Last summer, the English women’s national football team was able to enjoy itself when it pressed irresistibly for European Championship gold in its home games.
This summer, on the other hand, the team experienced the worse side of the final matches. Spain overthrew England and got to celebrate the world championship right in front of the English.
The championship was narrowly won by 1–0. Olga Carmona in the opening period, a precise kick into the bottom corner was finally enough for the win.
However, it was preceded by England’s experienced Lucy Bronze a mistake and, above all, a pointless solution, which eventually built the entire goal post into motion.
You can watch the main picture of the situation in the video on the spot.
Bronze, who plays on the right wing of England, had drifted into the center of the midfield while carrying the ball. Blocked by four Spaniards, Bronze would have been able to pass the ball to the other Englishmen, but decided to take one more touch in his long haul.
of Spain Fence Bonmati took the game tool, Teresa Abelleira collected the loose ball and launched a counter attack.
Bronze, on the other hand, made an exceptional solution for an experienced player. After losing the ball, he stopped in his place, spread his arms and remained silent. When the ball was already heading towards his area, England’s right wing, Bronze still calmly jogged towards the defence. Moments later, Carmona scored the opening goal of the match.
Not the first time
In ‘s competition studio, Bronze’s performance was immediately raised to a stick in the halftime studio.
– I don’t understand where he is driving there. Then he’s left to spread his hands out there and hunker down, Heidi Pihlaja described.
Expert Jonne Kunnas in turn compared the situation to the Champions League final earlier in the spring. Also at that time, Bronze, representing FC Barcelona, drifted into the center with his transport, did not play the ball forward in time and was the target of a foul. At that time Wolfsburg Ewa Pajor you scored the opening goal of the match from this mistake.
In that match, Barcelona, starred by the women of the Spanish national team, turned the game around and became champions, now the same teammates took the world championship from Bronze.
– The situation was very similar to the loss of that final. Bronze is a good player with the ball and in a big role in terms of construction, but he gets too many performances like that. In them, he drives into situations where he himself blocks all his own options, when his decision-making takes too long, Kunnas describes the situation.
– What really bothers me is his reaction. What happens after losing the ball is important. When England’s wing areas are vulnerable in their way of playing, then defending immediately is the key in that situation. In addition, whining sets a bad example for the whole team, because he is such an experienced player.
The comma psych worked
In the second half, however, Bronze was a part hero on the defensive end in another situation.
Spain got England By Keira Walsh with a hand foul, a penalty kick. When Jennifer Hermoso stepped to fire a comma, jumped into the Bronze psych trees.
He marched to Hermoso’s spot and went to point out that he had placed the ball incorrectly on the spot. Referee Toni Penso and two other Spanish players had to push Bronze out of the situation.
One time wasn’t enough. After a while, Bronze marched back to the penalty area and continued to harass Hermoso.
After that, Hermoso finally got to shoot, but the shot was missed and straight at the goalkeeper Mary Earps into my arms. After the fight, Bronze still showed his ventilation directly in the direction of the Spanish attacker.
You can watch the psyching of Bronze in the video below.
If England had turned the game around, Bronze’s performance before the penalty would have made him the hero again.
– You have to get fired up for that, Kunnas states.
– This once again emphasizes the current truth that shooting and saving penalty kicks is a team effort. According to research data, it really clearly affects scoring if laukominen is delayed like that.
Kunnas says that he appreciates Bronze’s ability to make a winning play even in a dirtier way.
– That’s not the most romantic football, but it’s effective. First, he goes to tell Hermoso a couple of times and touch the ball. All of those actions are almost certainly things that England’s emergency team would have hoped he would do as well. They all reduce the probability of scoring.
You can watch the Earps fight in the video below.