Group B4 56 minutes in Czechia 1 - 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia also won home match with Czechs and is currently leading group B4 Small upset. EDIT: 69 mins in and Czechs equalized 2-2. Still it's a good result for Bosnia. In group B3 Ukraine won 1-0 with Greece. Serbia plays Poland within an hour. Poland can already book their place in League A for EURO 25 qualifiers with a win tonite.
Full props to anyone who predicted Belgium would have a very realistic chance of advancing as the group winner after four matches; I'm obviously rooting for Scotland to pull off a win vs Belgium. Groenen's awesome as the deepest midfielder, but after Damaris had to come in for Martens, Groenen reminded us how good she is as an 8. Those two steals and smart passes to Beerensteyn and Roord deserved at least one goal. The Netherlands hit Scotland's right hand post three times. Brugts was absolutely huge today. A wonder goal and a critical interception stopping a Scotland chance. She's something special.
Group B3 Poland ------ 4m ----- 10p ----- 8-4 Serbia ------- 4m ----- 7p ----- 8-4 Ukraine ----- 4m ----- 3p ----- 4-6 Greece ------ 4m ----- 3p ----- 3-9 Ukraine 1 - 0 Greece Apanashchenko 52' Serbia 1 - 1 Poland Blagojevic 51' --- Padilla 43'
On MD4 13 of the 16 games - 81% - in Leagues A and B ended in draws or wins by a single goal. Italy almost won in Sweden but were denied by another late goal like against Spain on Friday, although at least they earned a point this time.
DAZN Football's highlight video for Stanway is too much. Four shots that resulted in routine saves, one shot that was wide, a sideways assist for a long range shot that arguably could/should have been parried wide, and a cross that created a difficult header chance. All the goal/assist highlights were against Benfica and Rosengard. This video was surely released independent of Stanway's performance yesterday, but nevertheless, the timing is a bit funny.
Final matchday preview from UEFA Right now we have Ireland promoted to League A and Turkye promoted to League B
Poland promoted to League A Albania and Romania relegated to League C Azerbaijan and Kosovo promoted to League B
Take a hard look at creative players pulling strings in FAWSL clubs... Hasegawa, Nagano, Fleming, Leupolz, Cuthbert, Little, Ingle, Nusken, Hayashi... all imports. English players like Kelly, James or Hemp are shining in their respective clubs often because of quality service... a service that they are missing now in England WNT - especially with absence of Mead, Kirby or even Williams. FA WSL clubs are getting stronger, yes, but it's very unbalanced growth that does no favors to ENG NT
Will Scottish players now allow England to score many goals to have a chance to qualify for Olympic Games?
Spain qualified for Nations League Finals. Scotland and Wales relegated to League B. Why is there no info for Belarus vs Czech Republic?
Belarus vs Czech Republic postponed(likely to Saturday) because the pitch is under water after heavy rain.
Brutal choke job by The Netherlands today, blowing a 2-0 lead and losing 3-2 in extra time. Protecting a 2-goal lead against a good attacking team like England, when you're in their stadium, is dicey if you don't stay on the front foot. Problem is, it's relatively easy to start playing on the back foot, and when you get tentative and lose aggression, and the crowd is roaring, bad things happen.
And this is why Scotland and England being in the same group didn’t make sense. Of course, the Dutch should have held on to at least a draw to avoid this situation. I don’t think non Dutch media and fans give Groenen enough plaudits for what she’s brought to the Dutch since she became a regular starter.
The English broadcast talked about the Dutch midfield being superior in the first half, and they talked about the Dutch not being close enough to James and England being more energetic in the second half. Who’s arguably the best and most energetic Dutch midfielder? The one replaced by Damaris. How was that enforced sub not brought up at all by the English broadcast? That second half has to be arguably the roughest half of Damaris’ career so far.