England vs. Netherlands: Exciting Women’s Football Match at Wembley

The more than 70,000 spectators present were excited with a light show before the match. The English team of national coach Sarina Wiegman could really use the support, as only a win was enough to have a chance at last year’s Olympic Games. The four previous matches at Wembley were all won and the last official home defeat was even in 2005. The Dutch team have never played in front of such a large audience.

Dangerous shot

Vice world champion England kept Andries Jonker’s team in their own half in the opening phase. This led to a dangerous shot from attacker Lauren James in the 11th minute, which goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar just managed to get her fingertips behind.

Immediately afterwards, striker Lineth Beerensteyn received a deep ball from Victoria Pelova. Through the clutch, Beerensteyn (27) got a good shooting opportunity, which she used coolly.

The Dutch team then took over the initiative at Wembley. During the few threatening moments for England, the audience immediately cheered up. After a ball hit the crossbar by Jill Roord it became 2-0 10 minutes before half-time. Goalkeeper Mary Earps, named best British football player of the year, made a mistake on a soft low shot by Beerensteyn.

Force

During halftime, Wiegman brought on attacker Beth Mead to force something. The star player, who had just recovered from a cruciate ligament injury, brought new energy. The revived England scored the tying goal after an hour of play through a header from the completely detached Georgia Stanway.

The hurricane of sound had not yet completely died down when Lauren Hemp equalized. Her shot from the edge of the penalty area went into the goal via the inside of the post. England remained supreme and that led to the not entirely undeserved winning goal in injury time.

England thus seized the last chance to keep an eye on the Games. England now has 9 points, just like the Dutch, but the goal difference is still in favor of Jonker’s team. England will play against Scotland, which has already been eliminated, on Tuesday, and the Dutch team will meet Belgium, which still has a good chance, in Tilburg. The group winner will play with three other countries for two tickets to next year’s Games.

2023-12-01 22:00:47
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