Women's World Cup 2023.

[Kev The Rat]

Japan have looked the best team, by far, for me.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Well in there the English lids, thought Nigeria were excellent and unlucky to lose but thems the breaks.

 

[degsy]

1-0 ever so slightly against the run of play - but we'll take it

 

[Blue Sky]

Chloe Kelly she has got some nerve , hop , skip and "ave it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/66429096

 

[Billy Dean]

Nigeria did very well and you have to feel for them ending up on the losing side. They reminded me a bit of Hungary in the men's game. Very difficult to play against.

Credit to England though. They didn't deserve it on the balance of play but they battled through and that's what you have to do sometimes

 

[chrismpw]

Getting bored of this narrative. Football is a meritocracy. The team that went thru deserved it

No. Luck is involved in spades. And in the men's game, bribes.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Just seen that Chloe Kelly penalty awesome strike that.

 

[stipe]

Did not deserve to win that today. The better team go home. And that stamp needs James booted out of the tournament but I'm sure the media will play it down.

Glad to progress though.

Every media is (usually) biased toward their own.
You should hear our commentators here (Croatia) and comments in news sections after the games that don't go our way (in any sports we play), its always about bribed foreign refs and silly conspiracy theories.

Its just how it is in every country i guess, patriotism, nationalism, whatever

 

[Alan Whittle]

They’ve been a dark horse in the tournament tbf

The panel on BBC all said it was a silly red so no they haven’t played it down

By calling deliberately stamping on an opponent “silly”, they are playing it down.

 

[Alan Whittle]

Getting bored of this narrative. Football is a meritocracy.The team that went thru deserved it

You’ve only got to look at the Premier League to see that.

Oh no.. wait.

 

[Magus]

By calling deliberately stamping on an opponent “silly”, they are playing it down.

I think it barely qualifies as a stamp. She stood on her rather than stamping, there was no undue force but it was sly thing to do.

At normal speed it barely registered and the ref punished her with a yellow, but the red was inevitable once VAR got involved. She was clearly frustrated that she had been impeded and the ref gave nothing.

 

[BlueStevie35]

By calling deliberately stamping on an opponent “silly”, they are playing it down.

Silly as in on Lauren’s part

 

[davids]

Very little actual quality on show or pace aswell

True about the pace but the quality is improving fast. Put it this way the Nigeria game today was far better entertainment than the Community Shield snooze fest.

 

[MrPerfectNot]

So far, through 3 days of knockout matches, @Wizard has a 1 pt lead by picking the homeside vs the lesser Vikings....

 

[gonetomorrow]

It's a shame that the women are trained to copy the worst aspects of the men's game i.e. diving and stamping.
Why?Why?