Jessica Silva’s equaliser ensured the battle of the Team C underdogs ended all sq. as Portugal fought again from from 2- down against Switzerland to consider a position.
Trailing to targets from Coumba Sow and Rahel Kiwic within the opening 5 minutes at Leigh Athletics Village, Francisco Neto’s facet, only at the finals as a outcome of Russia’s expulsion, hit back by means of Diana Gomes and Silva to claim a 2-2 attract.
They may have taken all a few factors experienced substitute Telma Encarnacao not been thwarted by a post at the death.
With defending champions Netherlands and Sweden to arrive, that could not be more than enough to development with both equally teams realizing prior to kick-off the video game was basically a have to-earn affair.
Switzerland, who experienced skipper Lia Walti successful her 100th cap, received off to a desire start off when, with scarcely a moment gone, Sow latched on to a unfastened ball 25 yards out and smashed a shot across the scrambling keeper Ines Pereira and within the much put up.
Coumba Sow is congratulated after opening the scoring for Switzerland
Pereira was choosing the ball out of her web for a next time with much less than 5 minutes long gone following defender Kiwic experienced timed her run completely to fulfill Ramona Bachmann’s absolutely free-kick and head dwelling.
The shell-shocked Portuguese slowly labored their way into the sport with striker Silva outstanding, but they rarely appeared like decreasing the deficit as the Swiss defence – marshalled by Bachmann and Viola Calligaris – held agency with little real issues.
Silva fired above seven minutes next the restart just after turning neatly on the edge of the box, but her side’s plight may possibly have worsened seconds later on when Bachmann discovered room on the still left but fired throughout the encounter of aim with Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic begging in vain for a pull-again.
Jessica Silva celebrates scoring Portugal’s equaliser
Having said that, Portugal ended up back in it with 58 minutes gone when, immediately after Swiss keeper Gaelle Thalmann experienced manufactured a wonderful save to continue to keep out Gomes’ business header from Ana Borges’ corner, the central defender bundled the rebound above the line.
They were being stage inside of 8 minutes when Silva received ahead of Calligaris to use a chic finish to Tatiana Pinto’s cross.
Dolores Silva observed a 70th-minute absolutely free-kick crushed away by Thalmann and Diana Silva handed up two good possibilities just before Switzerland’s Geraldine Reuteler and Sow were being denied a winner by the woodwork and complete-back Catarina Amado respectively.
But Encarnacao was similarly unlucky not to snatch victory with two minutes remaining when her shot arrived again off the write-up.
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