Canada’s dreams of winning a fourth consecutive medal at the Olympics were dashed in heartbreaking fashion on Saturday. In the Olympic quarterfinals, the Tokyo 2020 gold medalists lost to Germany on penalties 4-2 after 120 scoreless minutes of play.
The reigning champions created chances — taking 23 shot attempts with five on target — but were unable to score as their finishing was lacking and Germany goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger had a strong showing.
The goals that had helped Canada come from behind against New Zealand and France in the group stage weren’t there. A pair of timely match-winners from center back Vanessa Gilles had helped propel Canada to the knockout stage, but that’s where Canada’s scoring ended.
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