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”
Category Archives: International Football
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”
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”
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