Ben Gilby rounds up all the news from the myriad of international matches over the past five days. Euro 2021 Qualifying Play-Offs: Northern Ireland completed their fairy tale qualification for the European Championships after seeing off Ukraine, who are ranked 25 places above them in the world, 4-1 over the two legs. In the firstContinue reading “International Round-Up”
Category Archives: International Football
One Win, One Loss and Still Questions About The True Level of the France Squad
Jean-Pierre Thiesset rounds up the two friendly games of the France squad against England and USA. France – England on April 9, 2021 (3-1): For the first time in years, the only Olympique Lyonnais player on the field, Nikita Parris, was not in the France squad but in the England squad. In fact, only Eugénie LeContinue reading “One Win, One Loss and Still Questions About The True Level of the France Squad”
Dutch Masterclass Rocks Makeshift Matildas
Netherlands 5-0 Australia By Ben Gilby Despite producing a performance which was arguably better than in their defeat to Germany on Saturday, the Matildas, without three first choice defenders went down to a heavy loss in Nijmegen. The Dutch, who came into the game on the back of a 1-0 defeat to Spain at theContinue reading “Dutch Masterclass Rocks Makeshift Matildas”
Another Painful Lesson For The Lionesses
England 0-2 Canada By Ben Gilby England suffered another defeat in a game of few real clear cut chances in Stoke. The Lionesses got off to the worst possible start after just three minutes when Manchester City’s Janine Beckie was able to run through the midfield and played a ball on towards Evelyne Viens whoContinue reading “Another Painful Lesson For The Lionesses”
German Efficiency Too Good For Makeshift Matildas
Germany 5-2 Australia By Ben Gilby An impressive attacking display from a technically brilliant German side missing several regulars, ensured that they ran out comfortable winners against a makeshift Australia in Wiesbaden. The Matildas, playing their first game for thirteen months and with Tony Gustavsson taking the reins, were only able to pick European basedContinue reading “German Efficiency Too Good For Makeshift Matildas”
Frustrating Outcome For Lionesses
France 3-1 England By Ben Gilby The Lionesses’ poor run of results continued after they fell to defeat to France in Caen. Whilst England looked menacing coming forward throughout, they came unstuck at the back with an inability to defend high balls into the box, particularly in the first half and suffered a highly questionableContinue reading “Frustrating Outcome For Lionesses”
International Round-Up
The past week or so has seen a large number of international matches, with the conclusion of the Euro 2022 group qualifiers, the Lionesses‘ return to action after a year and several friendlies. Our team of writers round-up all the action. Euro 2021 Qualifiers Round-Up by Ben Gilby: Group A concluded on 23rd February whenContinue reading “International Round-Up”
The Swedish Scene
@DandalBs brings us our regular Saturday morning round-up of all the week’s news from the Swedish women’s game. This week, there’s the selection of Sweden’s squad for forthcoming international friendlies, pre-season match news and transfer updates. Peter Gerhandsson has selected the squad for the forthcoming camp in Malta which includes friendlies against Austria as wellContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”
The View From France
Jean-Pierre Thiesset updates us on France’s international schedule and provides some important news from the Olympique Lyonnais club. After the withdrawal of Iceland team following that of Norway last week and the impossibility to find two other nations to compete with, the planned France tournament has been cancelled. The tournament will be replaced by two friendlyContinue reading “The View From France”
Tony Gustavsson: Ready To Take The Matildas To The Next Level
Impetus’ Ben Gilby joined a Zoom Conference in the early hours of last weekend to became one of the first non-Australian based writers to ask the new Matildas head coach Tony Gustavsson about his ethos and how he is setting out to develop Australia’s national women’s team. The Swede, who has won Olympic Gold andContinue reading “Tony Gustavsson: Ready To Take The Matildas To The Next Level”
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