Debutants Zambia claimed their first ever victory at the Women's World Cup with a 3-1 win over Costa Rica at Waikato Stadium on Monday, although both teams were already out of contention for the knockout stage. Zambia, whose first two games ended in 5-0 hammerings, finished third in Group C, with Japan top after their…
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Debutants Zambia claimed their first ever victory at the Women's World Cup with a 3-1 win over Costa Rica at Waikato Stadium on Monday, although both teams were already out of contention for the knockout stage.
the group stages continue with japan taking on costa rica in under an hour. spain play tournament debutants zambia. and olympic gold medallists canada face off against the republic of ireland. live now to our reporter katie silver, who s in sydney. thanks so much forjoining us, it s a big game with japan versus costa rica. of course japan recently beat zambia 5 0, costa rica losing to spain, so the pressure is on costa rica? that s right, so these are the major games in group c. you mentioned the scores, these are the second games, and as a result it appears that group c is emerging as two strong favourites, and two underdogs that will have to really bring it if they want to keep their place in the comfort addition. but this is a world cup, anything could happen. so the first game is japan against costa rica. we saw the