{"id":342488,"date":"2023-10-29T08:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T09:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=342488"},"modified":"2023-10-29T10:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T10:00:58","slug":"matildas-stars-slot-hat-tricks-in-eight-goal-thumping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=342488","title":{"rendered":"Matildas stars slot hat-tricks in eight-goal thumping"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\ufeffhe Matildas<\/a> have sent their Olympic opponents a major statement, scoring a phenomenal 8-0 win over the Philippines<\/a> in qualifying.<\/p>\n

Perth's hometown hero Sam Kerr<\/a> scored a hat-trick, while Caitlin Foord also slotted three in a ruthless performance.<\/p>\n

Post-game, Kerr agreed that the match was an occasion where everything went right.<\/p>\n

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"Yeah I think so, but we've been training at this all week and the first game we had a few things to work on but I think everyone just came out here and gave 100 per cent, we worked our butts off today, that's for sure," she said on Paramount+.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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After missing out on a number of chances early, Mary Fowler was first on the scoresheet, hitting a pinpoint finish into the far post after 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

Kerr had her first four minutes later.<\/p>\n

\ufeffFoord then had her first half double with goals in the 30th and 33rd minutes before Kerr struck again right on half-time to make it 5-0.<\/p>\n

Twenty-five seconds into the second half, Kerr scored her hat-trick, heading a goal from close range.<\/p>\n

\"Fowler<\/p>\n

Ten minutes later, Foord had her third goal, dribbling from outside the box and slotting it home near post.<\/p>\n

The Matildas weren't done at 7-0 though, with substitute Clare Wheeler scoring the goal of the match from outside the box.<\/p>\n

"What a finish from Clare Wheeler, what a special moment,"\ufeff ex-Matilda Grace Gill said on Paramount+.\ufeff<\/p>\n

After Wheeler's 72nd-minute finish, the goals stopped with the Matildas finishing 8-0 winners.<\/p>\n

The only concern for the home side was Cortnee Vine leaving the field after \ufeffa 10-minute cameo and was pictured with ice on her hamstring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

T\ufeffhe Matildas have sent their Olympic opponents a major statement, scoring a phenomenal 8-0 win over the Philippines in qualifying. Perth's hometown hero Sam Kerr […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":342490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=342488"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342493,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342488\/revisions\/342493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/342490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=342488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=342488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=342488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}