New Zealand defeated Norway in their opening match of the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP.

New Zealand win against Norway in front of the biggest crowd to watch a football match in their country, this is their first-ever win in a world cup match they waited 32 years for this moment, they played 15 matches but never tasted a win. Wilkinson was the hero as her 48th-minute goal gave her side the three points, it could have been worse for Norway on goal difference but Percival missed her 90th-minute penalty.

Heartbreak for Norway as they came into the match as the favorite, they haven’t won any game in five matches, Norway was one of the superpowers of women’s football but it looks like Norwegian women’s football has declined. They need to win their next game and put up a better performance if they want to progress from the group.

New Zealand would be full of belief that they can qualify from their group with the crowd’s backing and if they do their homework in the remaining two matches of the group as they did in this match.