• 81st-minute goal is Sinclair’s 180th in international football
The individual auditions for World Cup places were not always overly convincing and collectively it was a thoroughly underwhelming rehearsal but maybe Phil Neville’s players needed a jolt like this.
Women’s football is, in Neville’s words, on the brink of “boom time” in England and it is perhaps not too bad a thing that the escalating optimism surrounding the national team received something of a slow puncture as Christine Sinclair’s deserved second-half winner for Canada went at least some way to finally healing a long-festering wound. The Lionesses certainly cannot say they have not been reminded of the full scale of the challenge that faces them at France 2019.
Written by Louise Taylor at the Academy Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/05/england-women-canada-international-friendly-match-report under the title “Christine Sinclair hits 180 and condemns England Women to defeat”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
