Not a chance! We have to make it 3 in a row.Today, Europe. Tomorrow, the world! Watch out yanks
The girls know how to celebrate.
what.
As I said earlier, as a neutral, England are deserved champions although I thought Germany played the better football in the final. But the incidents you’re claiming … I can’t even understand which incidents you are referring to?
Love it. Love to see it. Brilliant.
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Ah, at least you are joking. You are German, right? I was really impressed with the movement of the German team, Voss-Tecklenburg really has done a very good job with what I must assume is one of the least star-studded teams Germany have fielded in a Championship?
You can take the women out of Manchester, you can't take the Manchester out of the women
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Someone should photoshop ‘it’s coming home’ onto that sheet of paper.You can take the girls out of Manchester, you can't take the Manchester out of the girls
It's down to sponsorship, gate receipts, viewing figures/TV rights and merch sales. Can't forget the merch. Not much more to it.
Not sure what the equal pay proposal is but I do not think realistically anyone expects female footballers to make as much as the male ones. Heck there is a huge gap between what male footballers at different levels make & no one has an issue with that. What would be nice though is some semblance of moving towards a better balance. I know this is from 2 years back but it will shock you how much the players at the big clubs make . Manchester United annual wage bill was 785k for the squad of 20 odd players. That’s what Ronaldo makes in 2 weeks . I would hope that at least the FA would pay the female footballers the same as the male ones for international as it’s not like the male ones need money from the FA . I agree that the quality isn’t great but it’s getting better and it will only improve as more girls are able to look at it as a career
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No wonder - I was clenching fists towards the end, and I’m a Noggie, who happen to think Germany even played the best game. But England won fair and square. They scored two chances, one from smartness and elegance from Walsh and Toone, and one from grit and determination from Bronze and Kelly. Regardless of clubs. And Mary Earps was brilliant in goal, and having the best player on the pitch is not normally considered cheating, rather it’s part of a winning formula.Well, that was an occasion
Just arrived back at the hotel - match, food, drink all consumed.
Match - could easily have gone either way. Really tense match to watch - loved the rollercoaster of it. I was shocked by just how committed an England fan I was by the end of the match same how automatic the celebrations were - I really thought only United could do that to me.
Obviously now in the cold light of too much to eat and drink and an obvious need to sober up and calm down enough to sleep, my thoughts are becoming more coherent.
In particular - congrats to Mary Earps, Ella Toone and Alessia Russo. Finally an international tournament in which no United player ended up as a scapegoat. Great work - let's hope the club realises just how valuable they can be.
Was Suarez there?
Most of the congatulations should be sent to Phil. It was his tireless efforts that put all this together before he graciously walked away and allowed a woman to take the plaudits.
I don’t enjoy women’s football but I don’t care people do. I’m not a rugby fan but I don’t get angry at people who like rugby.
Don’t worry, we’ve all been there!
Come on, give it a day off. Just treat it like the rugby. Stupid comparisons will always get made, but there's no harm in people celebrating something that's rare.
don’t worry. football does strange things to us all. i’d imagine it was very tough watching the trophy slip from your grasp toward home.
There’s this and then there’s also the realization that they Wembley’d us again. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me (not that we had any chance to self-award us the penalty and hand out a card). England should host another tournament with Wembley as the location for the final as soon as possible please. Germany will look for some refs in the meantime that see things a bit differently.
I thought your reaction was great. Why not get annoyed by VAR not doing a job they claim it can do. Football is supposed to wind you up as well as make you happy!
I’m not English, and I watched the whole final. I thought Germany played very good, but I can’t for the life of me understand what you thought was a penalty and a red card.
This will help the womens team build a bigger fan base. Those 3 players were brilliant this tournament, now we just have to keep them and build around them!
It's all good dude.
Hits her shoulder and there's a player directly behind. It gets nowhere near her elbow and it's not hand ball.
That’s insane to me. Before the latest rule change, that would never have been a hands in a million year, the ball is shot from a yard away, deflects in an English knee, hits the chest/shoulder and then the hand, all in a split second.
That’s a clear penalty with today’s rules. No question about it.
