USA stunned by Jessie Fleming penalty as Canada reach Olympic soccer final
by Suzanne Wrack at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium from US news | The Guardian on (#5MW4P)
- Semi-final: USA 0-1 Canada (Fleming 74pen)
- VAR awards penalty as Canada beat neighbours after 20 years
Canada's manager, Bev Priestman, said the team's historic victory against USA was absolutely" the best moment of her career and that her players have got to believe we can do something really really special" in the final, where they face Sweden.
We were clear we wanted to change the colour of the medal and we knew it was a massive task," said Priestman, who was most recently assistant to Phil Neville with England but has managed Canada youth teams. For the programme it sets us up nicely to be able to keep pushing forward but we're going into this final to get a gold medal."
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