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Post by Panda on Jul 2, 2019 21:57:43 GMT 1
Semi-final: So close yet again for the Lionesses as they pushed the world champions all the way. Steph Houghton missed a late penalty that would've sent the game to extra time. Millie Bright was shown a second yellow card late on. The USA were the better side over 90 minutes but the gap is closing and England will feel they could've won the game.
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Post by o on Jul 2, 2019 22:06:11 GMT 1
Inches for the offside goal, and that would have swung the game back in our favour, the US are just fitter, they look like athletes, and last the 90 mins, and have pace when it's needed, but I hope the Dutch win if they get past Sweden!
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Post by rewardman on Jul 3, 2019 0:29:13 GMT 1
The US were the better team overall. They had several excellent chances to kill off the game long before the PK miss. You do have to feel for Houghton though.
Time to celebrate and wait for Sunday 😀
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Post by Panda on Jul 3, 2019 17:06:28 GMT 1
Last night's TV audience in the UK peaked at 11.7m. That's the highest TV audience of the year so far for any programme and the highest ever for a women's football match.
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Post by Panda on Jul 3, 2019 20:50:09 GMT 1
Holland and Sweden 0-0 at half time. sh*te game so far.
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Post by Panda on Jul 3, 2019 22:46:46 GMT 1
Semi-final: An attritional semi-final that was the first in Women's World Cup history to go to extra time. Jackie Groenen's 99th-minute winner puts the Netherlands through to their first final. They are the 8th team to reach the final of the Women's World Cup after USA, Norway, Germany, China, Sweden, Brazil and Japan.
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Post by paulgilb on Jul 3, 2019 23:52:59 GMT 1
Curiously, Netherlands' first 5 wins in this competition came against teams from 5 different confederations (NZ, Cameroon, Canada, Japan, Italy).
Also, as alluded to above, Saturday's play-off between England and Sweden will occur 52 weeks to the day after the two nations met in the men's World Cup.
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Post by Panda on Jul 6, 2019 20:37:55 GMT 1
3rd Place Playoff: Sweden made an excellent start and were 2-0 up midway through the first half. England pulled one back through Fran Kirby on the half hour and 2 minutes later, Ellen White thought she'd equalised, only for the goal to be ruled out for handball via VAR. England pushed for an equaliser in the 2nd half, with Lucy Bronze having a shot headed off the line but they couldn't find a way through.
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Post by o on Jul 7, 2019 17:29:36 GMT 1
I think VAR has ruined this world cup, think they said 11 penalties, 7 given by var, I've seen at least 3 for the US now and I'm not convinced by any of them. The US woman was grimacing before the Dutch foot even touched her. VAR is telling them to go down in the box if they feel a touch, it isn't a non contact sport, it has to be enough contact to be a penalty and I dont think there was. All this will do is lead to more people going down in future tournaments, not the way I want football going. In the men's game they've started saying the contact has to be enough to warrant a penalty, so I'm not sure why the women's game is going the other way? Nice 2nd goal though.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jul 7, 2019 21:35:58 GMT 1
VAR will always lead to more penalties being given because they are supposed to be certain and therefore without VAR if they are not certain they won't give it.
It probably was a penalty and the Dutch player didn't need to go in with a challenge.
I would change the offside rule though such that, if any part of the body is onside, the player is onside. That would reduce the number of goals disallowed for offside.
I also think ball to arm should not be a penalty unless the hand is clearly stuck out in a position to prevent a goal or a cross. So the one in the champions league would not be one. The aim is to try to shoot towards the goal, not towards the opponents' arm.
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Post by Panda on Jul 7, 2019 22:29:10 GMT 1
Final: The European champions held out for an hour against the reigning world champions but Megan Rapinoe's VAR penalty and Rose Lavelle's well-taken second put the game beyond the Dutch, who fought hard but struggled to pierce the American defence. Rapinoe wins the Golden Boot due to playing fewer minutes than team-mate Alex Morgan after they finished tied on goals and assists. England's Ellen White also finished on 6 goals. Rapinoe also won the Golden Ball for the tournament's best player with England's Lucy Bronze 2nd.
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Post by Panda on Jul 7, 2019 22:44:54 GMT 1
Tournament ranking: Determined by, in order: round reached points scored in all games, including knockout (3 for normal time win, 2.5 for extra time win, 2 for penalties win, 1 for penalties loss/group stage draw, 0.5 for extra time loss, 0 for normal time loss) goal difference goals scored 1. USA 2. Netherlands 3. Sweden 4. England 5. Germany 6. France 7. Italy 8. Norway 9. Australia 10. Brazil 11. Canada 12. Spain 13. Japan 14. China 15. Cameroon 16. Nigeria 17. Chile 18. Argentina 19. Scotland 20. New Zealand 21. South Korea 22. South Africa 23. Jamaica 24. Thailand
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Post by Shireblogger on Jul 8, 2019 9:10:26 GMT 1
Great coverage Panda. Thank you very much.
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Post by paulgilb on Jul 8, 2019 22:52:30 GMT 1
This spoilt what would have been a remarkable statistic: prior to the final, the team that had held the USA at 0-0 for longest in their match was Thailand (that match remained 0-0 until the 12th minute), who went on to lose 13-0. This is the first senior major tournament of either gender where England have scored in every match that they played since the 2011 Women's World Cup (and they only played 4 matches on that occasion), and (unless I am very much mistaken) this is the first major tournament in which England have scored in 7 matches. Thanks for covering, Panda!
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