‘Breath of fresh air’: Haiti qualify for first Women’s World Cup

Haiti beat Chile to qualify for first FIFA World Cup match, which might be hosted by New Zealand and Australia.

Haiti's Nerilia Mondesir celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates
Haiti's Nerilia Mondesir celebrates scoring a purpose with teammates [File: David Rowland/Reuters]

Haiti’s nationwide soccer crew has overwhelmed Chile 2-1 to safe the nation’s first-ever look at a FIFA Girls’s World Cup.

Melchie Dumornay scored twice throughout Wednesday’s match to make sure Fifty fifth-ranked Haiti will now play in Group D of the 2023 Girls’s World Cup alongside England, China and Denmark.

Previous to the 10-team qualifying match in New Zealand, midfielder Danielle Etienne advised ESPN “there’s lots of unhappiness within the nation and soccer is the enjoyment”.

Haiti has been hit with a raft of crises, with the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021 including to the nation’s insecurity amid a collection of pure disasters.

Most just lately, the United Nations human rights chief appealed to the worldwide neighborhood to contemplate deploying a specialised armed pressure to the nation to revive order as accounts of killings, raping and pillaging dedicated by influential gangs, who management giant swaths of the nation, have soared.

“Having the ability to qualify for the World Cup can be main,” Etienne stated. “We would like that for the nation as an entire, to have a breath of contemporary air and sort of step except for something occurring.”

Haiti is the primary of three groups to qualify for the finals throughout the intercontinental playoff.

Portugal will play Cameroon within the Group A playoff in a while Wednesday and Paraguay will play Panama on Thursday for the final locations within the 32-team match which might be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

Haitian gamers shed tears of pleasure when the ultimate whistle blew. They'd defeated Senegal 4-0 of their opening match.

On Twitter, Haiti’s soccer federation hailed the “unforgettable night for our Grenadières in Auckland”.

Star participant Dumornay, who was just lately signed by seven-time Champions League winners Lyon, gained the race to a by way of ball in first-half stoppage time to offer Haiti a 1-0 lead on the break.

She added one other purpose within the eighth of 11 minutes added on by the referee after Chile captain Christiane Endler had saved Nerilia Mondesir’s try from the penalty spot.

However Maria Jose Rojas scored within the eleventh minute of stoppage time to maintain Chile’s hopes alive – making a ultimate few moments of nerve-racking play.

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