sne Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 9 hours ago, robby b said: No wonder Spain were pre-tournament favourites, they pressed and passed so well, were clearly technically superior to us, really dominated the 1st half and then overall dominated the 2nd too, and without their two best players, who are both out injured! Great goals from England though and great mentality and determination to keep fighting. And then they got the 2021 Ballon d'Or winning player and captain Alexia Putellas injured just before the tournament having already gotten Jennifer Hermoso injured. She finished second in the Ballon d'Or race and scored 51 goals in 2021. Arguably the best attacker in the world. 'No wonder they looked a bit blunt going forward. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted July 21, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Zatman said: England also dont have Phil Neville managing like in 2019 Managing Inter Miami now. They had a friendly against Barcelona the other day which Phil called the biggest game in their (Miami's) history. He then played his own son and Beckham's son who have zero MLS minutes between them and got beaten 6-0 I plagiarised this post 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: I thought she was one of our better players. Couldn't get forward as much as usual as Spain had attackers doubling up on her. When they realised that Daly was the weak link on the other flank they switched, and LB was freed up to attack a bit more. Definitely a match won by astute tactical changes and correct substitutions. The Spanish feller was outthought by Wiegmann. I kind of agree. I'm a bit worried by both ladies at LB/LWB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted July 21, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2022 Another cracking game tonight. Germany leading but under all sorts of pressure at the moment from Austria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 One thing I like about his tournament is that the women seem to want to cross the ball into the box at the first opportunity. Not something I'm used to in the men's game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) Germany look really good, but Austria surprising me. Will be England’s biggest test by far if they meet in the final. edit; having said that Spain were favourites weren’t they? Although Germany look better Edited July 21, 2022 by a m ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Oh dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted July 21, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2022 Austria have given the ball away or had the ball blocked directly from a goal kick time after time. How could they not see that it was going to be their undoing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Germany made very hard work of beating Austria and required a rick from the Austrian goalkeeper to make the score look respectable. Once again we got to see how the football gods love the Germans, who look favourites for the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted July 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2022 Sweden just had an excellent goal ruled out for offside. Yes, again, technically it may have been offside according to the rules but it just isn't in the spirit of why the rule exists. Why is it always being used as an excuse to rule out what are realistically perfectly good goals? So infuriating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Not sure how Sweden aren't winning this, been dominate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 23 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said: Sweden just had an excellent goal ruled out for offside. Yes, again, technically it may have been offside according to the rules but it just isn't in the spirit of why the rule exists. Why is it always being used as an excuse to rule out what are realistically perfectly good goals? So infuriating. Yeah you gotta love those millimeter offsides where you can't even see if it's correct on the stills and replays. Apparently VAR is only using half the number of cameras compared to when the men plays (according to ex FIFA ref Jonas Eriksson) so they have less data to look at when making these calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Well that was a well deserved win in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Lichfield Dean said: Sweden just had an excellent goal ruled out for offside. Yes, again, technically it may have been offside according to the rules but it just isn't in the spirit of why the rule exists. Why is it always being used as an excuse to rule out what are realistically perfectly good goals? So infuriating. It has long been my opinion that every alteration to the laws of the game has been made to reduce the number of goals scored. VAR has definitely achieved that end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 So many of these teams lack any real quality in front of goal. They get so many chances but struggle to put them away. France should have this game done and dusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jones1328 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, MachoFantastico said: They get so many chances but struggle to put them away. So abit like Villa then?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted July 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2022 What a safe by the Dutch keeper. Who has been sensational all match. The French just cannot score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Sue Smith is a clown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2022 The French have some proper skills. Should be out of sight, but lack finishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 One of the most one sided quarter finals you'll see. Dutch were absolute rank, a crime against football. France have scored 10 if not for the only female GK I've ever seen look remotely competent, awful finishing and terrible finals balls. Sue Smith constant praise of bad decision after bad decision making in the final third is baffling. 30 yards out? 2 on the overlap and 4 players on 1 defence? Decide to shoot into row z? "Unlucky worked the angle well" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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