UEFA World Cup qualifiers

Discussion in 'Women's World Cup' started by shlj, Apr 4, 2017.

  1. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Daly's one of my faves too. She's come in as a late sub in ENG 3 out of 4 games. Here might be a couple of reasons why she seems like a fringe player for her NT(even though I think she's one of ENG best)

    1) don't know for sure with Neville. but lot of NT coaches not like their players in foreign or overseas leagues(Ellis was really bad about this). They might make an exception for an experienced vet on a temp basis(like Jody Taylor or Alex Morgan) but In Daly's case, she first played at St John college & than for the Dash for for the next years.

    2) different style than what Daly's used to. Neville insists on playing with what's just one attacking player,. In fact his two main strikers, Taylor & White, usually sub each other out instead of being on the field at the same time together/the rest of the tam plays more compacted, short passing game. Daly with her speed, but not all that disciplined would be way more comfortable in the sort of open field/double wide attacking setting of Ellis/Pauw/Wiegmann
     
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  2. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    They had a try with her up front in the last two years. England are short of defensive players and Rachel has played there from u15 to seniors.


    It was a joke, it is an injury she has had for a long time, but carried on playing
    .
     
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  3. L'orange

    L'orange Member+

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Jul 20, 2017
    Yea, Daly thrives in a more width-oriented, direct game--and Houston's been a counter-attacking team, which very much suits a forward with her pace.

    Taylor's game is much different. She seems a smart player, has some ball skills, makes smart runs, can pass and can finish if she gets good service--but doesn't have the athletic dynamism that a lot of top forwards have: not that big, not that strong, not that fast. Some Reign fans are not keen on her. Sometimes you need your forwards to beat an opponent and make a great play. I haven't yet seen her do that for the Reign.
     
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  4. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    yeah, definitely correct about Taylor. She's got possibly the best mid/ wingers/feeder lineups in the world with the Reign. yet's only managed 3 goals so far this season

    Taylor, looked bad last time vs the US(at SBC); didn't have the speed to get behind the US high/back line, tried to take them from the front(1v4, since the English don't believe in helping out their lone strikers, lol), but with obvious lukewarm results. This is where Daly would of been really good, not just with her speed, but her unique strength to criss cross entire defenses, while looking for the open gap.

    But can understand, the English don't face teams like the US in most of their encounters, rather instead face a host of 2nd/3rd tier NT's in Euro qualifiers who tend to bunker(does invalidate Daly's speed)
     
  5. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Faroe Island 0 Slovenia 4
    Sweden 4 Croatia 0
    Wales 1 Bosnia 0 .
    Wales 4 wins two draws 4 goals only 1-0 and 0-0 results so far
     
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  6. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Spain 2 Israel 0
    Scotland 2 Belarus 1

    Wales go top of Group 1 tonight, Only for one day probably.
    Spain nearly there in Group 7, Finland can catch them up if they win their 4 remaining games.
     
  7. Juanele

    Juanele Member+

    Aug 4, 1999
    Colorado, US
    Forgot to add that only if Spain lose their remaining games
     
  8. WWC_Movement

    WWC_Movement Red Card

    Dec 10, 2014
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Papua New Guinea
    Sweden vs. Croatia

     
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  9. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Indeed Spain should qualify today or on Tuesday. Italy also could qualify today.
     
  10. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Crossing fingers. :ninja:
     
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  11. Bauser

    Bauser Member+

    Dec 23, 2000
    Norway
    Club:
    Fredrikstad FK
    Hosts won't produce pictures from the Ireland v Norway game tonight. Crew from NFF will try to use an amateur one camera solution and broadcast it on their website. Could be geoblocked. Kick-off 6:30 CET.
     
  12. Juanele

    Juanele Member+

    Aug 4, 1999
    Colorado, US
    Which is happened since Finland lost today
     
  13. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
    England concede their first goal of qualifying. Another awful team error. Bronze poor at the back post and nobody near the Russian scorer as she heads in. Every goal conceded in the Phil Neville era has involved a really a poor individual error.

    Walsh played a lovely pass for England's third.
     
  14. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    ...is anyone else bothered by the fact that the UEFA website hasn't posted a single news story since November despite the March tournaments and two rounds to qualification have happened/are happening since?
     
  15. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Could this mean that no-one is going to update website anymore and everyone will choose to update social network's accounts only? Tha would be a very sad day... :cautious:
     
  16. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Italy-Portugal 2-0 at HT from two Corner-Kick actions. I am quite excited: WWC looks so close right now! :)
     
  17. Bauser

    Bauser Member+

    Dec 23, 2000
    Norway
    Club:
    Fredrikstad FK
    Summary from last night:

    GROUP 1
    Wales 1 - 0 Bosnia & Herzegovina

    Green 62

    GROUP 2
    Scotland 2 - 1 Belarus

    Cuthbert 45+2, 65 - Olkhovik 27

    GROUP 4
    Sweden 4 - 0 Croatia

    Blackstenius 16,67, Rubensson 63, Folkesson 90

    GROUP 5
    Faroe Islands 0 - 4 Slovenia

    Ivanusa 10, Zver 21(p),65, Prasnikar 88

    GROUP 7
    Spain 2 - 0 Israel

    Maria Paz 51, Alexia 88(p)


    And tonight...

    GROUP 1
    Russia 1 - 3 England

    Danilova 31 - Parris 22, J.Scott 27,36

    GROUP 3
    Republic of Ireland 0 - 2 Norway

    Utland 21,61
    Northern Ireland 0 - 5 Netherlands
    Beerensteyn 37, Van de Donk 61, Van de Sanden 65, Spitse 75(p), Groenen 89

    GROUP 4
    Ukraine 1 - 5 Denmark

    Ovdiychuk 90+3 - Nadim 6,52(p), Harder 33, S.Troelsgaard 81,90+5

    GROUP 6
    Italy 3 - 0 Portugal

    Girelli 4, Salvai 13, Bonansea 90+1

    GROUP 7
    Finland 0 - 2 Austria

    Koivisto 6(og), Schiechtl 72
     
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  18. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    No words. 3-0 FT, and Italy at WWC after 20 years of waiting. Time to party, guys. :laugh: Sniff. :inlove:

    Patrizia Panico was commenting the match for Italian TV: 4 years ago she missed WWC at play-offs, while playing with many of the girls on the pitch tonight; now, she can see them living the dream.

    Bonansea totally deserved the goal: she was deserving it for many actions she made in this game, in particular the one that hot the crossbar after a long run from the center-circle. Scoring at 90' was the icing on the cake.
     
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  19. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Trivia: of the 9 other teams currently qualified for the tournament, Italy hasn't been in a WWC with five of them (Chile, France, S.Korea, Spain, Thailand) despite only one of the nine (Chile) being a debutante. I looked this up after noticing Italy hadn't been in the same WWC as both other UEFA nations thus far.

    (To be fair to Italy, Spain and Thailand debuted in just the previous tournament)
     
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  20. Bauser

    Bauser Member+

    Dec 23, 2000
    Norway
    Club:
    Fredrikstad FK
    Congrats! :thumbsup:

    Looking forward to seeing Barbara Bonansea in the World Cup. She deserves a bigger stage.
     
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  21. Lechus7

    Lechus7 Member+

    Aug 31, 2011
    Wroclaw
    Congrats!
    I bet it doesn't feel too bad to be Italian tonight :)
     
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  22. WWC_Movement

    WWC_Movement Red Card

    Dec 10, 2014
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Papua New Guinea
    Congrats. Italy has been a nation that for several years I said would improve mightily in women's football and eventually become very competitive against top teams.

    Still waiting for Spain to come around. They look great, but they need to do it on the BIG STAGE, and not just in qualifying and in the Euro (2013 Euro, they were very good). They need to perform at the World Cup. They were a disappointment in 2015.

    Spain is a serious contender for Round of 16 in 2019, and Quarterfinal or even Semifinal in 2023.

    Depending on who they match up with in the Round of 16 in 2019, they may even sneak through and get to the Quarterfinal. It will all depend on the bracket.
     
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  23. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    No video-highlights have surfaced yet (I assume this video of the full-match from Italian TV is geo-blocked).

    Meanwhile we can settle for the players celebrating after the match:

     
  24. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    there's hasn't been too many highlights of the last round (still waiting for the ENG-RUS), but here's a decent one between Scotland & Belarus. Can't figure out why the Scots are so underwhelming despite a plethora of quality players?




    for me she's closing in as one of the top ten players in the world, but then there's so many that look good coming down the left/wide; Martens, Rapinoe, Le Sommer, eccedra
     
  25. Lechus7

    Lechus7 Member+

    Aug 31, 2011
    Wroclaw
    Moldova - Belgium livestream
     

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