Opinion, matchmaking Australia Women vs England Women: Going in the wrong direction
In the 2019 finals, the British Women once again reached the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup and in the 2023 season, the British women will have a difficult 90 minutes when they face the Australian women. According to the assessment, the possibility of the foggy country team once again stopped in the semi-finals.
Currently, the Three Lions still maintain a stable performance when they won 4 and drew only 1 time (in the 1/8 round and won in the penalty shootout). However, fans need to remember that Wiegman's girls were lucky to face opponents below their class such as Chinese women, Danish women, and Haitian women in the group stage.
In the first knockout round, they also had to work very hard to defeat the Nigerian woman after the 11-meter series. A few days ago, they were fortunate to have a 2-1 comeback against Colombian women.
Back to the semi-finals, things are no longer easy for the Three Lions when they face the Australian women's home team and the British women may completely have to accept defeat.
Remember, the Australian woman is maintaining her form when she has just defeated the French woman in the quarterfinals and the Danish woman in the 1/8 round. Since the beginning of the 2023 World Cup campaign, Australian women have only lost once in the 5 matches played.
In another development, Australian women once defeated British women with a score of 2-0 in a series of friendly matches before the 2023 Women's World Cup. With the above data, Australian women can think of a scenario where women beat women once. England and won tickets to the final.
- Australian female: Arnold; Carpenter, Hunt, Kennedy, Catley; Raso, Gorry, Cooney-Cross, Foord; Kerr, Fowler.
- British Women: Earps, Bronze, Greenwood, Bright, Carter, Walsh, Stanway, Daly, Russo, Hemp, Chloe Kelly.