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1 minute ago, Wallsendmag said:

Dreadful game of football. Far too many breaks in play and it just never flowed at all.

 

Congratulations to Spain. They were the better side.


Felt like the ball was out of play more than in play in the last 15 min plus added time.

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1 minute ago, Theregulars said:

I don’t agree that they were miles better. The better team on the day won but it was closer than you keep honking on about. 

Yeah, I didn’t think Spain were dominant in any way.  England lacked composure as much as anything.  Spain definitely worthy winners, but that was not a one sided final. 

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England weren't good enough on the day, some rash challenges, poor decision making and sloppy passing, Bronze was poor but perhaps she raced back from knee surgery too soon? The ref didn't help matters, she missed a few howlers for us yet seemed to pick up on everything for Spain, she lost grip of the game when she failed to send Paralluelo off and almost let Spain take a penalty way off the spot.

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6 minutes ago, Mattoon said:

England weren't good enough on the day, some rash challenges, poor decision making and sloppy passing, Bronze was poor but perhaps she raced back from knee surgery too soon? The ref didn't help matters, she missed a few howlers for us yet seemed to pick up on everything for Spain, she lost grip of the game when she failed to send Paralluelo off and almost let Spain take a penalty way off the spot.

Ref took an age over the penalty which helped England. 
 

It was stonewall but took forever. 

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2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Ref took an age over the penalty which helped England. 
 

It was stonewall but took forever. 

Yeah, that was shocking.  I genuinely felt sorry for the Spanish at that moment.  You’ll never see a more blatant handball - yet it took roughly five mins from the incident to the pen being taken.  That’s a lot of thinking time …

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2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Yeah, that was shocking.  I genuinely felt sorry for the Spanish at that moment.  You’ll never see a more blatant handball - yet it took roughly five mins from the incident to the pen being taken.  That’s a lot of thinking time …

Aye. I don’t know what they were deliberating for so long.  Because of her body shape she ends up leaning into the ball and saving it.  
 

I’ve lost track of the penalty rule but the keeper takes a step forward don’t know if that’s allowed.  
 

Better team won on the day.  No complaints. 

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Just now, The College Dropout said:

Aye. I don’t know what they were deliberating for so long.  Because of her body shape she ends up leaning into the ball and saving it.  
 

I’ve lost track of the penalty rule but the keeper takes a step forward don’t know if that’s allowed.  
 

Better team won on the day.  No complaints. 

Just on the pen rule - the keeper has to have at least one foot on the line.  Earps definitely didn’t tbh. 

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10 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Just on the pen rule - the keeper has to have at least one foot on the line.  Earps definitely didn’t tbh. 

They check it with VAR, and it gets retaken if she didn't. So while I haven't seen a replay, I'd assume that she did.

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Better side won, ref was pretty poor and lost control by not punishing time wasting. We look very slow in a few positions and struggled against Spain, Nigeria and Haiti as a result. I’ll accept Bright as being a bit slow, Russo always looks like she’s running through cement. 

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49 minutes ago, timeEd32 said:


Felt like the ball was out of play more than in play in the last 15 min plus added time.

 

Felt like that throughout the 2nd half tbh. At least the myth of play acting being exclusively to the men's game has been blown apart. As I say Spain deserved their win but some of the play acting was pathetic.

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7 minutes ago, Bimpy474 said:

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If you care so little is it that hard to just not post?

 

Like all the Rugby weirdos who turn up when the men's side gets knocked out - you can just stick to the stuff you are interested in without shitting on the stuff you're not 

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