The Lionesses: Portugal v England (Fri 19:45 on ITV) + lots of other Women's Nations League matches

[jojojo]

10 changes in the England lineup. Gabby George, Millie Turner, Maya le Tissier and Grace Clinton all start.

England XI: Hampton, Morgan, George, Mace, Turner, Bright, Park, Le Tissier, Beever-Jones, Clinton, Blindkilde Brown.

Subs: Bronze, Earps, Stanway, Mead, Walsh, Naz, Carter, Russo, Williamson, Moorh

 

[jojojo]

England freekick - Millie Turner's header hits the post and Grace Clinton puts it in. England lead 1-0

 

[jojojo]

Wales go one up after a disputed penalty.

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Wales 1 (pen) - Rep of Ire 0

Handball, VAR

 

[Ole'sgunnarwin]

Wales go one up after a disputed penalty.

Clear penalty, stuck her arm out. Silly thing to do, under no pressure

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Irish goalie with another good save, 2-3 in first half as well.

 

[jojojo]

Clear penalty, stuck her arm out. Silly thing to do, under no pressure

Good spot by the VAR ref - not much reaction to it live on the field, not from the ref or from the players.

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Wales breakaway, slightly fortunate rebound but very tidy finish 2-0.

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

2-1. Few mins, will be a lot of added time

 

[McGrathsipan]

Wales breakaway, slightly fortunate rebound but very tidy finish 2-0.

Poor defence really. Ireland all over the place.

They've been sloppy over all.

 

[Shane88]

Keeper is a twat.

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

To say Wales are hanging on is a huge understatement

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Rep of Ireland 1 - Wales 2.

Odd match, low quality for a long time, pen, breakaway then quite a few chances in last 20-30 and Ireland did everything bar score second at the end.

 

[Oscar Bonavena]

RTE whingeing about the var penalty. It was stonewall ffs.

I don't get this. Ireland get a goal back from a corner McCabe swings just outside the 6 yard box. A minute later, she gets another corner and tries to pick out an Irish player on the edge of the 18 yard box. Why not just swing it into the 6 yard box again after just scoring from the previous one??!

 

[jojojo]

Wales qualify for their first women's international tournament.

A long 8 minutes of added time for the Welsh team to survive. A too short 8 minutes for an Ireland team trying to get an equaliser. Not a great football match and Ireland the better team for long periods - but in the end it's Wales who got the goals that mattered.

Tonight's other qualifiers:
Finland
Poland
Portugal
Sweden
Norway
Belgium

 

[KeanoMagicHat]

That was a gutting defeat for Ireland, better team over two legs but picked off on the counter a few times and that VAR peno.

 

[jojojo]

With the Euros only a few months away, it's Nations League season again. England's group comprises: Spain, England, Belgium and Portugal. Spain are currently WWC champions and Women's Nations League champions.

Friday
7:45 Portugal v England
5:45. Spain v Belgium

Wednesday
7:15 Belgium v Portugal
7:45 England v Spain

Also playing tonight:
Poland v NI
Austria v Scotland
Ireland v Turkey
Italy v Wales

amongst others...

 

[Rapsel]

We play ze Germans tonight. Thanks for ze reminzer.

 

[jojojo]

England XI: Earps, Bronze, Charles, Walsh, Bright, Williamson, Park, Clinton, Russo, Toone, James.

Subs: Morgan, Hampton, Le Tissier, Turner, Carter, Kelly, Naz, Beever-Jones, Parris, Moorhouse, Mace, Blindkilde-Brown.

Clinton and Toone starting.

Playing at a sold out mini-stadium (5000 seater) with 500 England fans in attendance. But there's no roof and it's pouring down

 

[jojojo]

Russo gets the opener for England from a cross by Lucy Bronze. England have had all the ball and have spent most of the match in the Portuguese half.

 

[jojojo]

England still leading 1-0 after 73 minutes but nothing like the dominant force they were in the first half. Portugal currently look more likely to score.

Brief interval as Mary Earps has a bit of a lie down while her teammates have a drink and a chat with the manager

 

[jojojo]

And just as I post that Portugal get their equaliser. Deserved it. Nicely taken goal.

 

[jojojo]

FT
Portugal 1-1 England

First half all England but one goal didn't feel like enough. Second half Portugal deserved the draw