FIFA Women's World Cup
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I'm heading to Norway v Switzerland tonight - importance of that game is relative to the result of the NZ game prior. IF NZ win and IF Norway don't win, then Ferns qualify for last 16.
My thoughts so far.
NZ import as captain - Ali Riley is at her 5th World Cup for NZ, imagine the dedication to do that when she has always played her club football away from NZ. Top player and has played for top European clubs. Legendary Fern status along with Ria Percival who plays for Spurs, has just come back from an ACL and was everywhere in that first game. Also at her 5th World Cup.
Spain have some fantastic technical players. As well as Bonmati, Putellas was so smooth when she came on and Paralluelo looks a huge talent at 19.
For sheer teamwork and coaching, Japan are always great despite being short on physical presence - completely dismantled Zambia.
Australia looked a bit lost without Kerr as the focus. USA were OK, a bit clunky. England were very clunky and their defence was shaky - Dumornay a rising star for Haiti. Sweden, Netherlands not that fluent but having tall players helps. Italy v Argentina was fun, the most fully committed teams so far with tackles flying in from everywhere (Dragoni of Italy just 16 and set to be a star). Germany "efficient" and Brazil "flamboyant" as the stereotypes demand.
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@booboo soccer fans in this country are already fucked
you need Optus for the Premier League
Stan for the Champions League
Kayo for other leagues
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@mariner4life And they still call it soccer there too? Sounds fucked alright
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@JK said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@mariner4life And they still call it soccer there too? Sounds fucked alright
History lesson the term ‘soccer’ from aSOCCiation football was used at the same time as rugger, to distinguish two forms of football. It is of British origin. The idea that ‘football’ just applied to Association Football and not other forms of Football came later, soccer is the earlier name. Ergo, keep calling it soccer, or Association Football - don’t let them hijack the term football just to apply to one sort. Soccer wasn’t the ‘first’ sort of football, just one branch of a family that has been around since they used to be the crap out of each other, village vs village over the fields in between - with some sort of leather thing somewhere there too.
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@Machpants said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@JK said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@mariner4life And they still call it soccer there too? Sounds fucked alright
History lesson the term ‘soccer’ from aSOCCiation football was used at the same time as rugger, to distinguish two forms of football. It is of British origin. The idea that ‘football’ just applied to Association Football and not other forms of Football came later, soccer is the earlier name. Ergo, keep calling it soccer, or Association Football - don’t let them hijack the term football just to apply to one sort. Soccer wasn’t the ‘first’ sort of football, just one branch of a family that has been around since they used to be the crap out of each other, village vs village over the fields in between - with some sort of leather thing somewhere there too.
The collective intelligence of the Fern never ceases to amaze
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@KiwiPie said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
NZ import as captain - Ali Riley is at her 5th World Cup for NZ, imagine the dedication to do that when she has always played her club football away from NZ. Top player and has played for top European clubs. Legendary Fern status
Ferns playing Philippines now.
Riley in acres of space on the left - could have taken it to the line and crossed it unchallenged, but instead she stopped and passed it back to someone on the edge of the box, who lost it. I didn't understand that at all!
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Ferns look sloppy .. lazy passing and giving away a lot of possession. They look a little clueless in the box too.... maybe they've played their "big game" already Loooooong way back
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@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Roles reversed. We are trying to break the Philippines down, they are defending tightly. I'm not convinced we have the quality to unlock them
Need to use height in the box
Play Wimbledon style for a bit
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If we can't make chances I hope the coach has more attacking options available. We made one cross that Wilkinson couldn't catch up with. I think we need to drive down the wings and make the early cross. It's very hard to try and score against a static D
