New Zealand's journey in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 has ended after a spirited yet scoreless draw with Switzerland in Dunedin on Sunday. Despite New Zealand's exit from the group stage in FIFA Women's World Cup 2023, there is light at the end of the tunnel, which is their...
Having finished third back in 2015, England will be disappointed with their failure to progress further this time around. Eventual champions the USA sent them packing following a tight semi-final encounter, while Sweden pipped them to bronze in the 3rd place play-off match. Although the Lionesses' objective was to leave...
Hurt and disappointment for the Netherlands as they were denied their first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup title after losing 2-0 to an extraordinary USA side. The USA successfully defended their FIFA Women's World Cup title after defeating first-time finalists the Netherlands thanks goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle. Prior...
Before the final game, FIFA Women’s World Cup offered a last chance to both losing sides from the semi-finals. The bronze battle between England, eliminated by the USA, and Sweden, defeated by the Netherlands. Sweden displayed a strong performance and they were capable of frustrating England's possession play. Also, Sweden were...
The FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 final is upon us with the USA squad chasing their fourth star as the heavy favourite while the Netherlands are in search of their first star. This tactical analysis will look at the lineup decisions for both coaches. Also, the enormous challenge of avoiding an...
Double heartbreak for both England and Sweden as both teams have been knocked out of contention for the final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. England were defeated by the reigning world champions the USA on Tuesday, 2 July 2019. The match was no short of excitement with both...
The Netherlands had to face a very tough Sweden in the semi-finals of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup but they proved brave enough to overcome the difficult challenge. Sarina Wiegman's side brushed Italy aside with the scoreline of 2-0 to advance to the semi-finals, while Peter Gerhardsson took the...
Following a comfortable victory over Norway in the quarter-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019, England went into the last four confident of beating tournament favourites USA. The Lionesses also reached this stage back in 2015, with the United States ultimately crowned champions. Despite mounting a stronger challenge in...
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A total of 24 teams came to France, with each team believing in their own philosophy, personnel, and tactics for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019. Although the Men's World Cup in 2018 showed that possession-based football is not the surest possible road to a successful campaign in a knock-out...
As we entered the quarterfinals at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the battles were getting serious. Both Italy and Netherlands reached this stage with ease. However, now they faced each other. The game played out as an interesting battle although no one was able to grab the lead until the...
The FIFA Women’s World Cup offered a close quarter-final between Germany and Sweden. Despite a possession rate of 64%, Germany was incapable of scoring more than once and therewith lost the quarter-final due to two Sweden goals with 1-2. Sweden were capable of frustrating the German attacking department which lacked versatility...
The second match in the quarter-final brought us the clash between what’s arguably the two strongest sides in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019. On one side, France have topped their group and remained unbeaten after an extra time win against Brazil. The host were considered as a favourite to...
The quarterfinals of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup are on. In Rennes, Germany will face Sweden in what will be a close match between two strong sides. Having eliminated Canada in the round-of-16, Sweden are confident to reach the semi-finals. But Germany also seek their next world championship after...
Italy and the Netherlands will be battling each other in the quarter-finals of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Both have played brilliantly so far in this competition and it will certainly be hard to predict who's going to come out with a victory. This will be the Netherlands' first appearance at...
Despite Cameroon's best efforts to unsettle England in the round of 16, Phil Neville's side managed to progress with a 3-0 win. Their opponents in the quarter-finals, Norway, had to overcome Australia on penalties to secure their place in the last eight of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019. With...
This stage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 leaves us with the crème de la crème of women’s football. The final eight teams have been decided and we now enter the more exciting match-ups of the entire tournament. The next of the quarter-finals is a gigantic game between two...
Nikita Parris came into this FIFA Women’s World Cup as one of England’s star players, tasked with spearheading the attack. Parris has not disappointed and led the Lionesses to three wins from three to top their group that included former World Cup champions in Japan. The England winger has been...
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Both teams arrived at this match with great expectations. For Italy, having not qualified for 12 years for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, this match was of great significance. After topping their group, there was a lot of pressure on Le Azzure to go even further. On the other hand,...
