Kyra Cooney-Cross has marked her fiftieth cap with a marvel aim and Clare Hunt additionally netted a maiden worldwide header to present Australia probably the most unlikely, party-pooping 2-1 conquer Germany in Duisburg.
The 26,000-strong crowd had come to pay an emotional farewell to their departing heroine Alexandra Popp on the MSV Area on Monday night (Tuesday AEDT) however ended up having applaud an excellent piece of party-pooping by Arsenal midfielder Cooney-Cross who fired residence a first-half equaliser from all of 40 yards.
It was an astounding strike towards the run of play six minutes earlier than half-time after Selina Cerci’s fifth-minute opener for the dominant hosts.
But although Germany continued to largely run the present all through, the never-say-die Matildas held agency, grew stronger and pounced once more, central defender Hunt heading residence a winner from captain Steph Catley’s nook within the 79th minute.
It earned Australia their first win towards the world’s No.4 facet Germany in 19 years, and solely the second victory of their historical past over one in all soccer’s powerhouse nations.
The primary worldwide targets for the 2 London-based Matildas additionally conjured up a outstanding triumph for caretaker boss Tom Sermanni’s facet, who had been hammered by Germany 3-0 in Marseille throughout their woeful Olympics marketing campaign simply three months in the past.
The massive win got here after that they had drawn 1-1 towards Switzerland in one other pleasant on Friday.
