WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE MAGNIFICENT MATCH BETWEEN THE LIONESSES AND NIGERIA WHICH TOOK PLACE ON 07/08/2023! BOTH THE LIONESSES AND NIGERIA PLAYED SUPERBLY, WITH MANY ‘TAKEN-ABACK’ BY JUST HOW WELL ORGANISED THE NIGERIAN TEAM WERE. LAUREN JAMES WAS SENT OFF FOLLOWING A RED CARD INCIDENT, BUT THE LIONESSES SOON GOT BACK IN THE GAME, OVERCOMING THE ODDS OF BEING REDUCED TO 10 PLAYERS, AND ‘HELD THEIR OWN’ WITH THIS SUPER-SOLID TEAM. BUT WITH MANY ATTEMPTS ON GOAL SEEMINGLY UNABLE TO REACH THE BACK OF THE NET, EITHER BECAUSE OF THE NIGERIAN TEAM’S PRICKLY DEFENCE, OR BECAUSE OF THEIR SUPERB GOALKEEPER, NNADOZIE, AT THE END OF 120 MINUTES, THE MATCH WAS GOALLESS, MEANING A PENALTY SHOOT-OUT WAS COMING. IT WAS EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT STUFF, AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE...
MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LIONESSES WHO HAVE BEATEN CHINA 6 – 1 TODAY IN THE FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2023 AND ARE NOW THROUGH TO THE LAST 16 IN THE KNOCKOUT STAGES! NO-ONE WAS REALLY SURE HOW THIS ONE WAS GOING TO GO! A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE PERHAPS. BUT ULTIMATELY, THE LIONESSES WERE BACK TO THEIR BRILLIANT BEST AND WILL NOW GO ON TO PLAY NIGERIA. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2023 – THE LIONESSES VS CHINA – 01/08/2023 LAUREN JAMES SHONE AGAIN, PLANTING TWO BALLS IN THE GOAL AS EASY AS PIE, AND WITH GOALS FROM ALESSIA RUSSO IN THE FIRST THREE MINUTES, LAUREN HEMP, CHLOE KELLY AND RACHEL DALY, SARINA WIEGMAN (WHO IS NEVER SHY OF ALTERING A LINE-UP), IS SUCCESSFULLY ADAPTING AS SHE GOES ALONG, WITHOUT THE PLAYER’S WHO ARE STILL NURSING INJURIES, THEREBY DRAWING ON THE...