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The final script

Brazil, USA set up date

AFP, Athens
The United States are just one ma-tch away from farewelling their ageing football heroines with an Olympic gold
medal after sco-ring a dramatic semifinal win over world champions Germany on Monday.
Standing in their way in the final will be Brazil, who beat Sweden 1-0 in the other semi-final thanks to a Pretinha goal in the 64th minute.
Thursday's final at Karaiskaki Stadium in Athens will be a replay of an ill-tempered clash in the group stages of the tournament, which the United States won 2-0.
On Monday at Heraklio Stadium in Crete, the US women upset the tournament favourites 2-1, but only after the match was forced into extra time when Isabell Bachor equalised for the
Germans two minutes into injury time.
Midfielder Kristine Lilly scored for the United States in the 33rd minute and the Americans looked to be comfortably in control until Bachor scored.
The United States appeared rattled in the first few minutes of extra time, especially when teenager Heather O'Reilly hit the post after beating German keeper Silke Rottenberg and facing an open goal from 15 yards.
But in the 99th minute the undisputed superstar of American and world women's football, Mia Hamm, stepped in to resolve matters, making an aggressive drive towards goal, then crossing sharply in and allowing O'Reilly to score.
"I am so proud to be on this team," Hamm, 32, said after the win.
"We are ready to win the gold medal, as a team we are really confident that we can make it."
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Lilly paid tribute to O'Reilly after the match for regaining her composure after her easy miss to score the winning goal.
"She was magnificent. She didn't give up even when she lost a great chance to score. She continued to try and she scored the goal that have us victory," Lilly said.
However victory celebrations were dampened by an apparent ankle injury to captain Julie Foudy, who hobbled off the field midway through the second half after Bachor heavily tackled her.
US coach April Heinrichs told reporters Foudy's injury would force her to miss the final.
For Hamm, Lilly, Joy Fawcett and some of the other members of the 1996 gold medal winning team, Thursday's final will most likely be their last Olympic match.
Together they formed the core of one of the most successful women's football units the game has seen, with Team USA winning the 1991 and 1999 World Cup titles, as well as the silver medal in the Sydney Olympics.
Foudy, who made her debut as a 17-year-old in 1988, has also been an integral member of the enduring group of stars. But her dream of walking off the pitch with a second Olympic gold now appears over.