{"id":526712,"date":"2026-03-08T12:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/526712\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:14:08","slug":"as-it-happened-matildas-finish-second-in-group-after-3-3-draw-with-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/526712\/","title":{"rendered":"As it happened: Matildas finish second in group after 3-3 draw with South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marissa Lordanic<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Authors<\/p>\n<p>Mar 8, 2026, 07:00 PM<a data-behavior=\"copy_link\" data-social-tool=\"copy\" href=\"#\" data-social-type=\"content\" class=\"share-popup-link icon-font-before icon-chain-solid-before reactions-copy-link copy-link\" aria-label=\"Copy Link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772972048_17_check.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80.png\" alt=\"Copy Link\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><a data-social-tool=\"email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=As%20it%20happened%3A%20Matildas%20finish%20second%20in%20group%20after%203%2D3%20draw%20with%20South%20Korea&amp;body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com.au%2Ffootball%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F48138637\" data-social-type=\"content\" class=\"share-popup-link icon-font-before icon-email-solid-before email social-clicks-email\" aria-label=\"Email\">Email<\/a><a data-social-tool=\"print\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/print?id=48138637\" data-social-type=\"content\" class=\"share-popup-link print icon-font-before icon-print-solid-before page-action\" aria-label=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Print<\/a>Open Extended Reactions<\/p>\n<p>SYDNEY &#8212; Top spot in Group A belongs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/football\/team?id=17639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South Korea<\/a> after a 3-3 draw against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/football\/team?id=2751\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matildas<\/a> on matchday 3 of the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/football\/league\/_\/name\/afc.w.asian.cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Women&#8217;s Asian Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The teams exchanged goals in the first half before a second-half burst gave South Korea a 3-2 lead. They thought they had done enough to win until Alanna Kennedy equalised in the 98th minute. The result means South Korea will play their quarterfinal in Sydney, while the Matildas will travel to Perth.<\/p>\n<p>Catch up on up to date with all the action from Stadium Australia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#MatildasLiveBlog\">Live blog<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/football\/match\/_\/gameId\/401845590\/south-korea-australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gamecast<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/football\/story\/_\/id\/47892929\/womens-asian-cup-2026-how-watch-matildas-fixtures-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Asian Cup: How to watch, fixtures<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/soccer\/table\/_\/league\/afc.w.asian.cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Group tables<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more news, features, and updates, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/football\/league\/_\/name\/afc.w.asian.cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN&#8217;s 2026 Women&#8217;s Asian Cup homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marissa Lordanic Multiple Authors Mar 8, 2026, 07:00 PMEmailPrintOpen Extended Reactions SYDNEY &#8212; Top spot in Group A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-526712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}