- England Women 0-0 USA Women
- Showpiece friendly struggles to live up to the hype
The gap between expectation and reality can be a big one and the tight chess match between England and the United States did not quite provide the action to match the clash-of-the-titans narrative that had been set up before the game.
In front of 78,346 fans eager to see who would come away from the showpiece friendly in better shape – the European champions, led by Sarina Wiegman, or the Olympic gold medallists, led by the London native Emma Hayes – the answer was neither.
Written by Suzanne Wrack at Wembley
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/nov/30/england-usa-womens-international-friendly-match-report under the title “Emma Hayes frustrated as England hold her USA on Wembley homecoming”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
