It was like that was the only Swedish song that the French knew, they had it on repeat from what I heard Obviously never heard of gräva guld i usa
I don’t know, but England head coaching job would be an attractive position for her someday after she’s done with USWNT. Mark Sampson probably laughing at Phil right now or he already did.
Strong of Sweden to peak in this World Cup. I didn't see them as potential medal winners a month ago. A very favourable first round group allowed them to rotate astutely and then they grew from there. I'm reading the bronze winning team will have a big welcome home parade in Gothenburg on Monday. A tour with an open top bus ending on the main square in the city. I'm sure Norway wouldn't have a reception like that even with gold medals after seven straight 5-0 wins. We would have a minister showing up at the airport with a bouquet of flowers and that's it.
Is it simply there isn't a lot of fan support in Norway? Surely more support for the women's team than for the men's right?
Posters can criticize Neville, but of course it's hard to get up for the 3rd-4th game. All he did is say what's obvious. I think some people thinking he, and some members of the US team and other teams, are obnoxious, arrogant, you name it ... is great for women's soccer. The more passion, the better.
There is fan support, but that parade thing is very 'un-Norwegian'. Nope. Well, may be if Ada Hegerberg comes back, there might be a sudden rush in the ticket sales. Norway host England in early September. I wonder if there might be a record attendance after the World Cup.
No, Sweden have these home comings from time to time. I've seen their hockey team after winning in Olympics or world championships, for instance.
I’m confused. Out of town and not able to watch match. I see all the posts saying that you can’t call the handball and then I see this that makes it clear as can be. Ball comes up, she cups it with her arm. That’s handling all day long.
And yet Norway hasn't? Sorry, I don't mean to be difficult or to allege you 2 are the same. It's just surprising that your nation would be uneasy with parades honoring sports heroes. Specifically female sporting heroes. That'd be precisely what many in society would be desiring, I'd reckon.
No worries. There was nothing for the wins at WWC 1995, Olympics 2000 or endless amount of medals at the Euros. Our handball women have won buckets of medals in tournaments without any parades also. There just hasn't been a culture for parades so far. I hope it changes when the next opportunity for celebration comes.
As I mentioned in the Referee Forum, I now understand what White is gesturing about. She's not claiming the ball went off her body rather than her arm; she's saying the ball came off the Swedish defender's body, Sembrant's stomach, and she's right. I still have to leave it to referees whether this is handling under either old or new laws, but this is very contrary to common sense. Of course, I also question the common sense of automatically, unconditionally, calling this handling when two players are jostling for position like this. If not for the tussle for position, White gets her body in a position she wants, more in front of the ball, shielding it.
More than half full. People were moving and trying to avoid sitting right under the sun, but they still managed to get a little more than 20,300 people in a stadium that is configured to hold 36,718. I'm disappointed with the English turnout in this tournament. The Germans brought their share of spectators at every single match involving Germany, but the English should have done a lot more considering geographical proximity and accessibility between both countries.
Holy crap that was a fun game. Wish we’d have seen that Fran Kirby the whole tournament. Neville. Neville. Neville.
Here's the part of the law (an addition to the handling part of the law this past year) that is relevant: [bold is my own] "It is an offense if a player: -deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, including moving their hand/arm towards the ball -gains possession/control of the ball after it has touched their hand/arm and then scores in the opponent's goal or creates a goal-scoring opportunity -scores in their opponent's goal directly from their hand/arm, even if accidental, including by the goalkeeper" It doesn't need to be deliberate anymore if that second bullet point happens. It came off the arm by accident but still led to the goal? Handball. Period. And I think White even makes a movement of her arm to control the ball, which would even fall under the first bullet point. But that's debatable. The second is not.
Thank you. We all suspected, watching the World Cup, that the new laws were draconian. The second point (about touching hand/arm) practically renders the first point ("deliberately touches") moot, irrelevant, or superfluous. The new law is clear. It's just that, as I said and as this play shows, it's contrary to common sense. Another failure on the part of IFAB/FIFA/the Committee led by referees like Collina and Busacca. As I've also said before, the laws are being rewritten and reinterpreted not for the benefit of the players playing the game, nor the fans, nor the game itself, but for referees to absolve them of blame. And it's ruining the game.