"Hat-tricks" are not uncommon in the football world, but "oolong hat-tricks" are rare in football, and such a mysterious thing happened in an international women's football warm-up match on the morning of February 21, Beijing time. As one of the host teams of the 2023 Fiend Women's World Cup, new Zealand women's team lost 0-5 away to world champions The United States. In the game, New Zealand's main defender Mekayla Morgan staged a different "hat trick" in a self-inflicted manner. More dramatically, Morgan scored three goals with his right foot, head and left foot.
February 14-23 is the international matchday cycle of this year's FIFA women's national team. During this time, fifa member association women's football teams (national teams) have participated in friendly or warm-up matches. The annual "SheBelieves Cup" women's four-nation tournament was held in California, California, and Texas, USA. In addition to the host team, the U.S. women's soccer team, the Czech women's soccer team, the Icelandic women's soccer team and the New Zealand women's soccer team were invited to participate in this year's event as a away team. Because the U.S. women's soccer team is undergoing a personnel replacement and recruiting a number of young players, the U.S. Football Association did not invite the top international women's soccer teams such as Germany and the Netherlands to participate in the tournament.
In the second round of the match on February 20, Local Time in the United States, Beijing time on the 21st, the U.S. women's soccer team met with the New Zealand team. Even better than the two-sided confrontation, however, was Moore's surprising performance. Moore, who currently plays for the Women's Football Team of Liverpool in England, scored a different "hat-trick" in the 5th, 6th and 36th minutes of the game. After such an embarrassment, the 25-year-old Moore was emotionally devastated, and she was also substituted four minutes before the end of the first half. In the second half of the game, the United States scored two more goals, locking the score of the match to "5-0". Since the United States was unexpectedly forced to draw 0-0 by the Czech team in the last round, this victory eased the pressure on the shoulders of the whole team to some extent.
After the match, New Zealand women's football coach Kolinkova said: "Any footballer, no matter what type of game he or she plays, has the potential to experience great or bad moments. Today, what happened to Moore is frustrating. She herself was inevitably surrounded by sadness and disappointment. But she was always one of the most trusted players on the team, the team never doubted her, and all of us will continue to support her after the game. ”
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao