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Australia’s Matildas have been knocked out of the women’s football at Rio in dramatic circumstances, losing a penalty shoot-out to Brazil.
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Final score
Matilda 0 (6)
Brazil 0 (7)
Australia head into the quarter-finals this morning with their medal hopes on the line against the host nation Brazil. Follow all the live highlights and action from 11am (AEST) on The Roar.
Australia are heading into the game off the back of a very shaky group stage that saw them just sneak through by one point in the end.
An unexpected loss to Canada in their tournament opener, then a fighting draw against world number 2 Germany left Australia sitting at the wrong end of the table.
The Matildas were teetering on the edge of elimination coming into their final game, but a massive six goals to one romp of Zimbabwe and a loss for New Zealand over in Group G got them into the final eight.
Contrastingly, host nation Brazil finished the group stages on top of their pool and second overall without a loss from their three games.
Despite their dominant performance to pick up two wins from the first two outings, Brazil were dealt a shock nil-all draw by a team ranked 44 spots beneath them, South Africa.
The Matildas have struggled immensely throughout the group stages, much more than expected, but coming into the game off a 6-1 win will do them wonders for their confidence.
Just as South Africa’s scoreless draw with Brazil will dig into the hosts and put them on the backfoot.