Wales edged closer to qualifying for their first major tournament, after coming from behind to beat Slovakia after extra time in Cardiff.
Rhian Wilkinson’s side trailed 2-1 following the first leg of their first-round tie in the Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs.
However, the Dragons levelled on aggregate in the 38th minute at the Cardiff City Stadium, with Jess Fishlock latching onto Angharad James-Turner’s throughball and neatly chipping Slovakia goalkeeper Maria Korenciova.
The offside flag denied Fishlock twice in the second half as the tie went to extra-time.
With eight minutes remaining, substitute Kayleigh Barton raced away and struck the post, but Ceri Holland was there to drill home the rebound, with the goal awarded following a VAR review.
What a moment#ForHer | #TogetherStronger pic.twitter.com/BSSfGHyix7
— Wales(@Cymru) October 29, 2024
The Republic of Ireland will face Wales in the second round of the play-offs after the Girls in Green wrapped up a 9-0 aggregate victory over Georgia.
Arsenal’s Frida Maanum scored four times as Norway’s 9-0 victory completed a 14-0 aggregate rout of Albania. The two-time champions set up a tie with Northern Ireland, after Lauren Wade’s extra-time winner edged out Croatia.
Sweden – semi-finalists in two of the last three European Championships – were 12-0 aggregate winners over Luxembourg. Next up for them is a clash with Serbia, who beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-3.
Scotland are also through to the final qualifying round, with their 4-0 win over Hungary wrapping up an overall 5-0 victory. They will face Finland, who were 6-0 aggregate victors over Montenegro.
Source link : http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=672179941928406bbf4631d5b3052ebb&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.soccernews.com%2Fwales-advance-to-final-euro-2025-qualifying-round-after-fighting-back-to-deny-slovakia%2F377729%2F&c=10248972121933114986&mkt=en-us
Author :
Publish date : 2024-10-29 16:17:00
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.