Germany’s golden objective: Women’s World Cup Moment No. 8

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The “golden objective” didn’t have a especially long or fascinating history at the World Cup upuntil the 2003 FIFA Wprophecy’s World Cup last, and it’s safe to presume Sweden would haveactually been completely material had things remained that method.

Before 2003, just 4 males’s groups had ever lost on a golden objective in the World Cup knockout phase: Paraguay, Italy, Senegal and Sweden. Sweden’s females’s endedupbeing the veryfirst and just females’s group to lose on a golden objective at the 2003 Women’s World Cup, and the veryfirst and just group to lose the last since of the guideline.

To include insult to injury, FIFA stopped utilizing the golden objective following the 2003 Women’s World Cup. Germany isworthyof all the credit for capitalizing on the chance, however Sweden looks truly unfortunate in hindsight.