Just been messaging my friend who's married to a Spanish woman and is over there visiting her family at the moment (proper Spanish town not a tourist town). Says there's been basically no interest in the game there. No one talking about it, no flags up, no meeting at the pub to watch it...
Well done girls! Kelly’s the only decent penalty out of the 9. Who cares though.
Didn't you see the sub Charles pen ? Kelly penalty strike was the hardest hit ball in this year's Euros. She hit a pen hard like that which beat unlucky Nigeria in the WC KO.
Was really impressed with Charles when she came in & her peno was excellent 👌
I live in the Algarve 20km from the Spanish border and watched the game in our local Irish bar. I was expecting a fair few Spaniards to be supporting their team but just one young girl, probably in her late teens, showed up in her teams shirt. Tbf, she took the (friendly) stick in good spirits!
Really enjoyed watching the women's team and I am well chuffed for them!
A brief comment from Fanny to say for the first time, we watched most of the semi final & the entire match tonight.
Whilst the men's game will be always be no 1 by far for us, we were impressed by the women & will look forward to their next big tournament, the World Cup in Brazil in 2027.
They were a credit to our country & as other Lifers have stated tonight, it was a pleasure to watch them in contrast to the England men whose matches we usually switch off these days.
As a father of a former women’s college player over here in the states I have always had respect for the women’s game…whole hearted effort every game ! Well done England
What was nice, and surprised me the most last night, was the fact that I turned Sky Sports on last night, expecting to watch the IndyCar coverage from 8pm - Instead Sky were showing an old Lewis Hamilton type segment, rather than the feed from FOX Sports which SKY piggy backs off.
Initially thought it was because the F1 had been delayed earlier, but did a bit of digging (worried I'd miss the start), and was actually because the Women's Final had ran over what with going to penalties and was being shown on FOX as well... IndyCar came on eventually, but the race was delayed as well by about five minutes, because FOX hadn't switched straight over after the end of the Football, and covered the after match stuff too.
Just a nice little sign of how Women's Football is expanding, and the attention our amazing Lionesses deserved, not just here in UK, and Europe... But the world too!! - Although Women's Football does seem to be the much bigger "version of Football in the States.
Followed the tournament from start to finish. To be honest, from the France game, I thought England would come up short as it felt (IMHO), we weren't quite good enough. But we kept plugging away every game, including a series of come backs in the last three games. First time a women's team won the tournament after losing the first game, so looks as if we peaked perfectly.
And living in Spain, I really wanted that win last night.
Spain played some really good football and England showed great character to win. A proper battling team effort.
The knockout games have not lacked excitement. Given how poor we were in the opening game against France we've improved throughout the tournament and been a great advert for the women's game.
Just been messaging my friend who's married to a Spanish woman and is over there visiting her family at the moment (proper Spanish town not a tourist town). Says there's been basically no interest in the game there. No one talking about it, no flags up, no meeting at the pub to watch it...
Hope he still went down the town square and chucked a few plastic chairs around
Just been messaging my friend who's married to a Spanish woman and is over there visiting her family at the moment (proper Spanish town not a tourist town). Says there's been basically no interest in the game there. No one talking about it, no flags up, no meeting at the pub to watch it...
2027 in Brazil will be a biggy for Serena, finalists in the last two world cups. Really looking forward to it and hoping for a Serena vEmma final.
What a great performance this tournament .. under 5 minutes in the lead across the knock out stages, a real back to the walls performance from such a together team.
I was at Wembley in 2022, should have been with my fellow ST holder but he was ill and died the next day having seen them spiritually across the line. So the women's team have an emotional investment for me for this reason.
2027 in Brazil will be a biggy for Serena, finalists in the last two world cups. Really looking forward to it and hoping for a Serena vEmma final.
What a great performance this tournament .. under 5 minutes in the lead across the knock out stages, a real back to the walls performance from such a together team.
I was at Wembley in 2022, should have been with my fellow ST holder but he was ill and died the next day having seen them spiritually across the line. So the women's team have an emotional investment for me for this reason.
England beating Emma Hayes in the final would be absolutely brilliant.
I noticed that the tv pundits were saying (more than once) yesterday that the Lionesses are the only England team to win a tournament overseas, forgetting in their eagerness to heap praise on the women that the England under 21s won their Euros in Slovakia only 5 weeks ago. And also that the under 17s and under 20s have even won World Cups overseas within the last 10 years. I get that they were understandably excited about the result but these people are on tv supposedly as football experts and ought to know their stuff. Today the BBC has moderated its line to the Lionesses being the first "senior" team to achieve this feat but ITV hasn't. Must be a bit annoying for the under 21 team to know their victorious run has so quickly been forgotten.
Having said that, I've thoroughly enjoyed watching the women's Euros and of course was jumping up and down when we won like every other England fan. I started attending women's matches last season with my daughter. It's only when you attend a game in person that you can truly appreciate the athleticism, speed and skill of the players. Watching it on tv isn't the same. The top women's game may not be at the level of the top men's game but the great thing about sport is that you can appreciate and enjoy it at whatever level it's played, from kids to veterans. You just factor the physical capabilities of the players into your expectations. God knows, I've learnt that from many decades following Charlton!
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Really enjoyed watching the women's team and I am well chuffed for them!
Whilst the men's game will be always be no 1 by far for us, we were impressed by the women & will look forward to their next big tournament, the World Cup in Brazil in 2027.
They were a credit to our country & as other Lifers have stated tonight, it was a pleasure to watch them in contrast to the England men whose matches we usually switch off these days.
No surprise for me with the stats where England had 35.1% possession.
Initially thought it was because the F1 had been delayed earlier, but did a bit of digging (worried I'd miss the start), and was actually because the Women's Final had ran over what with going to penalties and was being shown on FOX as well... IndyCar came on eventually, but the race was delayed as well by about five minutes, because FOX hadn't switched straight over after the end of the Football, and covered the after match stuff too.
Just a nice little sign of how Women's Football is expanding, and the attention our amazing Lionesses deserved, not just here in UK, and Europe... But the world too!! - Although Women's Football does seem to be the much bigger "version of Football in the States.
And living in Spain, I really wanted that win last night.
The knockout games have not lacked excitement. Given how poor we were in the opening game against France we've improved throughout the tournament and been a great advert for the women's game.
Lucy Bert Trautmann Bronze 👏🏼
What a great performance this tournament .. under 5 minutes in the lead across the knock out stages, a real back to the walls performance from such a together team.
I was at Wembley in 2022, should have been with my fellow ST holder but he was ill and died the next day having seen them spiritually across the line. So the women's team have an emotional investment for me for this reason.
Having said that, I've thoroughly enjoyed watching the women's Euros and of course was jumping up and down when we won like every other England fan. I started attending women's matches last season with my daughter. It's only when you attend a game in person that you can truly appreciate the athleticism, speed and skill of the players. Watching it on tv isn't the same. The top women's game may not be at the level of the top men's game but the great thing about sport is that you can appreciate and enjoy it at whatever level it's played, from kids to veterans. You just factor the physical capabilities of the players into your expectations. God knows, I've learnt that from many decades following Charlton!