
The Netherlands ended South Africa’s dream at the 2023 Women’s World Cup after beating them effortlessly at the price of the final
The Netherlands beat South Africa by two goals to none to advance to the quarterfinals of the women’s World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand.
Ruurd gave the Netherlands an early lead (9), translating her team’s good performance in the first half.
The Netherlands took control of the meeting and tried to kill the match with a second goal, which was achieved in the 68th minute thanks to Bernstein.
South Africa had made a surprise by coming out of the seventh group as runners-up to both Italy and Argentina, while the Netherlands continued their superiority after topping the fifth group against the strong United States.