Australia suffered a shock defeat to Nigeria as the African side stunned the World Cup co-hosts with a 3-2 victory at Brisbane Stadium.
Emily van Egmond, scorer of the opening goal, has spoken to Channel Seven in Australia.
Unfortunately the result didn’t go our way. We had so many chances but it was one of those nights we couldn’t get the ball in the back of the net. The last four or five minutes shows what the team is about, never say die attitude. We will be looking to take that into the next game.
Tonight wasn’t our night. I think we had the most possession, we looked to control the game in areas – and I would love to see what the percentage of our ball retention in the opposition’s final third was, we were down there quite a bit. At the end of the day it’s about putting the ball in the back of the net. Unfortunately we were short tonight. I have full faith in the group of girls. We have such a great bunch. We’ve been in this situation many times before. I’m positive that we can go out and definitely get the win against Canada.
We win together, we lose together, no matter what your role is on the team, everyone’s so valued within the team. We are going to need every single player, every single 23 of us, support staff included, to get us over the line against Canada.
We hear every single one of the Australian fans in the stadium. We are so humbled to have you guys out here supporting us. We will need you guys against Canada. It’s a massive game for us. If we want to get out of the group we have to turn it on. I can’t wait to see what Melbourne is about. We look forward to that game now.
