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Agony for England as they fall at the final hurdle: Women’s World Cup Final 2023 Review
National World - LocalTV
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21/08/2023
Having reached their first World Cup final, the Lionesses were defeated 1-0 by Spain to just miss out on being crowned World Champions. Jacob Whitehead of The Athletic reviews the match.
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On a bright Sunday morning in August, England women had the chance to make history.
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The Lionesses would step out into their first Women's World Cup final,
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and the first World Cup final by any England first team since 1966.
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All around the country, crowds gathered in front of big screens and televisions.
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In the first half, both sides had chances.
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England's Lauren Hemp hitting the bar and Ella Toon just missing her shot,
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but it was Spain who took the lead through Olga Carmona,
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much to the dismay of the watching crowd.
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Serena Vigeman brought on Lauren James and Chloe Kelly at the interval,
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in the hope of turning things around.
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And despite some near moments and a brilliantly saved penalty from Mary Earps
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to deny Spain a second, the Lionesses never quite came close enough to scoring.
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In the dying moments, Earps was sent up for a corner, but it came to nothing.
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The Athletics' Jacob Whitehead, who covered much of the tournament in Australia,
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gave me his thoughts.
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You could probably say they had two games where they played really well,
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which were the China game, their final group game,
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and the Australia game in the semi-final.
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And the rest of it, they were kind of very much a team working things out.
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Obviously, they did have a few injuries going into the tournament,
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some key injuries as well.
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You look at Leah Williamson, Beth Mead, Fran Kirby.
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Before a ball was kicked, truly that impacted them in terms of their confidence
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a little bit, knowing that these players were not going to be available for them.
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Yeah, I mean, how many teams enter a tournament without their captain,
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their playmaker, and a player who won Player of the Tournament
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at a previous major tournament?
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After Kiera Walsh looked as if she was going to be injured,
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after the Denmark game, they were also sort of losing their midfield pivot as well.
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To kind of battle through that is really impressive.
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On the day yesterday, though, you mentioned that Spain did play very well.
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They passed the ball around. They had a lot of possession.
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England never quite clicked, I felt, in the final.
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What was your perspective of it?
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In the first half, they were probably tactically out for it.
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There's a lot of space in the flanks, which meant that Jess Carter kind of
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had to push out to cover those wide spaces, which left loads of spaces
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for the likes of Bonmati to come through the middle.
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Veedman made that big gamble at half-time, adjusting the formation,
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returning back to England's original formation.
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And I do actually think that was more successful.
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Chloe Kelly was getting some dangerous balls in.
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If this final were to be replayed tomorrow, would Serena Veedman
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actually have started, Lauren James, given how good of a tournament
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she'd had up until that point?
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Now, of course, she is one of England's most talented players,
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and we've seen how much she changed the tournament when she came
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into the team for the second match.
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But I'm not actually sure if Veedman would regret not starting her.
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England, therefore, miss out on a second major international trophy
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in just two years.
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As for Spain, having won their first World Cup knockout match
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just several weeks ago and reaching their first final,
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they are on top of the world, emulating their male counterpart of 2010.
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