Jill Roord on target as Dutch march past South Africa in last 16

Jill Roord scored her fourth purpose of the match because the Netherlands marched into the quarterfinals of the 2023 FIFA Ladies’s World Cup with a 2-0 win over South Africa at Sydney Soccer Stadium on Sunday.

Roord’s header gave her facet an early lead and Lineth Beerensteyn added the second purpose courtesy of a goalkeeping error within the second half to safe the Dutch a date with Spain in Wellington on Friday.

The 54th-ranked African champion by no means gave up the battle in its first look within the World Cup knockout stage and was all the time a menace on the break by means of lone striker Thembi Kgatlana.