haiti, the staff was compelled to shut its coaching amenities and play a few of its dwelling video games within the neighboring Dominican Republic.
After securing one of many final three spots within the match with a 2-1 victory over Chile within the intercontinental playoffs in New Zealand in February, the staff that’s ranked 53rd on the earth was given the troublesome activity of dealing with England in its first match.
Regardless, Delépine’s staff performed a direct and bodily fashion that impressed England coach Sarina Wiegman, who predicted Haiti would give a troublesome time to Group D rivals Denmark and China.
“They were really quick and really athletic,” Wiegman stated. “I think the other two countries are going to really struggle with them.”
The Haitians precipitated bother for England from begin to end, with a number of scoring alternatives created by France-based ahead Melchie “Corventina” Dumornay. Despite being solely 19, Dumornay appeared proper at dwelling in opposition to her extra skilled counterparts.
“It was a great game tonight,” Dumornay stated. “It was a very physical game for both teams. England has players that are dangerous but we do, too.”
Haiti was additionally cussed in protection, thwarting repeated assaults from England and solely conceding after a retaken penalty kick. After an preliminary VAR overview confirmed that the ball touched the hand of Batcheba Louis following an England nook kick, goalkeeper Kerly Théus lunged to her proper to save lots of Georgia Stanway’s preliminary shot from the penalty spot. Theus was judged to have left her line early, nonetheless, and Stanway transformed her second alternative within the twenty ninth minute.
Haiti is the poorest nation within the Western Hemisphere in response to UNICEF. The nation was rocked by a devastating earthquake in 2010 that left greater than 316,000 individuals useless or lacking and greater than 1.3 million homeless.
Organized crime in Haiti has elevated over the past decade, particularly after the assassination of president Jovenel Moïse in July of 2021.
For gamers like Dumornay, Saturday’s recreation was an opportunity to carry some pleasure to the individuals of her nation and present these watching around the globe what she and her teammates are able to undertaking.
They can have at the least two extra possibilities to take action after they play in opposition to China in Adelaide subsequent Friday and in opposition to Denmark in Perth, on Australia’s west price, on Aug. 1.
“We know that together we can do a lot,” Durmornay stated. “If we can do that against England, we can do anything against anyone.”
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