Spain's Women's World Cup final victory over England reached over 5.54 million Australians.
Millions watched Sweden take out the Matildas for third place in the Women's World Cup final on the weekend. Even more watched Spain defeat England for the top spot.An average of 2.1 million tuned in to the Matildas' third place match against Sweden.Spain's Women's World Cup final victory over England reached over 5.54 million Australians on Seven, according to official OZTAM ratings.An average national audience of 3.08 million tuned in on Seven and 7plus, including 2.
They went down to England 3-1 in the semi-final, sending them into the third-place play-off against Sweden on Saturday. Foord clashed heads with Swedish captain Kosovare Asllani before half-time but soldiered on, sporting a bandaged head, for the entirety of the 2-0 loss in the bronze medal play-off.Foord also played in the Matildas' 4-3 loss to the US in the bronze medal play-off at the Tokyo Olympics and said the recent result was a case of deja vu."The exact same thing happened at the Olympics and it was my worst nightmare for that to happen again and it has happened again.
Coach Tony Gustavsson expected to have a largely stable group of players pushing for Olympic qualifiers, which start with games against Taiwan, Iran and the Philippines in Perth in October."A lot of these players are keen on staying for another major tournament together and I have no signals or any players about retirement or anything," he said.
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