Women's World Cup 2019 Thread

zophiel · 7 Jul 2019 at 16:42

glad to see the ref isnt falling for all the american cheating so far. they may be the best female team but there is no need to throw yourself to the floor so much.

the last few games from the semis to now have been poor for it from all teams.

Rroff · 7 Jul 2019 at 16:50

Still the same problem for the Dutch - they know how to manage the pitch but lack for a consistent finisher.

ThestigGT999 · 7 Jul 2019 at 17:11

how come Englands women finishing top 4 means team GB women qualify for the Olympics but the men did the same thing and they don't?

Randomface74 · 7 Jul 2019 at 17:16

The BBC said they qualified because they were in the top 3, but as you say, they were 4th, so I don't understand it either.

Edit: found out it's because they're a top 3 European team.

Cob · 7 Jul 2019 at 17:19

Has to be a pen

marc2003 · 7 Jul 2019 at 17:20

Trump will be loving that.

ThestigGT999 · 7 Jul 2019 at 17:21

billysielu said:
The BBC said they qualified because they were in the top 3, but as you say, they were 4th, so I don't understand it either.

Edit: found out it's because they're a top 3 European team.

that makes more sense

Cob · 7 Jul 2019 at 17:29

Cracker

Randomface74 · 7 Jul 2019 at 17:29

aaaand gg.

an0nym0us · 7 Jul 2019 at 17:32

USA definitely deserved the lead based on the run of play. Game has really opened up since the first goal.

zophiel · 7 Jul 2019 at 17:50

dutch ladies look knackered in the 2nd half. you can see the difference that a league thats been full time for many years more than others, the americans have better fitness and seem better drilled.

jonneymendoza · 7 Jul 2019 at 17:57

Easy win for USA.

FoxEye · 7 Jul 2019 at 21:05

That made the men's Champs League final look good.

Seriously, the standard was appalling.

Did the Dutch complete one successful pass in the 2nd half? I must have blinked and missed it.

Merlin5 · 7 Jul 2019 at 23:19

I just watched the whole thing on iplayer. Dutch goalkeeper was exceptional and the netherlands played excellent in defense.

The problem was they never really created any chances for a goal. They got the odd random shot on goal here and there but there was nothing being setup and their passing was shocking, they gifted the ball to the yanks so many times. Then when they were losing they lost their heads and left gaping holes at the back.

Pity, I was rooting for them, and with no goals in the first half I really thought they might stand a chance of winning.

Rroff · 8 Jul 2019 at 00:57

To be fair Dutch were giving it everything to stop the US just trampling on them - I thought strategically they did well to manage the US threat despite the poor stats I think it doesn't do them justice for the effort. They swapped to an attack heavy high risk strategy, hence the holes at the back, once they were behind which if they were actually a bad team would have seen the US put many many goals past them. The problem is they have no end product and some of their players like van de Sanden plainly don't have the self-belief to backup their actual abilities rendering them almost a waste on the pitch.