2015 women's world cup

until that final ball yeah

ah, there it was!

next step: finishing

aha! well, 1 yard out without a goalkeeper

deserved, just about

cheap'n'nasty energy drinks so I can stay awake for CAN-ENG it is then

great Bronze header, 2-0 England

Beeb commentator pisses himself and abandons any pretence of impartiality

Bardsley spills a nothing ball, 2-1

this is almost unbelievably shit

spoilt watching france/germany/usa/japan of late perhaps but lol what are they all doing

ehh if I can only choose between unrefined bluster with actual penalty area content and meek triangle passing that rarely if ever bothers the goalmouth I'm more in the mood for the former of those

yeah but this is just a mess

an exciting mess, no doubt

been a crazy number of free kicks

and there's the ref howler

great result tbh

based on watching Japan earlier I can envisage England overrunning them albeit via extreme purist-irking

japan u.s. final imho

getting a bit of a 'if Princess Di had lived' vibe from the German coach

her team could politely be described as tenacious in their zeal to boot Megan Rapinoe out of the game

USA are so more accomplished and drilled than anyone else afaict but Alex Morgan has missed two sitters and have probably forfeited most psychological advantage for the second half. enjoyable game tho

lol Megan Rapinoe's gf used to be in Band of Horses (thx wikipedia)

Germany have had enough of waiting for the USA to score and are maybe going forward this half? Encouraging if so

Germany pen, not much in it but enough

two feet wide ffs

it was a completely obvious penalty and an extremely lucky yellow card tbh

WTF, plus I've got work in the morning, so WTFx2

think there's been one shot on target so far (Morgan's first good chance)

bad officiating, choking, the lot!

really fucking hope the usa doesn't win the whole thing

i do

me2

glad they scored another one tho so the story won't be all about that foul being outside of the box

deffo, was a well worked goal also

ilx stopped working for me last night but yeah the US were p misshapen and not very good in the second half, Rapinoe did next to nothing. the Japan team wd be more likely to punish a repeat of that than the England one (this is all armchair punditry based on watching bits of this WC but we're taking that as a given right)

Why isn't leroux playing?

yeah I thought she was bulletproof

the real winners

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot/2015/06/22/women_s_world_cup_player_introductions_who_folded_her_arms_best.html

"if you appeal to the referee, nine times out of ten you're gonna get the decision"

BBC's co-commentator on dis ting is #WorseThanTownsend let's not be in doubt

if she's the one i'm thinking of then fucking hell she is hateful

i've got eurosport

game has settled into its fated pattern: japanese tippy-tappy reaches edge of box, english long ball through to keeper

oh god is the bbc co-commentator the one who was fellating the usa for 93 minutes yesterday

ah good lookin out, was under the impression that it was a Beeb exclusive. just switched over

Bardsley flaps awkward freekick over the bar, goalkick given. do the kids still say 'standard'

it was offside so the shit officiating balanced out

true

whoever the Eurosport co-commentator is she sounds like a female Glenn Hoddle. tick.jpg

think she's the current Chelsea Ladies' manager

not gonna let toni duggan play headers and volleys with my crew, fucking sheesh

haha! the ref strikes!

lol

rafferty is so shit though, 80% her fault

eurosport main commentator bleatingly comparing that to the hand of god

fucking gonna watch the american stream

you just feel the japanese have better ball control.

perhaps there are too many foreign players in the english women's league.

don't blame the manager, blame the players.

we coach our kids to win games at under 9s - this doesn't happen in tokyo.

it's time we invested in our youth women's game.

nah garda, it's "the fucking ref screwed us" until further notice

fox sports commentators are rly good. also both female, which is nice

LOL

the moral high ground is dead, long live evil