FIFA Women's World Cup

[canefan]

@Chris-B said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

I blame Herr Deinz, coach of Wolfsburg!

This germam team are like a football version of the cantablacks... 😉

[canefan]

Germany denied by VAR

[canefan]

The longer this goes on, the tighter and more prone to a mistake will Germany get. Two midfielders come on, don't they want to bring on some attackers?

[canefan]

Germany only seem to be looking for their aerial attack via the captain Popp. They have 20 minutes to unlock a Korean team who have parked the bus, but I can't recall a shot on goal, just a few headers

[canefan]

The Germans starting to smell the stench of historic failure

I can't believe the German coach isn't throwing everything at the Koreans now. Or maybe this is all they've got?

[canefan]

Striker on, 6 regulation minutes left

[canefan]

The Germans are on the brink. 9 added minutes, otherwise it's auf weidersehen

[canefan]

Koreans have a free kick on the edge of the box, their players are making a meal of every knock which I don't like. A couple of minutes left now

[canefan]

Midfield sub Lohmann decides to turn and run in, strikes it wide. Finally some assertive attack, but might be too little too late

[MiketheSnow]

Germany out
Huge

[canefan]

Germany out. What a toothless display until the last 10 minutes. How can the #2 team in the world only play route 1 football with no plan B? It could easily have been USA out too, playing a similar brand of prehistoric football

[Chris B.]

Germans will be gutted.

Beat Morocco 6-0, but the Colombians and Koreans have conspired to thwart them by conceding 6 points to Morocco and only allowing the Germans 1.

[canefan]

@Chris-B said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

Germans will be gutted.

Beat Morocco 6-0, but the Colombians and Koreans have conspired to thwart them by conceding 6 points to Morocco and only allowing the Germans 1.

Another superpower who failed to break down a lesser team that packed tight in defence. Popp let no one down. But where was the pace? Where was the trickery and skill on the ball? Lacking

[Chris B.]

@canefan Yeah - I thought they should have been trying to force more corners all through the second half. Get more dangerous aerial balls in.

[canefan]

@Chris-B said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

@canefan Yeah - I thought they should have been trying to force more corners all through the second half. Get more dangerous aerial balls in.

That's all they had. And yet there was far too much lateral and backward passing. Until Lohmann came on, I barely remember a daring attacking run at goal.

Ironic that NZ and Germany were both undone by VAR and a lack of cutting edge

[NTA]

[MiketheSnow]

Great for the tournament

[MiketheSnow]

So Round of 16 starting on Saturday

My winners bolded

Switzerland v Spain
Japan v Norway
Netherlands v SA
Sweden v USA
England v Nigeria
Australia v Denmark
Colombia v Jamaica
France v Morocco

[sparky]

France look the best team so far IMHO, then England, then Japan

[MiketheSnow]

@sparky said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

France look the best team so far IMHO, then England, then Japan

Sweden will be in the mix