Afrigather Haiti made soccer historical past on Wednesday after the ladies’s crew reached the finals for the primary time after defeating Chile 2-1 in an inter-continental playoff in Auckland, New Zealand.
Melchie Dumornay scored twice for Haiti earlier than Chile’s Maria Rojas scored in stoppage time to chop the result in a single purpose.
“I will not cease saying it! I’m so glad for having certified for this World Cup.
We made historical past. We’re very glad. We all know that this qualification means quite a bit to the Haitian folks. We’re very glad to be within the World Cup“, reacted Haiti midfielder Melchie Dumornay.
Ranked fifty fifth on this planet, Haiti will be part of England, Denmark and China in Group D on the Ladies’s World Cup going down in Australia and New Zealand from July twentieth to August twentieth.
“It was a fairly unimaginable match. And it was additionally troublesome. So robust and intense moments through the sport and a few that weren’t intense in any respect. We knew we needed to keep compact, enjoying collectively to be stronger. We additionally knew that we have now very quick and excessive expert gamers who might make a distinction. We additionally knew that we needed to play within the rival’s space to make the distinction. And I’m actually glad as a result of I scored two targets”, concluded Melchie Dumornay.
Haiti and Portugal have taken two of the final three locations on the World Cup.
Dumornay was just lately signed by seven-time Champions League winners Lyon.
