The Hockeyroos\u2019 World Cup campaign will go down to the wire after Australia fought back to secure a 1-1 draw against China in a tense Pool E encounter.<\/p>\n
In a tightly contested opening quarter, China applied plenty of pressure but neither side was able to create a clear-cut opportunity in front of goal as the scores remained locked at 0-0.<\/p>\n
Australia were dealt a concerning blow when Sarah Byrnes was struck in the head by the ball, forcing her from the field in the arms of the team\u2019s medical staff.<\/p>\n
The Hockeyroos began to create more opportunities in the second quarter, earning two penalty corners, but were unable to find a way through a disciplined Chinese defence.<\/p>\n
With neither side able to break the deadlock, the teams headed into half-time locked at 0-0.<\/p>\n
Australia opened the third quarter on the front foot and immediately earned another penalty corner, coming close to opening the scoring before China\u2019s defence scrambled to deny the Hockeyroos.<\/p>\n
Despite Australia controlling much of the possession, it was China who struck first.<\/p>\n
A penalty corner in the 39th minute provided the breakthrough, with Ying Zhang converting to hand China a 1-0 advantage heading into the final quarter.<\/p>\n
With their World Cup campaign hanging in the balance, the Hockeyroos pushed hard for an equaliser.<\/p>\n
Three consecutive penalty corners from Claire Colwill piled the pressure on the Chinese defence before Australia\u2019s fourth opportunity resulted in a penalty stroke.<\/p>\n
Abi Wilson stepped up and calmly converted from the spot in the 48th minute, bringing the Hockeyroos level at 1-1 and setting up a frantic finish.<\/p>\n
Australia continued to push for a winner and with just 40 seconds remaining, Courtney Schonell earned the Hockeyroos one final penalty corner.<\/p>\n
However, the opportunity broke down and Australia were unable to find the decisive goal before the final whistle, with the points shared at 1-1.<\/p>\n
The draw sees Australia walk away with one point from their Pool E clash, requiring a win against India and the Netherlands games to go their way for them to progress to the semi finals.<\/p>\n
Final Score: Australia 1-1 China<\/p>\n
Australia Goals:
Abi Wilson (48\u2019 PS)<\/p>\n
China Goals:
Ying Zhang (39\u2019 PC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hockeyroos\u2019 World Cup campaign will go down to the wire after Australia fought back to secure a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-863498","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\/863498","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=863498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}