ALGARVE WOMEN'S CUP 2018 - Event Date: 28/February/2018 - 07/March/2018

Tom, can you check that link please? Ta muchly.

They changed some of the games for Monday which I failed to spot earlier

Monday's revised fixtures :

In Albufeira : Iceland v Netherlands ko 1540hrs then Australia v China at 1900
In Lagos : Korea v Canada at 1500
In Parchal : Sweden v Russia 1500
in Algarve Stadium : Japan v Denmark 1540 and Portugal v Norway 1900

Day two results Group A

Portugal 0-0 Australia

China PR 0 – 2 Norway

Group B

Russia 0 – 1 Canada
Sweden 1 – 1 Korea Republic

Group C

Japan 2 – 1 Iceland
Denmark 2 – 3 Netherlands

Netherlands are the only team to have won both games, so there is plenty to play for in Monday's final round of games.

Went to Japan v Iceland yesterday. Japan were the usual busy and efficient selves, Iceland were pretty poor. If Japan's finishing had been better, they could have had two or three more. Iceland's only goal was a close range hit following probably the only mistake Japan's defence made, failing to react quickly enough when a corner actually went wrong and the ball fell into space.

The game was livened up by one heavy shower and it was very windy throughout. The pitch was in very good condition, considering the amount of rain and that two games were played there on Wednesday.

Pictures - Iceland in blue.

Good game yesterday afternoon in Albufeira between Iceland and Netherlands, watched by a crowd of several hundred, mostly Dutch. Iceland were much better thn what we saw on Friday. Although Netherlands had most of the ball, they could not get past a resolute Icelandic defence. They did hit the post late on, but before that had wasted chance after chance. Too many players opted for yet another pass when a shot would have been a better idea. Not a bad game overall despite the 0-0 score and certainly worth the free admission.

I shall be there for Portugal v Australia tomorrow.

Note that this year the final is in Parchal and not the Algarve Stadium, as has been the case recently.