@Chris-B said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Pretty disappointing - four or five decent chances for us to score and we weren't able to.
Philippines took their one good chance.
A draw in this game might have been enough to get us into the play-offs - a loss makes it pretty difficult.
I think we want Switzerland to beat Norway and we need to beat Switzerland. And hope the Philippines don't win. So out in the group stage it is
Vagaries of soccer huh?
Sneak a goal and defend luck hell.
Poos
P.S. I assume as much couldn't watch here. But first half stats were dominant.
Well that’s a downer.
And will kill the average Kiwi’s interest in soccer for a couple of decades.
It is harder to break down a team who get bodies behind the ball, than to counter a team who try to play football against you. We didn't have the strength, the skill or the quality to break them down. And when chances fell to us, we couldn't take them
@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
It is harder to break down a team who get bodies behind the ball, than to counter a team who try to play football against you. We didn't have the strength, the skill or the quality to break them down. And when chances fell to us, we couldn't take them
Broke them down many times, didn't finish them off
The big miss was Hand. That needed to be on target. Jale did get her shot on goal, but a great save from the GK.
@MiketheSnow said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
It is harder to break down a team who get bodies behind the ball, than to counter a team who try to play football against you. We didn't have the strength, the skill or the quality to break them down. And when chances fell to us, we couldn't take them
Broke them down many times, didn't finish them off
We made very few clean chances. One disallowed headed goal, one sharp volley saved, and one header over the bar. Not nearly enough end product in the final quarter
@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@MiketheSnow said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
It is harder to break down a team who get bodies behind the ball, than to counter a team who try to play football against you. We didn't have the strength, the skill or the quality to break them down. And when chances fell to us, we couldn't take them
Broke them down many times, didn't finish them off
We made very few clean chances. One disallowed headed goal, one sharp volley saved, and one header over the bar. Not nearly enough end product in the final quarter
33% conversion rate and it's a draw
66% conversion rate and it's a win
I am 200% behind the growth going through woman’s sport. Unequivocally.
BUT.
That was the lowest quality match I’ve seen in any adult sport, ever. Capped with a classic modern football faux pas with a technical VAR offside call.
Woeful.
So Norway and Switzerland play out a nil all draw. All to play for in the final round.
Switzerland vs New Zealand. There will be no element of surprise this time. However the Swiss will hopefully try to play and leave themselves open to a counterattack or two. We need to be defensively solid but offer more on attack.
Norway vs Philippines. Norway have underachieved, I expect them to play with desperation against a team they will expect to beat.
I'm not sure how countback will work if we fail to win. A draw keeps us in the mix, a loss and it's over for us
That draw doesn't help NZ, who will need at least a point against Switzerland. Assuming Norway don't get upset - again.
@Bovidae said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
That draw doesn't help NZ, who will need at least a point against Switzerland. Assuming Norway don't get upset - again.
If both games are drawn, who goes through out of us or the Philippines? Will their win be the tiebreaker?
@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@Bovidae said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
That draw doesn't help NZ, who will need at least a point against Switzerland. Assuming Norway don't get upset - again.
If both games are drawn, who goes through out of us or the Philippines? Will their win be the tiebreaker?
GD will be the tiebreaker, so NZ.
We have to win, assuming Norway will win. We were able to dominate the Philippines defence, but had no end product. I can see Norway going through when we lose to Switzerland
@Machpants said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@JK said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@mariner4life And they still call it soccer there too? Sounds fucked alright
History lesson the term ‘soccer’ from aSOCCiation football was used at the same time as rugger, to distinguish two forms of football. It is of British origin. The idea that ‘football’ just applied to Association Football and not other forms of Football came later, soccer is the earlier name. Ergo, keep calling it soccer, or Association Football - don’t let them hijack the term football just to apply to one sort. Soccer wasn’t the ‘first’ sort of football, just one branch of a family that has been around since they used to be the crap out of each other, village vs village over the fields in between - with some sort of leather thing somewhere there too.
Did know this but “soccer” just reminds me of the ugly longball style of play that we use to play here in NZ, and not the beautiful game on display in Europe, and on occasions now here too
@Mattasaurus said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Ferns look sloppy .. lazy passing and giving away a lot of possession. They look a little clueless in the box too.... maybe they've played their "big game" already Loooooong way back
Clueless in both boxes. Bit of a calamity really. I reckon either of the teams my 14 year old son plays in would probably beat them.
@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
We have to win, assuming Norway will win. We were able to dominate the Philippines defence, but had no end product. I can see Norway going through when we lose to Switzerland
Yup, Norway and Switzerland will go through, losing to the Philippines was a shocker.
Hopefully plays the reverse psychology card
@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
We have to win, assuming Norway will win. We were able to dominate the Philippines defence, but had no end product. I can see Norway going through when we lose to Switzerland
I decided to check out the Norwegian websites and that is not one happy team. The star player who was benched against Switzerland spat the dummy. Apparently they also haven't scored a single goal in the past 4 games. I would say it's looking pretty good for NZ.
