Bet it's already old news but I'm still gonna blog about it. As we all know, Japan beat USA in the FIFA Women's World Cup few days back. It was an entertaining match. A nailbiting end to a fantastic match.
The trophy seemed to be heading back to the USA since 1999 but Japan had other ideas. It was 1-1 (goals from Alex Morgan and Aya Miyama) at 90 minutes. The game went into extra time and the US had taken the lead through Abby Wambach from a header yet again. She's huge and a tall striker which remided me of another legend from the women's football, Birgit Printz, a 3 time FIFA Women's World Player. Homare Sawa scored an exquisite equalizer 3 minutes from the end of extra time to rock the USA again. And they headed into penalties.
The USA had never miss a penalty for years (can't remember when was the last time they missed it). Defender Saki Kumagai had the honour of hitting home the decisive spot-kick as Japan triumphed 3-1 and claimed the crown and world's best after the devastation of tsunami not so long ago. I guess the USA will mostly be remembered for Hope Solo's fantastic efforts in goal and also gather thousand more fans for her beauty (I've been a fan of her since the Women's World Cup in 2007). Hehehe..
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