Women’s World Cup France 2019, 7 June - 7 July

Instead they needed a dodgy penalty to win, innit.

Wondergoal for Scotland 4 mins after should have been given a penalty for what was basically a Henry vs Ireland level handball in the current climate

2-1, Scotland simultaneously shite and hard done by

Well that's an improvement on the men's team - shite and not hard done by.

for some reference for those not from scotland: i am 34 years old, attended school in scotland, went to a high school with 1500 pupils, the amount of girls/women my age or older i've known to play football is 1

i imagine it's changed now, so hopefully we'll see continuous improvement

how quickly we forget the lessons of gregory's girl

This is a little harsh on Jamaica, who've played some neat stuff in the second half.

Yeah, clinical stuff from Italy, but no way did that feel like a 5-0 game on the balance of play. Football, a cruel mistress etc. Hope Jamaica get a goal at least for their efforts, and against australia's dodge defence they might well.

bbc min-by-min person having one

9 mins

Jamaica 0-0 Italy

Brilliant tackle.

Italy striker Barbara Bonansea tries to get the better of Allyson Swaby in the box, but the Jamaica defender makes an inch-perfect tackle.

No, no, no.

Why is this being checked?

It was a clean challenge.

30 mins later......

just seen the incident from this angle.

It's a stonewaller I'm afraid.

Allyson Swaby gets nowhere near it and it is Barbara Bonansea's own touch which takes the ball away.

Many xps to Jim, literally exact same story for me - and she went on to play cricket for Scotland. Could’ve done with her in the goal today I reckon

Choppy match here.

was appreciating the radio-esque level of description on the BBC screening and it turns out it is just the 5 Live commentary

England pen, right call, ropey kick from Parris, decent save, rebound prob should have been turned in

Many xps to Jim, literally exact same story for me - and she went on to play cricket for Scotland. Could’ve done with her in the goal today I reckon

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yeah it's a bit mad to think about in retrospect. i remember telling someone here, my gf maybe, that girls didn't play football because it was a game for boys basically and them just looking at me like id time-travelled to canada from edwardian scotland

got a hypothetical question. where might a piratic individual stream these games since the shutdown of the reddit soccer stream sub?

watching the ones during the week at work using a colleague's login with their cable provider but have no means for the weekend

f00tybite dot com still seems to be active

ta

Aw yeah.

Miedema pressure off it seems. But still feel Netherlands are too slow and static in getting the ball to their star players on top.

canada should have so many goals

Only 2-0 in the 28th minute, crisis in the US camp?

Oooh and a confirmed incorrect call leading to the corner kick for the second goal.

Usa just goofin around. Can’t wait for them to face some real danger

Psg gk good tho

may or may not have said AAAHH YOU WANKER in response to that missed panalty

Deserved player of the match award to Endler

That's for damned sure. Single-handedly kept it from being another blowout. We all gave her a round of applause at the bar I was at.

Endler's Game

Three penalties in the two games tonight. Norway scored both of theirs, France missed.

lol retake

what did you think about that france penalty decision? seemed mibbe soft but possibly not, i wasn't really convinced

oh god, dozen players in the box

retake goes in

Penalty was a bit soft but I can see why it was given. I thought the keeper had a heel on the line the first time the penalty was taken but idk. Combination of VAR and semiprofessional clumsiness is killing this tournament.

this game has started pleasingly violently. straight reds please

italy going in studs-up like it's 1972

omfg that zola flick + save will end up being the best second of football of this entire tournament

italy have been the team i've most enjoyed watching so far in this world cup. without being remotely long ball their midfielders always look to pass frwd first rather than square

The Debinha flick was stunning.

these delayed flags are so dumb

she was 3 yards off, raise the flag ffs

this is a guid wee game so far afaict while half watching it on one monitor while i "work"

that Italy counter + volley + save is the second best second of football this tournament will see

that italy counter was so lovely

xp

having any football tournament starting with a number of teams which ensures that you need to advance some 3rd place group teams into the knockout rounds is fucking stupid

So great to see Italy, on the back of a breakthrough season for their league, show off this level of play, doing fun stuff, already through to the knockouts

xp. true. though neither of my teams would've qualified if it was smaller and surely the experience for the smaller teams will be helpful? (maybe not, getting gubbed repeatedly might be bad)

yep xxp

lol Hope Solo otm re: running away from Mike Tyson, kind of unbelievable the British presenter didn't just mention Serena Williams