Too many people had rose coloured glasses about the Matildas.
Going into the game we had a defence that was leaky and that came back to haunt us. We gave away possession far too many times when not under any pressure and if the opposition man marked Ford and Raso we had few avenues to attack.
There were two big assets. Kerr is in a class of her own when it comes to scoring ( and what a goal it was last night ) and Fowler was something special as a player although her time has yet to come. She made some nice touches particularly in the second half.
We should also remember England had THREE of their best players out of the match.
We also had the chances to win but could not convert. ( Was Kerr tired when she missed?)
It is ironic that our best player in the last world cup ( Carpenter) had an ordinary world cup this time and ended up costing us the game. Our lack of depth hurt us when Kennedy was forced out.
In truth we will not get this far again and perhaps not the USA either. Other nations are catching up Spain does play lovely football on occasions. They will get better as will other nations in europe and South America.
The standard of football was much much better than occurred in the Olympics however there were few matches of quality in this World cup.
In the end will you get up at an ungodly hour to watch the Matildas in the next world cup. I won't.
I am very remiss in not mentioning how inflexible Australia was in reacting to the English lineup. When we realised they were playing three at the back and two deep midfielders we did not change our formation. They consequently picked up the scraps all the time. this was a big mistake.
I should add also 7 should be shot for making David Basheer their commentator. He is awful. If they could not get Simon Hill then Speedy was around. The Matildas deserved better.
I should also add I have read some players rating. Obviously they were at a different game.
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