FIFA Women's World Cup
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@MajorRage I'm almost certain she had her right foot in the air well before the penalty was kicked - clear from the slomo behind the goal
Moot now though, well played Spain
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Hemp, Bronze and Carter were very good, and Earps with that save was outstanding. Kept them in it.
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@MajorRage said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@NTA gotta have a foot on the line. That’s a very misleading photo tho.
Ball looks as tho it’s just kicked and rear foot clearly only just lifted. Odds on she moved early but as not as clear as it looks there.
Kiwi analyst says she definitely moved, and could have been called back. Added to the drama though and a goal then would have killed the game off as a spectacle
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@GibbonRib perhaps. They didn’t show a replay on UK and I wasn’t going to go freeze framing!
As I said, odds on she went early but that still picture doesn’t prove anything.
I must say, supporting England in big tournament so far gives very shit returns. 1 from 5 by my count.
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Can someone explain this to me please
Football can invent a VAR system which will tell the ref whether a player is offside to within the width of a ball hair, but can't afford enough white paint to paint a penalty spot big enough when once the ball is placed there is a clear ring of white paint outside of the circumference of the match ball
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@MiketheSnow why does it need to? The ball just needs to touch the paint, not be surrounded by it
If people want to play silly buggers about whether the ball is in the right spot or not they'll do that regardless of how big the spot is
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Considering it wasn't even Spain's best team that's quite the performance, federation was in disarray prior to the tournament with a lot of the players in the squad not happy with how the head coach conducted himself. A group of them made an official complaint to the federation and after a review in which they backed the coach 12 players got cut from the WC team.
Guess you'd have to say that the head coach knew what he was doing...
Spain must have some incredible depth in their playing stocks to pull that off and do it so well.
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I had only seen one other of the Spain matches during the tournament and their speed is something else. Of all the teams I think they have the best ball control.
Despite the score line I thought it was a pretty entertaining match. Lots of chances and even though I was going for England, Spain were the better side on the park.
A very good World Cup and well done to Oz and NZ for hosting it with very little controversy or disasters.
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Spain hero Olga Carmona finds out father tragically passed away before final
Spain's match-winner Olga Carmona was told of her father's passing following the game after the family decided not to tell her in the build up.The big calls in life!
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@ACT-Crusader said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Spain hero Olga Carmona finds out father tragically passed away before final
Spain's match-winner Olga Carmona was told of her father's passing following the game after the family decided not to tell her in the build up.The big calls in life!
It does seem like he was close to death already but talk about mixed emotions after captaining your country to win the World Cup
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@ACT-Crusader said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Spain hero Olga Carmona finds out father tragically passed away before final
Spain's match-winner Olga Carmona was told of her father's passing following the game after the family decided not to tell her in the build up.The big calls in life!
The right call I would say - imagine having that dumped on you just before you play the biggest game of your life
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@Windows97 said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@ACT-Crusader said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Spain hero Olga Carmona finds out father tragically passed away before final
Spain's match-winner Olga Carmona was told of her father's passing following the game after the family decided not to tell her in the build up.The big calls in life!
The right call I would say - imagine having that dumped on you just before you play the biggest game of your life
Yup. And what better way to honour his memory than for his daughter to win the world cup
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@Bovidae said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
I was happy to read that Spain won, as they and Japan were the two best sides to watch during the WC.
Bonmatí a deserved Golden Ball winner.
Interesting that Spain got absolutely walloped by Japan in the group stages 4-0
