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USA edge Germany in extra time to reach Olympic women's football final
Sophia Smith scored the winning goal in extra time as the United States beat Germany 1-0 on Tuesday to advance to the Olympic women's football final.
Smith settled a close-fought but poor semi-final in Lyon by firing past Germany goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger to finally break the deadlock five minutes into extra time.
The USA, record four-time gold medallists, will go to Paris for the final on Saturday against either World Cup holders Spain or Brazil, who play their last-four tie later.
Germany, who won gold in 2016, can still claim the consolation of bronze as they stay in Lyon for the third-place play-off on Friday against the loser of the second semi-final.
The Germans had been the more accomplished side in normal time although quality was desperately lacking in the final third from both teams on a stiflingly hot day.
Emma Hayes's USA, meanwhile, played at a level far removed from their clinical display in beating Germany 4-1 in the group stage in Marseille.
However, once again the quality of their attack made the difference.
In Saturday's quarter-final win over Japan, it was right-winger Trinity Rodman who scored the only goal of the game in extra time.
This time it was Smith who was the match-winner, firing past Berger after being picked out by a Mallory Swanson through ball.
It was a third goal at the tournament for the Colorado-born forward who will turn 24 on the day of the final -- her other two strikes came against Germany in the group stage.
Contrast that cutting edge with Germany, who were dealt a serious double blow ahead of the game when ill captain Alexandra Popp and the injured Lea Schueller, the two most prolific and experienced goal-scorers in their squad, were ruled out.
The Americans had chances in the 90 minutes, including from a late Lindsey Horan header that was kept out by Berger.
Swanson even had the ball in the net, although she was well offside and the flag was raised early.
But they found a way through in extra time, and Smith was then only denied a second goal by a good Berger save.
There was drama right at the death, with USA goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher saving at close range to deny Laura Freigang an equaliser before Smith almost got a second on the break.
The USA won the last of their four women's football gold medals at London 2012. They claimed bronze three years ago in Tokyo and were also silver medallists in 2000.
Germany, whose coach Horst Hrubesch was in charge of the men's team that won silver in Rio in 2016, will now hope to leave with Olympic bronze for the fourth time.
L.Harper--AMWN