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NFT: Woman's World Cup: Netherlands vs. Sweden

yatqb : 7/3/2019 3:30 pm
so far no scoring at almost 30 minutes, and frankly not the same skill that the US, France and England showed, imo.

Anyone else watching?
while anyone  
FranchiseQB : 7/3/2019 3:34 pm : link
can win a single match. The USA is by far the best team left. England, France and Germany were the main threats to unseat them.
I should have included Spain and Germany in my post.  
yatqb : 7/3/2019 3:39 pm : link
Yup, amazed that these teams made the semis.
I'm watching just  
Diver_Down : 7/3/2019 3:42 pm : link
because the Swedes are at least somewhat hot.
if France's team is les bleues, then the Swedes are  
ColHowPepper : 7/3/2019 4:14 pm : link
les blondes, all 11 on the pitch (slight exception for the beauty Asllani, from Kosovo) are blonde lookers, to Diver's point;

I wouldn't dismiss the Swedes entirely at all; they're very good defensively, only 4 goals conceded the entire WC to this point, half of those to US. And that game can't be taken at full face value: both sides had already qualified for the knockout round by the time they met, with the winner figuring it would meet France in the quarter-finals.

Sweden didn't lay down, and maybe neither team was going 100%. But they are rangy, fast, organized, and experienced, not as skilled in the attack as the US, but if they decide they're going to hunker down defensively and wait for the opportune counter, anything can happen. On set pieces, they have decided height advantage for balls in the air.

Minor matter: first they have to beat the Dutch, who beat Sweden in the Euro Quarters in 2017.
Amazing to me how many fouls the ref is allowing today.  
yatqb : 7/3/2019 4:28 pm : link
Seems to me lots of yellow card eligible ones.
Extra time so the winner today will have to play 120 minutes  
dpinzow : 7/3/2019 4:54 pm : link
before getting to the final
But they'll have 3 days off so it's not terrible for them.  
yatqb : 7/3/2019 4:56 pm : link
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A couple of the Swedes..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 7/3/2019 5:01 pm : link
may be blonde, but I'm not so sure about the "looker" part!

Their goalie looks like Dolph Lungren with boobs.
Netherlands 1-0 in extra time  
dpinzow : 7/3/2019 5:07 pm : link
...
That..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 7/3/2019 5:11 pm : link
was a really impressive shot and a great assist too
RE: A couple of the Swedes..  
Diver_Down : 7/3/2019 5:15 pm : link
In comment 14490982 FatMan in Charlotte said:
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may be blonde, but I'm not so sure about the "looker" part!

Their goalie looks like Dolph Lungren with boobs.


Didn't say all of them. But for all the fawning that fans do over Morgan, she doesn't measure up to half of the Swede roster. Rubbenson, Rolfo, Erikkson, Seger, Blackstenius, Jakobsson, Asllani, to name just a few that beat Morgan in a line-up.
Beautiful  
AcidTest : 7/3/2019 5:16 pm : link
goal and build up.
good game -  
Del Shofner : 7/3/2019 5:40 pm : link
Netherlands it is.
If they let the Netherlands commit all the fouls they did in this game  
yatqb : 7/3/2019 5:43 pm : link
it could neutralize our talent advantage. This was a brutal game.
RE: RE: A couple of the Swedes..  
Nick in LA : 7/3/2019 6:25 pm : link
In comment 14491001 Diver_Down said:
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In comment 14490982 FatMan in Charlotte said:


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may be blonde, but I'm not so sure about the "looker" part!

Their goalie looks like Dolph Lungren with boobs.



Didn't say all of them. But for all the fawning that fans do over Morgan, she doesn't measure up to half of the Swede roster. Rubbenson, Rolfo, Erikkson, Seger, Blackstenius, Jakobsson, Asllani, to name just a few that beat Morgan in a line-up.


You're entitled to your wrong opinion... Morgan is heaven sent
RE: If they let the Netherlands commit all the fouls they did in this game  
ColHowPepper : 7/3/2019 7:20 pm : link
In comment 14491021 yatqb said:
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it could neutralize our talent advantage. This was a brutal game.
Well, there was Netherlands v Spain three cycles ago, with de Jong coming out of the box studs up on Alonso that Howard Webb let go, but that was the men
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