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sport">The reigning champion of Europe lost 1-0 to Spain on Friday in Marbella. The Orange barely managed to enforce any chances at the time and it was mainly due to goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal that the score was not significantly higher.
sport">Wiegman sent the same eleven women into the field against Australia. Jill Roord opened the score in the 5th minute, on a pass from Vivianne Miedema. Lieke Martens shot in the 2-0 in the 20th minute. Jackie Groenen took care of the third goal in the 27th minute. After the break, substitute Lineth Beerensteyn and Daniëlle van de Donk also scored.
Lieke Martens (right) duels with Australian Laura Brock.
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sport">Wiegman said in advance that he could count on an exasperated team, who wanted to get rid of the disappointment. The outgoing national coach, for whom the KNVB has still not found a successor, was right. The football players got off to a flashy start and already benefited in the 5th minute from losing the ball in the back of Australia. Miedema first encountered the goalkeeper, but enabled Roord to score in the rebound. The 3-0 also came from fumbling from Australia in their own half. Sherida Spitse won the ball and via Miedema the ball reached the free-standing Greens. In between, Martens had scored with a shot that bounced right under the hands of the diving goalkeeper.
sport">In the back, the Orange gave away quite a few chances, but also the Australian star Sam Kerr was unable to pass Van Veenendaal. In the second half, the football players ran further away due to goals from Beerensteyn (after a nice pass from Martens) and Van de Donk.
National coach Sarina Wiegman sees that the Lionesses have no trouble with Australia: 5-0.
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Wiegman satisfied
sport">Wiegman closes the international period very satisfied. “We were able to try out quite a few things and saw players at work in different positions. This international period gives us a lot of information on the way to the Olympic Games. ”
sport">She was naturally most satisfied with the win. “Because winning is always fun. But this 5-0 is a snapshot, both for us and for Australia. I didn’t even think the result was flattering. Australia was somewhat battered and gave away a lot of space. They have a new national coach and he probably wanted to try out some things. I expect them to be stronger at the Games. But we have recovered well after Friday’s disappointing match against Spain. We were back on the field as a team, we wanted to show good things at the ball. The whole team moved forward to put pressure. All in all, this was a very useful week, from which we can get a lot out of it. ”
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