A Winning Combination of Seniors, Substitutions And First Timers Make This Game, Played In Spain, A Real Winner, As Wubben-Moy, Hemp, Daly And Toone Shine At The Spanish Municipal Stadium In Andalusia
Potential Future Lioness And Current BSL Ambassador Receives Special Celebration Honour From Her Favourite Player
England v Italy
Women’s Football International Friendly
Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (Federation For The Italian Game of Football; Named After ‘Calcio’ A Vintage Form of Italian Football)
England’s ‘Lionesses‘ Were Playing Italy’s Blues ‘Le Azzurre’ At Relatively New Sporting Complex ‘The ‘Estadio Nuevo Mirador‘ In Algeciras, Andalusia, Spain. This Stadium Is Also The Home of Algeciras CF (Club de Futbol) Based In The Industrial Region of La Menacha, Algeciras, Andalusia, Spain. The Lionesses Have Been Training There Over The Last Week Along With The Women’s Football Under 21s.
No.1 Mary Earps (Manchester United)
No.2 Lucy Bronze (Barcelona)
No.3 Niamh Charles (Chelsea)
No.4 Kiera Walsh (Barcelona)
No.5 Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal) *
No.6 Alex Greenwood (Manchester City)
No.7 Chloe Kelly (Manchester City)
No.8 Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich)
No.9 Alessia Russo (Arsenal)
No.10 Grace Clinton (Spurs/On Loan From Man U)
No.11 Lauren Hemp (Manchester City) *
The Lioinesses Had Great Momentum Behind Them As They Beat Austria In A Previous International Friendly The Friday Before, In The Same Stadium.
Superstar Striker England & Chelsea Player Lauren James @lj10 Was On The Subs Bench For Both Games But Was Called Upon To Play Both Times And Even Though She Did Not Score In Either Match, As Ever She Provided Significant Assistance Each Time.
It Was A Decisive Victory For England With A 7-2 Win Over Austria.
Two of Those Goals Were Especially Tasty:
A Beautiful Back Kick From @_JessLCarter (Reminiscent of @Alessia At The July 2022 Euros) Was A Special Joy Demonstrating Extra Special Skill And Confidence.
And
A Beautiful Header By Debutante @GraceClinton_X Which Came To Pass As The Team Worked The Ball All The Way Down The Entirety of The Football Field To In Front of The Goal And Onto Her Head.
She Later Posted: “Dream debut with the best people.”
Austria Scored Two Goals (Virginia Kirchberger With A First Half Header And Followed By A Second Half Header From Her). It Was A Good Effort On Her Part But With England Scoring Three Times As Many Goals By Five Times As Many Players It Was A Footballing Case of “Good Night Vienna”.
Meanwhile @lauren_hemp, @niamhcharles17, & Khiara Keeting @khiara.k98 Earlier This Month Showed Their Support For A Campaign To Get More Women Engaging In Regular Resitence Training & Strength Training. Recent Research By Their Health & Fitness Partner Nuffield Health Revealed That Only 28% of Women Consider It Important.
Result ~ First Half
@lionesses Player of The Match @lottewubbenmoy
From The First Whistle To The First Sixty Seconds Dynamic Arsenal Star & England Debutante Goal Scorer, Lioness Lotte Wubben-Moy Scored Her First Goal For England After The Lionesses Were Granted A Corner. It Was A Set Piece Winner With A Stylish, Calmly Executed, Rare Reverse Header. And It Help Earn Her Player of The Match.
Hemp Gets England A Second Goal At 20:10 Minutes Into The Match After Another Corner For England Leads To Another Set Piece Winner. Then She Heads In A Third Goal In The Thirty Third Minute After Lucy Bronze Keeps The Ball In Play On The Edge of The Field By The Side of The Goal And Georgia Stanway Kicks It Forward To In Front of The Net Allowing Hemp To Bring It Home. These Second And Third Goals Provided Two More Set Piece Winners.
(Hemp @lauren_hemp of Course Also Scored One of The Three Goals That Won England A Place In The FIFA Women’s World Cup Final Against Spain Back In August Last Year. She Did Not Score A Hatrick On This Ocassion As Some Were Hoping She Might, But She Has Now Undoubtedly Established Herself As A Seasoned Senior Player of Living Legend Veteran Status).
Italy Had A Strong Team Including Their No.1 Giuliani In Goal (Who Despite The Scoreline Made A Number of Great Saves In Order To Prevent It Looking Much Worse At Half-Time).
And No.2 Valentina Bergamaschi
No.3 Lucia Di Gugulielmo
No.4 Aurora Galli
No.5 Elena Linari
And No.21 Michela Cambiaghi.
The Latter Struck A Winner Just Before The Half-Time Whistle To Make The Score England 3 – Italy 1
Player of The Match @lottewubbenmoy Honours @iamisraelle @thedeafset With Her Special Goal Celebration.
BSL (British Sign Language) Interpretor Sophia Stavrou Went Along With Issy And Her Mum Rochelle To An England Lioness Training Camp To See Issy Enjoy Some Goalkeeper Training Last Summer During The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.
The Budding Goalkeeper Clearly Made An Impression As Lotte Wubben-Moy Remembered Her When The No.5 Scored Her First Ever Goal For England During The High Scoring England v Italy International Friendly On Tuesday February 27 2024 And Celebrated With Her Teammates.
Nuffield Health Is Driving A National Campaign Encouraging The Nation To Focus On Their Individual Needs And Take Control of Their Health And Wellbeing And Reap The Rewards Mentally & Physically.
The Fitness And Wellbeing Charity Has Hospital Units And Clubs Throughout The Country, Often With Great Gyms And Pool Facilities.
It Is Currently Offering My Footballl Members A Free 7 Day Trial.
Result ~ Second Half
@lionesses @millturner Finally Gets Her Hands On A Senior Women’s England Football Team Shirt Presented By The Boss Herself @SarinaWiegman
Early In The Second Half No.3 Niamh Charles And No.9 Alessia Russo Are Replaced With Striker Lauren James (No.16) And Defender Jess Carter (No.12).
At 52 Minutes Italy’s Valentina Bergamaschi (No.2) Comes off And Cecillia Salvi (No.23) Comes On. Also Agnese Bonfantini replaces Michela Catena.
11 Minutes Later At 63 Minutes Into The Game Jess Park (No. 20) Comes On As Does Ella Toone (No.14), As Grace Clinton (No. 10) Comes off With Georgia Stanway No.8).
Five Minutes Later At 68 Minutes Into The Game Ella Toone Touches The Ball Into The Back of The Net, Almost Making It Look Effortless After Receiving A Skillful Assit From Striker Lauren James (Who Always Makes Her Presence Felt On The Field For Better or For Worse) Bringing The Score Up To England 4 – Italy 1
Italians Serturini and Severini Come On Off The Substitutes Bench With Annamaria Serturini Replacing Lucia Di Guglielmo (No.3). And Emma Severini Replacing Aurora Galli No.4)
And At 71 Minutes Into The Game Rachel Daly (19) Comes On For England’s Chloe Kelly (7) And Scores Just Seven Minutes Later. Italy’s Goalkeeper Guiliani, Unfortunately For Italy, Left The Goal Wide Open As She Chased The Ball Further Up The Field Whilst Trying To Retrieve A Pass To Her That Came Up Short. England Were Now 5 – 1 Ahead.
Shortly Afterwards Arianna Caruso Receives A Yellow Card For A Foul And So Does Emma Severini In A Seperate Incident Which Saw Her Pulling On Lauren James’ Arm.
In Between These Two Yellow Cards Millie Turner Made Her Debut For England As She Came off The Subs Bench To Replace Defender Alex Greenwood. She Earnt Her First England Cap Which Was Personally Handed To Her By Manager @SarinaWiegman And Italian Giulia Dragoni (No.16) Replaced Striker Sofia Cantore (No.7). Cristiana Girelli (No.10) Replaced Striker Michela Cambiaghi (No.21)
But Ultimately The Game Ends Shortly Afterwards With England Triumphant Over The Italians By 5-1 With No Goals From Either Team After A Short Period of Extra Time.
It Was A Great Match With Lots of Dynamic Play And The Time Whizzed By From Start To Finish, With Winners Coming From At Least Three Different Set Pieces (Especially Corners). There Were Also A Notably High Number of Substitions But They All Seemed To Be Made In Good Faith And Helped Keep The Players Sufficiently Happy And Fresh. And Indeed Two of England’s Five Goals Came From Two Subs Namely Rachel Daly @racheldaly3 And Ella Toone @ellatoone.
For Team Members Daly And Debutante Player Millie Turner This Game Will Hold An Extra Special Memory As They Just So Happen To Be Partners Right Now.
Future Lioness Games:
englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/fixtures-results
After The International Friendlies @SarinaWiegman Said The Training And Playing In Spain Helped The Management Answer Alot of Questions In Terms of The UEFA EUROS 2025 Qualifications, Looking At The Under 23s, Players Playing In Certain Positions, Players Making Certain Connections And Players Competitiveness.
Charles Says It’s About Doing What You Like Most, With Who You Like The Most And Where You Like The Most. And She Maintains It Helps With Injury Prevention, Especially With Multi-Directional Movement. Keating Says It’s About Self-Belief And Says None of Them Would Be Where They Are Without It. And Hemp Says Exercise Helps Mentally By Enabling People To Switch Off From Everything. And Also, Just As The Lionesses Have Proven Football Is Not Just For Men, Neither Is Regular Resitence Training & Strength Training. NuffieldHealth.Com
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