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Ireland World Cup hopes hang by thread after Chile loss

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Ireland 0-1 Chile Ireland’s hope of reaching the World Cup knock-out stages are hanging by a thread after they fell to a 1-0 defeat to tournament debutantes Chile at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen.Ireland now must win on Wednesday against Germany and hope the Netherlands beat Chile - and the goal difference works in their favour - to make it out of Pool A.It was a day in which Ireland could not get the best out of their penalty corner attack as 10 setpieces went unconverted while the South American side whipped home the winner with 12 minutes to go via Denise Krimerman Losada.The first three quarters were scoreless, with Ireland unable to make full use of six penalty corners while Chile also were indisciplined, spending a third of the quarter short-handed due to cards.Sarah Torrans deflected a first-minute chance into the bottom corner but Katie Mullan’s cross from the left was deemed to have hit her back-stick.Mullan then had a backhand shot test Claudia Schuler before the South American side endured their first sin-binnings with less than 10 minutes gone as the match threatened to boil over.The first-quarter break allowed things settle and Chile did pick off a few strong counters with Domenica Ananias’ cross almost turned in by a diving Paula Valdivia.Ireland are trailing to this fourth-quarter Chilean goal with time running out #RTESport #HWC2022

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