by Durhamfootman » Wed Jul 06, 2022 10:19 pm
Good first half
impressive crowd of nearly 69,000
I thought England 'wandered' a bit in the second half. According to the commo's the three players who came on in a triple substitution added some much needed energy and impetus and showed that the future of England football was in good hands, but from where I was watching England were in full control beforehand and once the subs had been made they spent the rest of the match on the back foot and ended up having to hang on a bit, so make of that what you will
Quite a few England players were not at their best tonight, but hopefully that will change over the coming matches. Bronze had an excellent first half, Bright was magnificent all night, Williamson was pretty solid, Walsh looked in control of the middle of the park for the first hour and Earps saved the ones she had to save with no alarms. Everyone else looked slightly off, but hey.... first match nerves and all that. The subs added nothing for me, but took quite a lot away
A win is a win though, and in tournament football it doesn't matter how you start as long as you keep winning
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