Women's World Cup

Asterix

I've really enjoyed the tournament so far. There is a game on each morning as I have my breakfast so I get to watch a bit. Also just watched the last half hour of Canada v New Zealand. The skill levels are quite high. Some of the goals in the 3-3 draw between Nigeria and Sweden were brilliant. Lovely feints, flicks and passing movements. And the Norwegians scored a peach of a freek kick against the Germans. I think it clipped both the underside of the cross bar and the inside of the upright. Millimetre perfect it was.

From a parochial point of view it was disappointing to see the Yanks beat us Aussies. We dominated the first half but were over run in the second. Some loose finishing and brilliant keeping from Hope Solo (great name) kept the USA in the first half and quality from Rapione saw us beaten in the second.

Biggus

Yeah I've usually watched some of the WWC over the years but I was quite surprised at how good the first touch and close control was this time, (take note "Wele") as I said in the general football thread the short passing pussyball style really suits the womens game as they cannot be pressed for long and are not susceptible to much speed and power.
The other thing I noticed is that the ladies tire quicker and struggle towards the end of the game, I think it should be just 40 minutes a half for them.
In the USA/Aus game I thought the Aussie coach got his tactics right, the USA had superior players but Australia pressed them well counter attacked and looked good for a point but fell behind to an unlucky goal then they tired at the end.

HomeSteak

and this happend...

Biggus

😆

Ref was probably checking her make up in the rear view mirror......Just joking.......
That was from 2011 though, its not as if male refs are immune to disgraceful decisions too.

Irishgunner

HomeSteak wrote:

and this happend...

Wow 😆

Biggus

No worse than Graham (3 yellow cards) Poll.

Rex

😆 I hadn't seen that. What a bizarre situation! How on earth could the ref miss that a player held the ball for 5 seconds?!

Daz

Nah it's clearly ball to hand. Play on!

Irishgunner

Biggus wrote:
No worse than Graham (3 yellow cards) Poll.

It's worse. A lot worse.

Jens

invisibleman18

Biggus wrote:
No worse than Graham (3 yellow cards) Poll.

During that World Cup I was in London staying with my Grandma who knew absolutely nothing about football. My memory of that incident is coming downstairs the next morning and she laughed and said "they are all laughing about that Brian Poole on the radio."

Biggus

😆

Australia now 2-0 up V Nigeria.

Daz

Good win that.

Coombs

Dull stuff from Sweden. Guess they fancy themselves against you Aussies. Played the US like a fiddle.

Biggus

Who's playing on girlyball today?

Jens

Biggus wrote:
Who's playing on girlyball today?

Jolly old England vs Mexico

Brazil - Spain

Biggus

Ta Jens, should be worth a look.

Biggus

The Spanish striker Pablos plays for Arsenal ladies.

Ivansen

Today it's a shoot out between Germany and Norway for top spot in the group. All about the goal difference, as Germany and Norway both beat their first opponents by heavy margins, and drew their own match. Germany has a 6 goal advantage, but are playing against the better team. Could be fun to watch for all out attacking football.

Biggus

Ingmar Bergman Max Von Sydow Greta Garbo Bjorn Benny Anna-Frid & Agnetha Gustav Adolphus Alfred Nobel Bjorn Borg Anders Limpar Freddie Ljunberg Klaus & Rex- Your girls really took a beating. 😆