germany 4 france 2
i missed the first 30 minutes, and france were already one nil down. then minutes later they conceded a second.
then i realised that abily, bompastor and delie were not playing.
at half time, abily and delie came on for necib and thomis.
the game had a friendly-feel to it, though i feel that germany' changes meant they were closer to playing their best team than france, with bajramaj and grings all starting.
delie made an impact almost immediately, pulling one back from a corner soon after the restart.
hopes of a french comeback was dealt a huge blow when the keeper was sent off and grings scored the resulting penalty.
amazingly they pulled one back from another corner- this time from laura georges.
it could have been 3-3 soon after, but she shot just wide after being put through by abily.
but 2 minutes from time, renard allowed grings to head the ball to okoyino, who had all the space to volley in the 4th goal.
germany will revel in this win, but i think bruno bini won't be too concerned aside from the red card.
i think he had made it clear to the girls that they didnt need to win this game.
for me, germany has shown all their cards whereas bruno bini knows that should they meet again, he should be able to play bompastor, necib, abily, delie all together right from the start, and that they wouldnt be playing with 10 players for the last 20 minutes. so he would still have a few cards up his sleeve.
i say 'should they meet again' because that would be in the final, and first france have to play england.
i don't like the second choice keeper, because she makes half-hearted jumps and the ball ends up grazing the crossbar. reminds me too much of almunia with the way she assumes she's got it all calculated; the ball was going out. hopefully, she can survive england.
wendy renard was also disappointing. brought in obviously for her height, she lost the three headers that resulted in the 3 goals from open play.
to be honest, for the england game, bruno bini should revert back to sabrina viguier because viguier and georges have handled ellen white before. and i do think viguier is a better centreback than renard, otherwise why would renard be playing rightback for lyon?
as for the problem of the 1,8m tall jill scott, leave her to the rightback lepailleur, who is 1.75m.
yesterday was a day in which both england and germany dropped their captains and got the victories. sophie bradley, faye white's replacement hardly put a foot wrong. germany were more dynamic without birgit prinz. i think it says something about the development of women's football that great players approaching the ends of their careers are finding it difficult to impose themselves on the game.
in the past, they would still have been able to shine, but the younger players have really taken a step up thanks to better training etc that you can't say you are birgit prinz and expect to be the star.
of course for the old guard, it is a little sad to be so unceremoniously dumped, undermined. you have to give them credit for that hunger to still want to play at the highest level and win, but all great champions know when to stop, when to accept that they need to change their roles. they could still be in the team, but maybe as backup and mentor.
i think the coaches were also slow to recognise that they can't get away with it anymore, making things even more awkward when they have to finally ring in the changes during the tournament itself.
as a player, you would feel that the authority of your captain has been undermined.
then i realised that abily, bompastor and delie were not playing.
at half time, abily and delie came on for necib and thomis.
the game had a friendly-feel to it, though i feel that germany' changes meant they were closer to playing their best team than france, with bajramaj and grings all starting.
delie made an impact almost immediately, pulling one back from a corner soon after the restart.
hopes of a french comeback was dealt a huge blow when the keeper was sent off and grings scored the resulting penalty.
amazingly they pulled one back from another corner- this time from laura georges.
it could have been 3-3 soon after, but she shot just wide after being put through by abily.
but 2 minutes from time, renard allowed grings to head the ball to okoyino, who had all the space to volley in the 4th goal.
germany will revel in this win, but i think bruno bini won't be too concerned aside from the red card.
i think he had made it clear to the girls that they didnt need to win this game.
for me, germany has shown all their cards whereas bruno bini knows that should they meet again, he should be able to play bompastor, necib, abily, delie all together right from the start, and that they wouldnt be playing with 10 players for the last 20 minutes. so he would still have a few cards up his sleeve.
i say 'should they meet again' because that would be in the final, and first france have to play england.
i don't like the second choice keeper, because she makes half-hearted jumps and the ball ends up grazing the crossbar. reminds me too much of almunia with the way she assumes she's got it all calculated; the ball was going out. hopefully, she can survive england.
wendy renard was also disappointing. brought in obviously for her height, she lost the three headers that resulted in the 3 goals from open play.
to be honest, for the england game, bruno bini should revert back to sabrina viguier because viguier and georges have handled ellen white before. and i do think viguier is a better centreback than renard, otherwise why would renard be playing rightback for lyon?
as for the problem of the 1,8m tall jill scott, leave her to the rightback lepailleur, who is 1.75m.
yesterday was a day in which both england and germany dropped their captains and got the victories. sophie bradley, faye white's replacement hardly put a foot wrong. germany were more dynamic without birgit prinz. i think it says something about the development of women's football that great players approaching the ends of their careers are finding it difficult to impose themselves on the game.
in the past, they would still have been able to shine, but the younger players have really taken a step up thanks to better training etc that you can't say you are birgit prinz and expect to be the star.
of course for the old guard, it is a little sad to be so unceremoniously dumped, undermined. you have to give them credit for that hunger to still want to play at the highest level and win, but all great champions know when to stop, when to accept that they need to change their roles. they could still be in the team, but maybe as backup and mentor.
i think the coaches were also slow to recognise that they can't get away with it anymore, making things even more awkward when they have to finally ring in the changes during the tournament itself.
as a player, you would feel that the authority of your captain has been undermined.
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