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England is celebrating its first ever final place in the Women’s World Cup. England beat the host country Australia, which played a charming tournament, in Wednesday’s semi-final match 3–1.
England’s previous World Cup best was bronze, in 2015 when they lost to Japan in the semi-final and beat Germany in the bronze medal match. England celebrated European Championship gold at their home games last summer.
When England now took the place in the finals, a familiar rally started in the country – of course. According to Reuters, in the race stands in London, a collective chant immediately began: “It’s coming home”.
Daily Mail asks in its title: “Is football coming home?” and says that England is a slight advance favorite against Spain in the World Cup final in the betting papers.
– England fans leaving Moore Park sang “It’s coming home” as the unhappy Australians flooded the streets after the final whistle, news agency AFP described the mood from one of several public race stands in Sydney.
It’s all about comedians by Frank Skinner and by David Baddiel and the Lightning Seeds band’s song Three Lions (Kolme Leijonaa). Three Lions is also the nickname of the England men’s national football team, while the nickname of the women’s national team is the Lionesses.
It’s coming home
It’s coming home
It’s coming
Football’s coming home
The English FA asked Skinner and Baddiel to write a song for England’s European Championship home games in 1996. The duo were known from their popular TV comedy Fantasy Football League.
The 1996 European Championship was the first major prestigious men’s tournament in England since the 1966 World Championship at home, where England won gold. So football returned home in the form of the Games.
Baddiel described on the BBC, that the song reflects what it’s like to be an England fan. He described the song as a bittersweet love song for the England team.
Since then, the song has become iconic. It is cultivated in pubs, stadiums and streets, especially when England is doing well in prestigious competitions. Until another disappointment comes.
– The words describe the grueling experiences of the English during major tournaments. Dreams of glory, pain, weary pessimism, stress, pride and finally… more pain, summed up by Sporting News.
That England’s gonna throw it away
Gonna blow it away
Ruthless Lionesses is another country
It’s true that the English men’s national team has been disappointing, but the Lionesses already charmed a year ago with their European championship. Then a version of the Three Lions cup was also made for the women’s national team. In it, references to legendary male players were replaced by players from the women’s European Championship gold team.
Now England is playing in the World Cup final for the first time since the men’s World Cup in 1966. Although Australia’s star striker Sam Kerr scored a dazzling equalizer, England grabbed a semi-final victory with a “ruthless” performance, as the head coach Sarina Wiegman stated.
Followed by the BBC the English commented that the match was the best in the history of the national team.
– We made it to the final! Unbelievable. An away game in this incredible stadium, it was a tough match, but again we found a way to win, Wiegman beamed.
– We scored three goals, there is ruthlessness in this team, both in attack and defense. We stay united, we stick to our plan and it worked again.
Wiegman, 53, became the first coach in history to guide two different countries to the World Cup final. In 2019, he led his home country Holland to silver at the World Cup.
– It’s like I’m living in a fairy tale or something, Wiegman admitted.
Former England national team player Izzy Christiansen stated to the BBC that he is running out of superlatives when it comes to Wiegman.
– He came to England to change the culture, instill a winning mentality and create a football brand that is pragmatic, interesting and allows talent to flourish.
The English players praised the game to the nearly 76,000-strong crowd at the Sydney Olympic Stadium. Alessia Russo emphasized that precisely because of that By Lauren Hemp A 2-1 strike quickly after Kerr’s equalizer was decisive. It changed the momentum of the game once and for all.
– What they (Australia) have done in the World Cup as a whole with New Zealand is incredible, Russo praised the host countries.
Russo also emphasized the role of his head coach and described the World Cup final as a childhood dream.
– I think our coolness and calmness comes from our common spirit and Sarina. We know what we expect from each other and what our standards are.
Australia and Sweden will meet in the bronze medal match on Saturday, August 19. at 11. Spain and England will play in the final on Sunday, August 20. at 1 p.m.
You can find everything about the World Cup in football: Competition news, topics, Futistietäjä, program, results and statistics on ‘s World Cup website.