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A LATE goal. Nothing worse in football than to lose by a goal in the dying embers of a match. For 90 minutes the team has defended brilliantly and just when you think you have grabbed a crucial point, it is ripped away from you just like that.
No, I am not talking about the Champions League final. I am of course talking about the Women’s World Cup opener, Canada taking on China.
A 92nd minute penalty was dispatched by Christine Sinclair to give the hosts the three points. It was a thrilling encounter, one that China would have thought they had done enough to get at least a point.
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