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L’équipe nationale féminine du Canada est arrivée à Chengdu aujourd’hui en vue de son troisième match de ronde préliminaire de la Coupe du Monde Féminine de la FIFA 2007 en Chine. Le Canada affrontera l’Australie à son dernier match au sein du Groupe C au stade du Centre sportif de Chengdu. Les Canadiennes doivent gagner ce match pour passer à la ronde suivante.
Through 15 September, all 16 teams have played their first two matches at the FIFA Women’s World Cup China 2007. Here is a group-by-group look at the standings.
OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – En date du 15 septembre 2007, toutes les 16 équipes participant à la Coupe du Monde Féminine de la FIFA, Chine 2007, ont terminé leurs deux premiers matchs du calendrier. Voici les classements généraux par groupe.
Groupe A (Matchs gagnés/nuls/perdus/points)
Allemagne (Deutschland) 1-1-0/4
Japon (Nihon) 1-1-0/4
Angleterre (England) 0-2-0/2
Argentine (Argentina) 0-0-2/0
Listen to coach Even Pellerud
Canada’s women’s national team will face Ghana tomorrow in their second game at the FIFA Women’s World Cup China 2007. The match will be played at 17.00 at the Hangzhou Dragon Stadium and will be televised live on CBC (4.45 ET or 1.35 PT).
Both Canada and Ghana lost their opening match of the tournament, so a victory is of the utmost importance. Canada lost 1:2 to Norway (Norge) while Ghana lost 1:4 to Australia. This will be the second-ever meeting between Canada and Ghana, although the first at a FIFA competition.
L’équipe nationale féminine du Canada affrontera le Ghana demain à son deuxième match de la Coupe du Monde Féminine de la FIFA 2007 en Chine. Cette rencontre sera disputée à 17 h (heure locale) au stade Dragon de Hangzhou et sera télédiffusée en direct sur les ondes de la télévision anglaise de Radio-Canada (4 h 45, heure de l’Est ou 1 h 35, heure du Pacifique).
Listen to coach Even Pellerud
Canada’s women’s national team had a light training session today at the Zhejiang College of Sports in Hangzhou. The women are in between matches at the FIFA Women’s World Cup China 2007. After a 1:2 loss to Norway (Norge) on Wednesday night, they are now preparing for their match against Ghana on Saturday (15 September).
Starters from the previous night’s match had a light workout while the rest of the players were able to do more in training. The coaches were also split up: two coaches went to the training session while two coaches stayed back at the hotel to review match video of their most recent game and their upcoming opponent, Ghana. Ghana lost their opening match 1:4 to Australia last night.
Écoutez les propos de l’entraîneur-chef Even Pellerud
L’équipe nationale canadienne féminine senior a bénéficié d’une séance d’entraînement légère aujourd’hui au Collège de formation sportive de Zhejiang, à Hangzhou. L’équipe féminine se trouve entre des matchs de la Coupe du Monde Féminine de la FIFA, Chine 2007. À la suite de sa défaite contre la Norvège (Norge) par un score de 1 à 2, mercredi soir, les joueuses se préparent actuellement en vue d’affronter leur prochain adversaire, à savoir le Ghana. Ce match aura lieu samedi prochain, soit le 15 septembre.
Le onze du départ du match de la veille a fait un court décrassage, alors que les autres joueuses ont été mises davantage à l’épreuve. Les entraîneurs se sont aussi séparés. Deux ont organisé la séance d’entraînement, alors que les deux autres sont restés à l’hôtel pour revoir la bande vidéo du match du match contre la Norvège et visionner le dernier match de leur adversaire, le Ghana. Le Ghana a perdu au cours de son match d’ouverture hier soir, s’inclinant par un score de 1 à 4 devant l’Australie.
On the second day of the FIFA Women’s World Cup China 2007, all six
countries in action put a point on the board. Japan and England played
to a 1:1 draw in Shanghai while in Chengdu the United States and DPR
Korea played to a 2:2 draw and Nigeria and Sweden (Sverige) played to
a 1:1 draw.
In the United States-DPR Korea match, two-time champions United States
opened the scoring in the 50th minute with a goal by Abby Wambach. The
North Koreans countered with goals by Kil Son Hui (58′) and Kim Yong
Ae (62′) before Heather O’Reilly equalised in the 69th minute.
The Americans have four remaining world champions from their USA 1999
run, including captain Kristine Lilly who was also a champion at China
1991. Lilly is the first five-time player at the FIFA Women’s World
Cup. Lilly, Kate Markgraf and Christie Rampone were all starters while
Briana Scurry was the back-up goaltender. Goalscorer O’Reilly,
meanwhile, is one of four alumni from the FIFA U-19 Women’s World
Championship Canada 2007. Lori Chalupny was also in the lineup while
Leslie Osborne and Lindsay Tarpley did not feature.
Canada’s women’s national team had their final practice tonight in Hangzhou
before their opening match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup tomorrow. The
Canucks had a closed training session at the Hangzhou Dragon Stadium, the same place they will face Norway at 20.00 in the second of two Group C
matches on Wednesday night.
Canada is taking part in its fourth-straight FIFA Women’s World Cup
this year. Their Group C opponents are Norway, Ghana (15 September)
and Australia (19 September). Canada has never defeated Norway in eight tries, although they do have two draws. Norway is currently listed fourth in the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Rankings while Canada is listed ninth.
