They have won new friends and influenced plenty of opinions during a transformative month in France but the Rhône was swelled by English tears last night as Phil Neville’s Lionesses proved second best to Jill Ellis’s defending champions.
They and their manager can head to Nice for Saturday’s third-place play off with heads held high though after a wonderful game featuring some particularly harsh luck, most notably the marginal offside which saw a White goal disallowed, a missed penalty by Steph Houghton and the sending off of Millie Bright after two yellow cards. Well before the end, the US had paid England the compliment of shifting to five at the back.
Written by Louise Taylor at the Stade de Lyon
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/02/usa-england-womens-world-cup-match-report under the title “Alex Morgan fires USA past England into Women’s World Cup final”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
