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WWC23 | England v Spain - Spain win the World Cup - and Rubiales gets sacked
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Colombia already sitting back, inviting pressure.
I don't see why they don't make the goals a bit smaller in the women's game. It's no wonder people talk about how bad the goalkeeping is when the goalkeeper is 5'8 and can get lobbed when they're one yard off the line.
Yeh I've never seen that happen in the men's game.
fecking get in.
Goalkeeping masterclass.
Game on
What a shambles 
1-1
1-1, relentless pressure by England
It does seem a good suggestion. They are naturally physically smaller and weaker than men so having smaller goals would make sense.
Don’t be a twat
The goalkeeping is just utterly atrocious at this level.
Can we agree this one WAS a GK error?
Great time to equalise, hopefully can kick on in second half.
I thought England had used up their luck against Nigeria, but apparently not!
fecking hell goalie.
Finally gained some guts and got a result. We need to start playing like one of the best teams now, no.more of this sitting back being careful.
Colombia stopped playing after the goal, had dominated the play for 20 mins, pushing players forward then immediately went into protect mode, dumb.
Excellent response from England though.
Excellent response from England though.
Smaller goals wouldn’t have helped that one.
Game undermined by abysmal keeping
Game undermined by abysmal keeping
Was about to say the same. Extra ammunition for people to bag on the women's game.
It’s a dumb suggestion, we arent seeing scores of 5-0 or 6-5 every game so there is no need to change the goal side. Your problem is you can’t work out the game looks, plays and is different to how the men’s game is and you are applying men’s standards to a women’s game. Not a bright thing to be doing.
Going behind has really got England out of their shell. Good pressure from Russo to force an error.
Hopefully they have the confidence now to take the game to them instead of retreating.
Hopefully they have the confidence now to take the game to them instead of retreating.
Lucky first time escape for England. Colombia is not through here.
It is dogshit though. You can't really blame Earps because she obviously isn't 6ft 4. However, it's just a simple catch really.
Enjoyed that half.
England are missing James, just needed that bit of quality and inventiveness in the final third, Russo's been pretty anonymous all game.
Long way to go in this and wouldn't be surprised if it goes all the way to penalties again.
England are missing James, just needed that bit of quality and inventiveness in the final third, Russo's been pretty anonymous all game.
Long way to go in this and wouldn't be surprised if it goes all the way to penalties again.
You say lucky, but since conceding they've made that luck happen with relentless pressure.
Your problem is you’re getting too sensitive at trying to defend the women’s game. Relax and accept some of the quality we see is a bit shite.
Bit of a get out of jail free card there
Toone has been a bit of a disappointment in this tournament, and this game has kind of left her behind too.
I also think Daly should be playing up front over Russo, shes a much more natural finisher.
I also think Daly should be playing up front over Russo, shes a much more natural finisher.
It's not my problem at all. I couldn't care less whether they change it or not - I'm not criticising the keeper, I've watched her enough to know she's one of the best. I'm just sympathising with the goalkeepers who get dragged for things they can't really do much about.
I agree with both. Toone at best should be out wide, she's just way too off the pace and weak in the tackle for where she is played today.
She misreads the pace and flight of the ball and mistimed her jump, might have even gone with the wrong hand. But it looks shit, floats into the middle of the goal.
I wasn’t replying to you
I went to a few games during the euros and thought the games were a good watch, but it was startling when you see it live how small the keepers looked compared to the size of the goal, I think this should he looked at too
When there's a shot that a female goalkeeper can't possibly reach, the keeper isn't shit or the goals too big - it's just an either great or lucky shot. The game isn't wrong, the viewer's expectations of how (women's) football is supposed to work are.
I agree with some, that Earps mistimed her jump in this case, though.
I agree with some, that Earps mistimed her jump in this case, though.
Living on their luck here. Good opening for Columbia,
If we were seeing scores with 8 or more goals per game at the top level consistently then yes there would be a problem however we aren’t seeing that. No need to adjust the goals.
Apologies, could have sworn I saw my post quoted originally but I'm tired enough for my eyelid to be twitching so probably just seeing things.