UEFA Euro Qualifiers - The Road to England 2021

Discussion in 'Women's International' started by Bauser, Jul 29, 2019.

  1. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    For some reason, I couldn't find any traditional highlights from last week's Italy's match vs. Georgia, but only these bizarre ones from ground level (of course with the green jerseys as well):

     
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  2. L'orange

    L'orange Member+

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Jul 20, 2017
    How many more goals would Miedema have if she took penalty kicks for the Dutch, as Sinclair has done for years for Canada? She's going to obliterate the goal-scoring record as is. Spitse is a good taker of PKs, but Miedema hits the ball even better...
     
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  3. Bauser

    Bauser Member+

    Dec 23, 2000
    Norway
    Club:
    Fredrikstad FK
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  4. sbahnhof

    sbahnhof Member+

    Nov 21, 2016
    Aotearoa
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  5. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
     
  6. Páll Guðmundsson

    Valur FC
    Iceland
    Sep 14, 2018
    Reykjavík
    Nat'l Team:
    Iceland
    Arguably Iceland's greatest ever player, Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, has just retired aged 33. She had 124 caps for Iceland and scored 79 goals (Including youth levels: 167 games and 106 goals). Her first goal came with her first touch against Hungary and her last goal came with her last touch against Estonia in the qualifiers this year. On a club level she played 263 games and scored 248 goals discounting cup fixtures. She started her career with her youth club ÍBV from the small island of Heimaey (about 4000 residents) of the south coast of Iceland. Later she joined Valur in Reykjavík and would earn three championship titles before heading to Europe. She enjoyed a short stint in Germany (there she suffered from bad injuries which cut short her career in Germany) where she played for Turbine Potsdam and Duisburg. She also played in Sweden for Linköping and Kristianstad. She was supposed to captain Iceland in Euro 2017 but yet again suffered ligaments injuries two weeks prior and was out for a year. She finished her career with Valur in Iceland where she earned her fourth title. scoring 15 goals in 17 games in her last season. Now it is up to a new generation of players to try to fill her shoes. How does this relate to this thread? Well, we will see if this will effect Iceland's chances in the qualifiers. At least, she will be missed by Icelandic fans. https://www.visir.is/g/2019191129045/margret-lara-leggur-skona-a-hilluna
     
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  7. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
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    Respect to her. :notworthy:

    I am sad that the injury kept her from reaching even greater achievements in her career. I remember that 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam of the old days, that was battling in Europe at the highest levels (always clashing with OL and often having to bow to them). It was a shame she wasn't healthy when she had been signed in that sort of dream-roster.
     
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  8. Páll Guðmundsson

    Valur FC
    Iceland
    Sep 14, 2018
    Reykjavík
    Nat'l Team:
    Iceland
    Correction, her last goal came against Latvia.
     
  9. Páll Guðmundsson

    Valur FC
    Iceland
    Sep 14, 2018
    Reykjavík
    Nat'l Team:
    Iceland
    I agree, she was only 25 at the time and had already scored 69 goals in 85 caps for Iceland. She never regained her previous form but always remained a quality player.
     
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  10. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Not a new news but the venues were selected a couple of motnhs ago. And most are not really big:

    Brighton & Hove: Brighton & Hove Community Stadium
    Home team: Brighton & Hove Albion
    Capacity: 30,000

    • Opened in 2011 in the village of Falmer, to the north of the south-coast city
    • As well as Brighton's Premier League matches, the stadium has been the venue for England women's games
    • Hosted matches in the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup
    London: Brentford Community Stadium
    Home team: Brentford and London Irish (Rugby union)
    Capacity: 17,000

    • Due to open in 2020 as the new home of the west London club
    • Replacing Griffin Park, Brentford's home since 1904
    • Just north of the River Thames near Kew Bridge

    London: Wembley Stadium
    Home team: England
    Capacity: 89,000

    • The modern Wembley opened in 2007, with the old stadium and its twin towers having been demolished six years earlier
    • Will stage the UEFA EURO 2020 final having also hosted the 2011 and 2013 UEFA Champions League finals as well as many domestic finals, including the FA Women's Cup
    • The 80,203 crowd for the 2012 Olympic women's football final is a European record for the female game

    Manchester: Manchester City Academy Stadium
    Home team: Manchester City Women/Youth
    Capacity: 4,700 (seated)

    • Across a bridge from Man. City's main arena, the Academy Stadium opened in 2014
    • Has held the home legs of City's UEFA Women's Champions League semi-finals in 2017 and 2018
    • Part of a complex that also includes 14 full-size training pitches
    Milton Keynes: Stadium MK
    Home team: MK Dons
    Capacity: 30,000

    • Opened in 2007 on the outskirts of the south-eastern town
    • England's women and men's U21s have played there several times
    • Hosted three matches at the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup and is a regular concert venue
    New York Stadium, Rotherham
    Home team: Rotherham United
    Capacity: 12,000

    • Opened in 2012, taking its name from the area of land where it was built in South Yorkshire
    • Held its first England women's game in 2016
    • Staged the 2018 men's U17 EURO final

    Bramall Lane, Sheffield
    Home team: Sheffield United
    Capacity: 30,000

    • Originally a cricket ground opened in 1855, football was first played there in 1862 between reputedly the world's two oldest clubs, Sheffield FC and Hallam FC
    • Sheffield United have played at the ground in the centre of the Yorkshire city since their formation in 1889
    • Venue for the first-ever floodlit game in 1878

    St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton
    Home team: Southampton
    Capacity: 32,000

    • The south-coast stadium opened in 2001
    • More than 25,000 fans watched a FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier there between England and Wales in 2018
    • The name honours St Mary's Church, near the stadium, whose members founded what eventually became Southampton FC

    Leigh Sports Village, Wigan & Leigh
    Home team: Manchester United Women/Youth and Leigh Centurions (Rugby League)
    Capacity: 8,000

    • Opened in 2008 as a home for Leigh Centurions, and later a 2013 Rugby League World Cup venue
    • United's youth teams moved there in 2014 – four years on it became the first home of their new women's squad
    • Part of a wider sports facility which also houses a campus of Wigan and Leigh College
     
  11. Klingo3034

    Klingo3034 Member+

    Dallas FC
    United States
    Oct 11, 2019
    I looked up on the 2017 Euro and attendance have sometimes been small especially group stage. A few thousand even a few hundred so they probably were preparing for something like that. Last thing we need is only 500 people showing up at Wembley.
     
  12. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Still... selecting stadiums with seating under 10k seems criminal for a UEFA NT competition. There was one game in 2017 with under 1k but every other group stage game was at least 3k - and 2017 took place in a much smaller country. London alone has half the population that the entirety of the Netherlands do. If England doesn't at least double both of those attendance benchmarks, it'd be quite a disappointment IMO.
     
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  13. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    I would expect a lot of international fans to come as well, that's what happened at France 2019. The French LOC had not planned for that many fans around.
     
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  14. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    I went to a Euro 2021 presentation today from the FA, all information is embargoed until Sunday but there are some interesting news coming on Sunday about the tournament.
     
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  15. Australia is invited to play?
     
  16. Klingo3034

    Klingo3034 Member+

    Dallas FC
    United States
    Oct 11, 2019
    LOLOLOLOLOLOL you are so funny! That made my day today!
     
  17. "The 65th Eurovision in Rotterdam, Netherlands marks the sixth time our great nation has performed in the annual song contest, despite the fact we are not part of Europe and no one knows how we’ve managed to become part of the furniture."
     
  18. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    More like scheduling and ticketing news :p
     
  19. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
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  20. Lechus7

    Lechus7 Member+

    Aug 31, 2011
    Wroclaw
  21. Páll Guðmundsson

    Valur FC
    Iceland
    Sep 14, 2018
    Reykjavík
    Nat'l Team:
    Iceland
    I see you don't have any recaps from group F. Here are couple of links to the Icelandic games. Hope they work for your location. Sorry if this is a repost.

    Iceland - Hungary
    https://www.visir.is/k/cac64b0c-9586-472e-a6cf-bc7fa268397f-1567113070430?jwsource=cl

    Iceland - Slovakia
    https://www.visir.is/k/74703171-9575-46d7-b25a-e10380db2717-1567465089922

     
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  22. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
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  23. Lechus7

    Lechus7 Member+

    Aug 31, 2011
    Wroclaw
    #173 Lechus7, Feb 20, 2020
    Last edited: Feb 20, 2020
    those I have :) but since you've started to pull marvelous things out of this hat, any chance for Japan v Germany 2011 WWC match with english commentary perhaps? :laugh:

    If someone is intrested, in my collection are - all WWC 2015 games, around 80% of Japan's matches past 2011 till now, London 2012 Olympics (don't have immediate access for those last one though)
    My google drive is only 15GB so gimme a shout for specific game and I will upload it.
     
  24. Ethan Frank

    Ethan Frank Member+

    Chelsea
    United States
    Jun 11, 2019
    Well, in the Arsenal video with Miedema before the WWC, she said she wouldn't take the responsibility of a last minute penalty in the final to win the WWC for her country.

    Edit: Maybe all she has to do is speak with Spitse if she wants to take the PKs from now on. Spitse let Martens take the PK vs Japan after Martens told her that she felt really confident about putting it away.

    Edit: Sorry, this is a very late reply; I wasn't paying attention to when you posted this comment. There were updates, and I assumed this was a recent comment for some reason.
     
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  25. L'orange

    L'orange Member+

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Jul 20, 2017

    No worries: I'm taking advantage of the Google Doc link above and re-watching the WC semifinal against Sweden. I think Spitse will be an issue going forward. Her free-kick deliveries are awesome, but she's getting older and doesn't move that well. She was not good in the first half against Sweden--very un-influential. She is very good at professional fouling, I will say that. Van Dongen wasn't very good either, which isn't all that surprising. ManU fans can complain about Groenen, if they want--but the Dutch would be sunk without her and Van de Donk, who are all over the field. I'll have modest expectations for the Dutch at the Olympics, but I do hope Van Lunteren will reconsider her international retirement and pull on the Orange again in time for Euro21!
     
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