Summary of the Women's World Cup: Canada stands out from Cameroon while Argentina marks a historic point

The Women's World Cup is in its fourth matchday on Monday as teams D and E compete for the best start.

Argentina surprised the world by scoring an incredible point against Japan, before Canada won a tough victory against Cameroon.

Argentina 0-0 Japan

On Monday, the spirits around the Argentine encampment were weak. They had lost the six matches of their previous World Cup match in their history and had to take up the challenge of resisting Japan, winner of the tournament in 2011 and beaten finalist last time.

Possession wise, it happened exactly as you wanted. Japan completely dominated the ball, while Argentina sat and defended its life. They did not exactly park the bus, but they did not really have any other choice.

A flawless stay

The labor rate of Argentina is to be credited with the fact that there was not a single shot squared in the first half and, although Japan was on the point to open the mark after the break, he simply has not managed to find the way.

Japan's Yui Hasegawa and Yuika Sugasawa missed two good scoring opportunities, but Argentina held out as she clung to win her first point in the history of the FIFA World Cup. world.

The tournament has already been a success for Argentina, while Japan must react if it wants to avoid sinking into crisis. Reaching a third consecutive World Cup final was their goal for the summer, but now they have a real job to do to keep that dream alive.

Canada 1-0 Cameroon

Like Argentina, Cameroon faced its own unenviable challenge. Canada 's opponents were one of the favorites before the tournament. Cameroon had to work hard to try to keep them at bay.

While the odds were small, Canada's persistence eventually paid off at half-time, as did Lyon. Kadeisha Buchanan was shown the highest to go home after a bend to take her team to the top of Group E, before the Netherlands meet New Zealand on Tuesday.

Claudine Meffometou almost equalized her head, but Cameroon rarely seemed to threaten Canada's goal.

At the other end, all eyes were on veteran striker Christine Sinclair, who needed only three goals to equal Abby Wambach's record of 184 strikes. The 35-year-old opened her head very early, before her deflected effort was erased by Meffometou in the darkness of the match, so her search for such important goals continues.

As Director of Canada Kenneth Heiner-Moller will be concerned about the absence of threat from his team's goal, the important being the result. Three points, that is three points, and they avoided any risk of reaching their hopes of qualification.