[1/5] Soccer Football - FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 - Quarter Final - Australia v France - Brisbane Stadium , Brisbane, Australia - August 12, 2023 Australia celebrate after winning the penalty shootout and progressing to the semi finals of the World Cup REUTERS/Asanka Brendon... Read moreBRISBANE, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Co-hosts Australia beat France 7-6 in a dramatic penalty shootout to reach the last four of the Women's World Cup for the first time after their quarter-final finished deadlocked at 0-0 following extra time on Saturday. "I would like to congratulate my players for the performance they pulled off today against the entire nation," said France coach Herve Renard. What a game, in normal time, in extra time and then during the penalty shootout." France weathered the storm triggered by the introduction of the Australia skipper, however, and their 19-year-old substitute Becho was soon threatening down the other end. The last quarter of an hour of normal time was a tense but ragged affair with half chances at both ends, a theme reprised in the first half of extra time.

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Persons: Asanka Brendon, Read, Mackenzie Arnold, Vicki Becho, Solene Durand, Arnold, Kenza Dali, France, Herve Renard, Maelle, Les, Mary Fowler, Elisa de Almeida, Matildas, Sam Kerr, Hayley Raso, Pauline Peyraud, Magnin, Becho, Australia's Alanna Kennedy, Wendy Renard, Caitlin Foord, Nick Mulvenney, Clare Fallon Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, Brisbane, World, Australia, France, England, Sweden, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Australia, France, Brisbane, BRISBANE, Colombia, Spain, Auckland