Two spots are up for grabs in Group F with three teams tightly chasing them.

Jamaica vs. Brazil

Brazil must win this match to keep away from elimination, as a result of it may well’t depend on Panama, the worst group within the group, to beat France. But Jamaica has its sights set on the spherical of 16, too, and it may well advance with a win or a draw.

“I think the players are liking Australia,” Jamaica Coach Lorne Donaldson mentioned. “They like it here. They see some kangaroos. So we want to stay a little bit longer.”

His feedback got here after the Reggae Girlz, because the group is understood, earned a scoreless draw in opposition to France and their first-ever World Cup win, over Panama.

For the Brazilian star Marta, 37, who has been the face of her nationwide group for nearly 20 years, a deep run on this match may very well be her final likelihood to go away her mark on worldwide soccer.

Panama vs. France

This might be Panama’s remaining match on this World Cup after losses to Brazil and Jamaica. France is presently tied with Jamaica for first place in Group F, and a win will assist its probabilities of coming away because the group winner.

The French entered this World Cup as an elite group working by means of adversity after their earlier coach was ousted in March and their new coach, Hervé Renard, stepped in regardless of by no means having coached a girls’s group.

After a scoreless draw in opposition to Jamaica in its opener, France reignited its hopes of contending deep into the match with a 2-1 win over Brazil by which it grabbed the winner on a Wendie Renard header within the 83rd minute.