![]() Perhaps a good omen for the Spanish, who head to Auckland for the semifinal against Sweden next.Īccording to Māori tradition, earthquakes are caused by the god Rūaumoko walking around below the Earth, so perhaps he was getting in position to watch this match too. Its epicentre was to the north west of the New Zealand capital at a depth of 170 kilometres. GeoNet, New Zealand's earthquake monitoring service, described the quake as delivering light shaking. Prior to the match kicking off in Wellington there was a rumbling that had nothing to do with the 32,021 fans heading to the Cake Tin.Ī magnitude-5.6 earthquake rattled Wellington an hour or so before kick-off. ![]() ![]() Spain may have gone on to win anyway, but at least van der Gragt could end her career without that handball on her conscience. Pushed forward as a last-resort by coach Andries Jonker, van der Gragt timed her run brilliantly to latch onto Victoria Pelova's through ball and thumped the ball home to level the scores and send the game to extra time. Ten minutes later though, she was the hero. It was her hand that the ball struck in the 81st minute to hand Spain the penalty that gave them a 1-0 lead. Only 30 years old, van der Gragt has played 107 times for the national team after a 10-year international career and will take up a coaching position with her former club AZ.ĭisappointingly, it appeared her career would end with her as the villain. Dutch defender Stefanie van der Gragt flagged that she would retire at the end of this World Cup, making this her final game for Die Oranje. Right in the heart of the city of Melbourne, for the first time in a Womens World Cup, Federation Square is set to transform into the Melbourne FIFA Fan. ![]()
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