Women's Football: General Discussions

The Cruyff Turn
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Stupid from Lauren James. No way you can argue that it was anything other than a red card.

But England now have their new villan to blame for not winning today

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That would imply she had a good thought about it. Lost her shit, out of frustration. Stupid in hindsight, but not the first time that has happened.

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Sheā€™s getting up from on top of the Nigerian player. The natural thing to do is NOT to stand on somebody lying underneath you. Itā€™s obviously a deliberate decision.

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England look knackered. Iā€™ve been watching on and off until now, so maybe I missed the substitutions. Have there been any England substitutions before the sending off? There was one as a result of the red, but I donā€™t think there were any others before that. Doesnā€™t the coach have any faith in her subs?

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Iā€™m sure if it had been accidental her first reaction would have been to aplogise. But she just walked away as if nothing had happened.

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Geez, yes of course it was deliberate, but I doubt sheā€™d do it if she had a good thought about it. Lost her shit in the moment.Shouldnā€™t happen, but it does. Humans and all that.

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Not the first, and wonā€™t be the last player to do that.

However, this is the sort of thing that a coach should work on a player with. Sheā€™s 21, so still time to learn.

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ā€œIf Nigeria score, have England got a Plan B?ā€

Yeh, score an equaliser dickhead!

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Sort of assumes that Plan A is not scoringā€¦

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Zidane headbutted in a final at the end of his career.

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He just took early retirement.

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Maybe he wanted to make sure people remembered him.

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Bronze very lucky she didnā€™t give away a penalty there.

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Englandā€™s sub (no.19) looks like a blonde Nunez.

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England are already missing three nailed on starters through injury at this tournament so maybe not so muchā€¦

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Bethany England

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Her name is actually England?

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Yep think soā€¦

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Mind = blown

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Yup :blush:

Nigeria are physically and pace-wise superior to England. And no lack of individual skill. The thing that has kept England in this is their team cohesion and passing under pressure