The Lionesses: Qualified for Euro '25 | Nations League

England 3-4 Germany and no logical explanation for why the teams were playing that badly. It was fun at times but ultimately, England in particular were just making so many dumb errors that I'm not sure how we kept Germany down to four. I hope Wiegman learned something, because it won't be fun watching England playing like that again.

Meanwhile, in the Euro qualifier matches today:
Slovakia 2-1 Wales
Hungary 0-1 Scotland
Croatia 1-1 N. Ireland
Georgia 0-6 RoI
Return legs on Tuesday.
 
jojojo said:
I don't know really. You'd think these friendlies would be a good moment to try them out properly. Equally I get that she thinks the core of the team will be the Euro winners.

It's just frustrating to watch players who are out of form for their clubs including some like Williamson who've been struggling with injuries not getting switched out early when things aren't going well.
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Leah Williamson is a big problem at the moment - as Euro winning captain I can understand why Sarina is still loyal to her but she's not yet reached the level she was before the injury

I would assume we will see some changes on Tuesday
 
Another friendly for England and not surprisingly we see the other half of the squad in action:


Clinton and Le Tissier start.

So do Greenwood and Earps from our old timers.
 
jojojo said:
Another friendly for England and not surprisingly we see the other half of the squad in action:


Clinton and Le Tissier start.

So do Greenwood and Earps from our old timers.
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Clinton & Maya are the future of this team -need get them integrated ASAP

Clearly Sarina feels Williamson needs to be played back into form because she doesn't deserve to be starting based on performances
 
Leah Williamson scores England's first. Corner gets pushed on by Naz and Williamson's shot goes into the corner of the net.
 
Grace Clinton rescues England after some too casual defending. England still lead 1-0
 
Under hit pass from Leah Williamson near the halfway line and South Africa get a goal back on the break 2-1
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NI (v Croatia) and Wales (v Slovakia) qualifier matches are now both in extra time after finishing level on aggregate.

Scotland and RoI both looking comfortably through now.

Tonight's qualifier winners go to a second round of qualifiers at the end of November.
 
England do just enough to win 2-1. Decent first half from England but South Africa could have won it in the second. Looks like it's some combination of sloppy play and a formation that leaves the centre backs with too much work to do that makes England look wide open too often.

In the qualifiers - Wales and NI score in extra time in their matches to go through.
RoI and Scotland went through their qualifiers comfortably.
 
Quick mention for the Young Lionesses who are playing semifinal in the U17 World Cup tonight

 
Killer Nations League draw as Lionesses end up in group with Spain



This also serves as a quiz for which national team badges you can identify!
 
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Rood said:
Killer Nations League draw as Lionesses end up in group with Spain



This also serves as a quiz for which national team badges you can identify!
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Oof. Scotland have to face Germany, the Netherlands, and Austria. That’s a tough group.
 
thisisnottaken1 said:
Oof. Scotland have to face Germany, the Netherlands, and Austria. That’s a tough group.
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TBF all A Groups in the Nations League are going to be tough whether it's Mens or Womens - I do actually like this format where every game is a challenge with no mismatches

Lionesses messed up last time so ended up in Pot 2 - Scotland and Wales in Pot 4
 
Rood said:
TBF all A Groups in the Nations League are going to be tough whether it's Mens or Womens - I do actually like this format where every game is a challenge with no mismatches

Lionesses messed up last time so ended up in Pot 2 - Scotland and Wales in Pot 4
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True. It’s like how in men’s football, we’ve had to face Poland, Portugal, and Croatia and so far have lost every game.
 
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