International Football

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”

France Qualify for Euro 2022 but problems continue behind the scenes

It’s been a tough period for the French national side on and off the pitch with all sorts of issues being made public. However, as Jean-Pierre Thiesset writes, at least the team have finally made it to the European Championship finals even if the Corinne Diacre/Amandine Henry row rumbled on. During the last game ofContinue reading “France Qualify for Euro 2022 but problems continue behind the scenes”