Vanessa Gilles scored the winning goal in injury time as the Canadian women's soccer team defeated France 2-1 at the Paris Games
UpdatedSAINT-ETIENNE, France — The Canadian women's soccer team is still alive at the Paris Games after a stunning 2-1 comeback win over host France on Sunday night.
Marie-Antoinette Katoto scored in the 42nd minute for the host side and captain Jessie Fleming tallied for Canada in the 58th minute. The scandal has hung over the Canadian team all week as the squad prepared to defend the Olympic title it won three years ago in Tokyo.The lively crowd in Saint-Etienne delivered strong cheers for both sides before the game on a muggy summer evening.
Katoto flashed some slick footwork before opening the scoring. She cut inside on two Canadian defenders and slotted a low ball through Gilles' legs that beat Kailen Sheridan inside the post. Peyraud-Magnin was hit in the face by a sliding defender and taken off the field on a stretcher. She was replaced by Constance Picaud.
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