Matildas relive shootout glory for national portrait

Soccer

Jun 05 2025 Updated June 5, 2025

Dan Ryan

The nail biting penalty shootout from the 2023 World Cup tilt by the Matildas will be immortalised. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

By AAP/Liz Hobday

A tribute to the Matildas' nail-biting World Cup shootout, a moment that captured the nation, has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery.

The Matildas' 2023 World Cup quarter-final triumph against France, which ended with a history-making penalty shootout, will be commemorated with an artwork at the National Portrait Gallery.

The Matildas' 7-6 triumph on penalties made t...

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