…and Chloe is the heroine….again!
But she did not take her shirt off this time…..to avoid another booking 
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Disagree… Hampton won that game.
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Yep, no disagreement from this quarter - two great saves at the crucial point which put Spain “on the back foot”.
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In the knock-out stages England led for a total of 4 mins 52 secs.
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T’was good enough 
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I think it was a genuine team effort. Players, manager and backup staff all played their part.
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I’m sick of reading the naysayers’ misogynistic comments on the BBC HYS and other forums.
Yes, they rode their luck at times, but the strength of character and resilience was unbelievable. Supersub Chloe Kelly played a vital part again, but Hannah Hampton was my pick as Woman of the Match, and Jess Carter not far behind. Lucy Bronze playing with a broken leg for goodness sake!
I agree with Jazzman, genuine team effort.
Sarina is great!
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And the bbc commentary team describing Spain as the loosers rather than runners up was a bit 1980s.
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We need to reclaim Sarina.
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Absolutely. I tend to only watch mens football if they are in the Euro/World final, but I always find it a hard watch. Not because they fail, but rather than about skills with the ball, it seems that they are judged on how well they can fowl without being caught, or how well they can pretend they have been fowled by doing a stuntman’s fall, rolling around with tears like a baby. Watching the women is like a breath of fresh air. Total respect of each other and in particular the other team members, and a real look of disappointment when they have hurt someone else. These are the people I’d want our youngsters to look up to.
Hopefully I haven’t offended anyone, this is just my view from someone who doesn’t follow football.
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This is the problem IMO. We attach so much importance to the coach, and yet they don’t have to be of the nationality of the team. It’s one of my pet peeves. Is it truly an English win if the manager is not English?
When the Netherlands was lacking a good Dutch striker, it’s not like we could get one of a different nationality in. But we did have foreign coaches in the past for both the men (late 70’s) and the women (21-22).
I just don’t get it. (BTW I’ve been saying this for years, and about mens football as well, it’s not directly related to this particular team/tournament/win)
I wonder if she’d be interested in going back to club football?
I do agree with that. I do n’t really know why a coach can have a different nationality. It would make sense to also restrict the nationality of the coach.
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It’s an urban myth that this doesn’t go on in women’s football.
England players do it. Spain were doing it on numerous occasions in the final.
And don’t forget running down the clock by feigning injury.
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Perhaps I’m too much of a novice to recognise that, but it didn’t feel as common place as it does for men
If you want to watch a sport we’re there is no feigning injury, no cheating, no complaining about the referees decision and showing total respect for opponents, sumo is the sport for you. 
Although during the bout it does get a bit brutal, but within the rules.
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I do watch F1, and they never complain, argue or cheat 
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Lol. 
The reward is simply too high. Just stop the clock when play stops, introduce time penalties (10 min with a man down) instead of just yellow and red, and we’ll start seeing a lot less of it. In both the women’s and men’s game.
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